CARY GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE 

Opportunities to Serve  

• The CGNL Love Your Neighbor Team has helped out numerous single Mom and families in need of urgent home repairs but unable to pay. Call Doug Parker to volunteer at (847) 639-0608 or Andrew Dimino at (847) 942-9528
• The CGNL Senior Connection Team has helped out numerous seniors in need of help. This could be a visit, cutting the grass / other yard work, giving them a ride to shop, etc. Call Pat Ferraro to volunteer at (847) 639-8263
• CGNL volunteers have served at PADS facilities in Cary to help provide a meal and a night of temporary shelter for the homeless. Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church (847) 516-2636 and Cary United Methodist Church (847) 639-7627 donate their facilities on a weekly basis during October through April. Contact the church of your choice to see how you can serve.
• Help out at the Cary-Grove Food Pantry, 8901 S. Cary-Algonquin Road. Volunteers are needed to stock food, inventory food, issue food and clean up as needed. Food is distributed on Tuesdays and Thursdays 4 pm to 6 pm and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of each month 8:30am to 10:30am. Call (847) 516-3602 to volunteer or go to their web site linked from this site.
• The Relationship Building Team and Neighborhood Connectors connects people and puts on social events to build relationship. So many relationships have been started and have deepened as people share a meal, serve together and help out neighbors in need. Call Sue Dunn at (847) 814-1121 to volunteer to connect people in your neighborhood.
• Sign up for a Lemonade Stand right now. This is a sweet, summertime, neighborhood event with the proceeds being given to support the local Cary PADS facilities. The Lemonade Stand Event will run the months of June, July and August throughout neighborhoods, in front of stores and public facilities. Contact Lori Christenson at 847-639-1271 to register your Lemonade Stand.
• Help out the Echoing Christ, Helping Orphans (ECHO) Team. Volunteer to serve, pray, support and build awareness for the local care of orphans. Contact Joe and Amy Braido at 847-639-1655 to learn more and volunteer.
• The Marketing Team will work with our local newspapers for publicity and create marketing materials for all CGNL events. Contact Sharon Hughes at (847) 516-1164 to volunteer.
• The Fundraising Team helps to contact local businesses, corporations and families to solicit funds towards the CGNL annual budget. To volunteer contact John Bartoski at (847) 639-8906
• The Events Team. Volunteers are needed to work as committee members for our CGNL events to help organize and lead the Taste of Cary-Grove, Lemonade Stands and more. Contact Lori Christenson at 847-639-1271 to volunteer.

YOU can make a difference in someone's life today, right now by just making a phone call

Have you wondered how you can help someone in need after someone has helped you out in a difficult situation? Cary Grove Neighborhood Life is designed to provide you with opportunities to serve, develop a new relationship and to help out a neighbor in need. All you have to do is  to take a leap of faith and decide to "pay it forward".