Service

Women of Hillside's Shop for Mom Program

Shop for Mom is an event for the children and mothers who live at a family violence center.  Gift items are collected at  Hillside, and volunteers provide  shopping and wrapping  help  so that the children may "shop" for their moms at the event,  which takes place at the Center in early December. In addition to shopping, children make crafts, get snacks, and have pictures taken and framed. Their mothers also have a special adult craft activity. Children leave with a shopping bag full of wrapped gifts for mom. Volunteers leave with smiles and memories of sharing the love of Jesus with these precious ones! Volunteers are needed the day of the event and earlier to help with preparations! We serve about one hundred children so lots of help is needed.

You may help by collecting gift items throughout the year (wrapping paper/bags, jewelry, purses, lotions, candles, home decor, anything a mom would enjoy). In the Fall there will be information about when and where to leave your donations at the church. 

At the Cherokee Family Violence Center, volunteers help the children shop, wrap, get snacks, make crafts, and get photos taken and framed.

For more info on Shop for Mom, please send an email by clicking here.

Women of Hillside Missions and Outreach Planning Meetup

We also have a Missions and Outreach Planning group, which meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at 8:00 AM to plan community service projects for the following month.  To join the Missions and Outreach Planning group or to get notifications regarding upcoming community service opportunities with the Women of Hillside, please email us.

You can find more information on the Missions and Outreach Planning Group and other meetups (Game Night, Mother/Daughter Fun, and more!)  by clicking here.

Other Service Opportunities

Hillside UMC's Fight Hunger Initiative -

Hillside is partnering with MUST Summer Lunch to fight the hunger issues in Cherokee County and  with Rise Against Hunger to help end the crisis globally. See how you can get involved today by clicking here.

MUST Ministries Summer Lunch Program -

With the help of  volunteers, MUST provides a nutritious lunch each summer weekday to thousands of children who rely on free or reduced lunches during the school year.

Hillside UMC offers opportunities for volunteers to assemble lunches and to deliver lunches.  If you would like more info, please email us at womenofhillside@hillsideumc.org

Forever Fed -
Forever Fed is a multi-faceted program that helps under-serviced people of all backgrounds have access to food and other essentials.  The Mobile Food Pantry travels to various locations to help impoverished neighborhoods. Food is offloaded and families select groceries from the mobile shelves stocked with donated and purchased foods.   

The Forever Fed Mobile Clothes Closet travels to several locations every month in conjunction with the mobile food pantries. The Mobile Clothes Closet is a 14-foot trailer is filled with racks of gently used clothing, shoes, books, and blankets. Clothing is off-loaded from the trailer, and guests select their own items. Each family is given one large shopping bag to carry home their selections, and the items are given, free of charge.  To donate clothing to the Mobile Clothes Closet, please email Tammy@ForeverFed.org

Hillside UMC is the location of a Mobile Food Pantry and Mobile Clothes Closet on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 10:00 AM. 

Forever Fed also offers a variety of other programs, including  CANS4KIDS/FOOD4U BOXES, which distributes boxes of food to families unable to visit food pantries for grocery support. 

To volunteer to assist with the Forever Fed programs, please click here.