The planned outreach activities for Fall 2021 through Church of the Redeemer for those experiencing housing insecurity living at Hopelink Kenmore Place are School supplies, Thanksgiving food baskets, and Christmas activities.

School supplies

Susan Switzer oversees school supplies donation to children living at Kenmore Place annually. Read this to see how you can help this year.

Thanksgiving food baskets

It remains to be seen if church services will be in-person or only on YouTube during the fall months.

• If services are in-person, there will be a food sign up display posted in the parish hall.
• If services are on-line, provision will be made for on-line sign-up.

Either way, the sign-up starts October 31, 2021.

Food basket delivery is on November 22, 2021, at a time to be determined. The staff at Kenmore Place has given the green light for us to knock and deliver the food door-to-door.

Susan Switzer will oversee basket assembly and delivery on November 22. This involves the following, at a minimum:

• Open the church building.
• Make sure all necessary items are in each basket.
• Help volunteers.

Also, Susan may make in-person announcements at church services to remind people to sign up in the parish hall.

Our biggest need right now to find people to help on November 22. On delivery day, we need three or four people to assemble and deliver the baskets. Please let Michele Henderson, hkp@redeemer-kenmore.org, know if you would like to help.

Gift cards will be purchased for each family to buy the main course of their choice.

Christmas activities

Church of the Redeemer plans several activities during December for those living at Kenmore Place.

Shopping trip

There will be no shopping trip again this year due to COVID-19.

Christmas gifts

Christmas gifts will be very different beginning this year and moving forward. Hopelink has changed their policy for gifts to residents. We are no longer allowed to give personal gifts.

Instead, we will have a general gift sign-up and give unwrapped gifts to Kenmore Place. These gifts will be distributed throughout the year on children’s birthdays or when they move in as a “welcome” gift. Information will be made available on how to sign up as we approach this time.

Sign-ups for gifts will be posted on November 28, 2021.

Christmas food baskets

Christmas food baskets will be handled like the Thanksgiving food baskets. Gift cards will be purchased for the main course. A display board (or on-line sign-up) will be provided for other items.

We do not know an exact date or time for delivery yet. This must be coordinated with staff at Kenmore Place. We are hoping to do delivery on either December 21, 22, or 23, 2021.

In addition to the baskets, this day will also be the time that we deliver the unwrapped gifts for later distribution.

Sign-ups for food baskets will be posted on November 28, 2021.

Hopelink

Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low-income families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities in King and Snohomish counties; providing stability and helping people gain the skills and knowledge they need to exit poverty for good. With service centers in Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Shoreline and Sno-Valley (Carnation), Hopelink is the largest nonprofit organization in the area.

Hopelink provides a network of critical social services through a number of different programs—including housing, transportation, family development, financial assistance, employment programs, adult education, financial literacy training, and five food banks. The agency’s service centers, housing, and transportation programs help more than 63,000 people every year.

For families experiencing homelessness, transitional and long-term housing as well as emergency family shelter may be available through Hopelink.

Read more about Hopelink.

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County. We welcome you be with us as we walk the way of Jesus.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. We are a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.