Outreach and Community Support
Communities Respond to Hunger
Communities Respond to Hunger
Communities Respond to Hunger
Food and sundry items are available in our area for those in need at Crossroads Pantry and Food Pantry (in Senior Center). Also, support is given by Second Harvest. Learn more about this organization by clicking the link below.
Food Pantry Support
Communities Respond to Hunger
Communities Respond to Hunger
Olivet, together with other churches in our area, collect pantry items from our loving members and friends. Olivet assists one to two months per year at the food pantry, as well as collecting food donations.
Food donations are welcomed anytime, but for focal emphasis, we are asking that at least one a month, to please share in this local effort. The first Sunday of each month will carry special emphasis for this effort, as a way of keeping this drive active.
There is a table in the entryway just inside our front doors for collection of food pantry items, and also a list posted of needed goods (or download from the link below).
Little Free Pantry
Communities Respond to Hunger
2024 Summer Program for Loving Lunches
The Little Free Pantry will be opening soon at the Community Garden site on the corner of Hwy K and Tower Drive. The Little Free Pantry is a collaborative effort between the Progressives and Olivet to provide hygiene and paper products as well as other non-perishable items. Other churches and community groups will be asked to participate in stocking it. Further information may be obtained by talking to Carol Black.
2024 Summer Program for Loving Lunches
2024 Summer Program for Loving Lunches
2024 Summer Program for Loving Lunches
During the designated weeks that summer school is not in session, the loving lunch program will provide free lunches for families needing food assistance for kids up to 18 years of age. Loving lunches has partnered with local church and community volunteers to make this possible.
Lunches for the selected 5-day week will be available for pick-up on designated Sundays between 4 - 6 P.M. at Olivet UCC church - 313 West Prairie St. Columbus, Wisconsin
For Registration:
Call or Text: 920-210-4048
Email: cyc@columbusumc.org
Working Together in the Columbus Area
2024 Summer Program for Loving Lunches
Working Together in the Columbus Area
We are proud to be part of an active ecumenical network of churches in the Columbus/Fall River area. By working together, we are able to pool our resources and volunteers to bring more effective support programs to our area.
Click the link below for a peek inside the Food Pantry at the Senior Center (where Olivet food donations go).
Our month to work the food pantry is February. This also means that we also need to continue to help with food donations - especially cereal, crackers, and soups that we are low on. Other needs are hamburger helper, potato dishes, sloppy joe mix, and canned meat. Donations can be left in the entry area at Olivet.
Blessings in a Backpack
2024 Summer Program for Loving Lunches
Working Together in the Columbus Area
Blessings in a Backpack mobilizes communities, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school children across America who might otherwise go hungry.
Every school-aged child in America needs nourishment to learn and grow. As a leader in the movement to end childhood hunger, Blessings strives to ensure children don't go hungry on the weekends by empowering individuals and communities to take action.
Together with the Columbus Community; Olivet supports this program and are currently helping feed more than 54 children in the Columbus area that are in need.
Community Meal
Community Meal
Community Meal
Enjoy a Community Meal twice each month! It's free and a great way to meet others in our community.
On the second Thursday, visit Olivet UCC from 5pm to 6:30pm. On the fourth Thursday, head over to Columbus United Methodist Church (222 S Dickason Blvd) also from 5pm to 6:30pm.
Sponsors include Crossroads Church & Pantry, Columbus/Fall River Food Pantry and volunteers from our ecumenical network.
One Great Hour of Sharing
One Great Hour of Sharing is a supportive program that Olivet has helped fund. The disaster relief efforts of this program is substantial and you can learn more at: www.onegreatehourofsharing.org.
Watch videos that show the work and scope of the One Great Hour of Sharing offering.
Community Garden
Sponsorship of World Vision Student
Sponsorship of World Vision Student
The FFA members helped clean up the garden and worked up the whole garden for the Community Garden and met with them to develop a plan to use the space. The FFA planted the half given to them by the Olivet Church, the property owners, and Community Garden overseers.
The FFA members started pumpkin seeds in the greenhouse in April. The garden was planted at the end of May and by June 1, 2018. The FFA members weeded the garden and harvested the produce. The produce was sold to FFA members families and at the local farmers market. Additional produce was sold at Sassy Cow Creamery. The proceeds will be used by the FFA to maintain the garden in the following year.
Click the button below to see the latest year end report which includes an overview of their two outreach projects.
Sponsorship of World Vision Student
Sponsorship of World Vision Student
Sponsorship of World Vision Student
Olivet is sponsoring a Refugee Child from Tibet - Tenzin Tsephel. The May newsletter has a copy of a letter from him, and he would love to hear from members of Olivet. You can send this to:
Tenzin Tsephel
Tibetan Refugee Children
119/B, Gandhi Road
Darjeeling, 734101 (W.B.) India
Be sure to take this to the post office to ensure the correct postage amount for international delivery.
Salvation Army
Sponsorship of World Vision Student
NICC Foundation
The Salvation Army provides assistance in our area for: Rental assistance, utility assistance, emergency lodging, transportation, Thanksgiving baskets, Christmas baskets, back to school items, and disaster services.
Olivet assists in this community fund raising during the holiday season. Learn more about how the Salvation Army helps those in need in Wisconsin by clicking the link below.
You can send your donation this Christmas to: The Salvation Army of Columbia County, c/o Associated Bank, 111 Tower Dr., Columbus, WI 53925
NICC Foundation
Community Resource Guide
NICC Foundation
Olivet supports Neighbors in Constant Care (NICC Foundation), a local charity that cooperates with the Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and our local police department in helping people in need. Part of this is raising money during the holiday season to buy clothing for 2-5 families every year.
Community Resource Guide
Community Resource Guide
Community Resource Guide
Here is a link to the most current Community Resource Guide from the Columbia County Health and Human Services in Portage.
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