Volunteer Opportunities
(Listed Alphabetically

Habitat for Humanity- Las Vegas

• Habitat for Humanity-Las Vegas is beginning construction on several new energy-smart homes in Las Vegas with help from local volunteers. Join other volunteers from New Song Church the last Saturday morning of every month, at 6:30 AM, for several hours of home-building. Volunteers return home by 1:00 PM. Contact coordinator Mike Flynn at (702) 407-6767 for more information and to receive volunteer waiver forms. The work groups meet at New Song Church for the 6:30 AM departure.  Give a hand to a deserving family in need! For more information on Habitat for Humanity, contact: (702) 638-7736 or www.habitatlasvegas.org.

Loaves to Share Ministry

• Help a neighbor in need by making meals to share with New Song members returning home from hospitalization or rehabilitation. New Songs Loaves to Share ministry provides meals for up to two weeks for members in need. To assist with this ministry, contact the coordinator, Nancy Quigley at (702) 492-1771.

Lutheran Social Services of Nevada

• New Song is a strong, constant and reliable partner with this vital Nevada agency. Each week, we collect food items for donation to the LSSN food pantry. Every Saturday morning, church volunteers, called the bread brigade, collect the left-over bakery items from the Anthem-Vons Store in our area.  New Song also provides volunteer support for the graphic design and mail assembly of LSSNs quarterly newsletter, as well as on-site support and assistance with the food pantry. Each fall, we participate in the Adopt-A-Family program to provide Christmas gifts for families and seniors. One of our pastors, Pastor Marta Poling-Goldenne, serves as the president of the Board of Directors for this agency. We consider this agency our first and most important partner in our collaborative efforts to help low-income and impoverished residents of Clark County and beyond.

Since 1997, Lutheran Social Services of Nevada has cared for and served over 125,000 families in need by providing essential services in the form of emergency food, clothing, health, shelter and transitional housing, supportive housing services including financial assistance, case management, education programming and wrap around care. Women, men, children, youth and seniors are served Monday through Friday. For more information on Lutheran Social Services of Nevada, contact; (702) 639-1730 or www.lssnv.org.

National Make-A-Difference Day

• Each year, New Song participates in the largest annual community service day in the United States! National Make-A-Difference Day began 19 years ago and happens each year on the last Saturday of October. Last year, our volunteers helped to build a Habitat for Humanity home, assisted in the clean-up of the City of Hendersons Pittman Wash, and prepared dinners for our Loaves to Share ministry for New Song members returning home from hospitalization or rehabilitation.

We also support a variety of Nevada non-profit organizations as a part of our National make-A-Difference Day efforts, including (listed alphabetically): 

Angels in the Valley  Providing baby clothing and layettes to low-income families leaving Las Vegas area hospitals with their newborn children.

S.A.F.E. House  In October and November each year, New Song supports this Henderson area agency working with victims of domestic violence through the collection of paper products, personal and medical supplies and clothing. For more information on the mission of S.A.F.E. House, contact: (702) 564-3227 or www.safehousenv.org.

Safe Nest  Throughout the year, New Songs women support this organization working to eradicate domestic violence by providing confidential assistance including shelter, food, clothing, counseling, education and other services to individuals and families experiencing domestic violence. Safe Nest is the largest and most comprehensive agency in Southern Nevada devoted solely to domestic violence issues. Services include shelters in confidential locations, a 24-hour hotline, counseling, victim advocacy, prevention and community education. For more information, contact: (702) 646-4981 or (800) 486-7282 or www.safenest.org.

Spread the Word Nevada  During October and November each year, New Song collects childrens books for the Kids to Kids book drive sponsored by this organization. To find out more about this effort, visit: www.spreadthewordnevada.org.

The Simms Foundation  During October and November each year, New Song collects socks for the Dawn Marie Simms Annual Memorial Sock Drive sponsored by this organization. To find out more about this effort, visit: www.theSimmsFoundation.org.

Sign up to participate in our 2010 National Make-A-Difference Day effort or contact coordinator, Mike Flynn at (702) 492-1771.

Navajo Mission Trip

• Each spring, New Song volunteers travel to Rock Point, Arizona, for five days to help with a variety of projects at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (see: www.nelm.org). Over the past few years, volunteers have helped with renovation work on the school and mission facilities, organizing the school library and thrift store, and clean up of the campus landscaping. Typically, the Navajo Mission Trip is scheduled one of the first two or three weeks after Easter.  For more information on New Songs annual Navajo Mission Trip, please contact the church office: (702) 492-1771.

Operation Christmas Child

• Each fall, New Song participates in this Samaritans Purse international ministry by preparing Christmas shoeboxes for children. Congregational members fill shoeboxes with school supplies, hygiene items and toys to be shipped and distributed around the globe to children in need. Each shoebox includes a Gospel message to the child in their native language. This ministry is a favorite for the parents and grandparents in the congregation as it gives them a way to teach younger family members about the basic Christian values of generosity and sharing. For more information about New Songs participation in Operation Christmas Child, contact the church office. For additional information about this ministry of Samaritans Purse, contact: 1-800-353-5949 or www.samaritanspurse.org.

Robert Taylor School Needs Volunteers!

• Want to make a difference with your life? You can change the world one person at a time by volunteering with the children who attend the Robert Taylor Elementary School in Henderson. This public school works with an at-risk population of students who come from families living at or near the poverty line. But, being poor isnt an indicator of potential! Robert Taylor students are great; they will steal your heart! Principal Dr. Janet Dobry, a member of our sister church, Christ the Servant-Henderson, is seeking volunteers who are willing to give an hour or more a week to read with kids, listen to them read to you, or help them with math. Most of the volunteers come to the school once a week for one hour. Volunteers select the day, time and grade level. The school understands that volunteers take vacations and sometimes have other scheduling conflicts. Discover the joy that Jane Calderon, Jim Eral and Jim Wells have experienced in their lives as volunteers with Robert Taylor School students! To volunteer, contact Jessica Alanano at (702) 799-8950.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas

• New Song provides volunteer support for this local agency providing temporary housing to families with children in area hospitals. The Ronald McDonald House offers a comfortable, caring environment where families can share stories and experiences with each other, helping to relieve feelings of isolation and helplessness. The volunteers help pack lunches and do other tasks to meet guest daily needs so that families are able to focus on their childs recovery. Since July 1998, the House has served 1,832 families for a total of 23,850 nights. For more information about this ministry, contact this agency at: www.nmhlv.com.

Summer Mission Trip

• Each summer for the past six years, New Songs high school youth and young adults have participated in a mission trip focused on building a home for a family in need living south of the border or . The congregation typically partners with Amor Ministries, a non-profit organization that works around the world helping families living in poverty. For more information on how to participate in the Mexico Mission Trip, contact the church office at: (702) 492-1771.

United Blood Services

• New Song is one of the top five Las Vegas area Christian congregations regularly donating blood to help our area neighbors in need. We host on-site blood drives three times a year that offer both congregational members and local residents the opportunity to give this vital gift of life to save lives. For more information about New Songs upcoming blood drives, contact the church office at: (702) 492-1771. For more information about Nevadas United Blood Services, contact: (702) 233-9620 or www.unitedbloodservices.org.