Local Outreach
PRISM
- People Responding in Social Ministry (PRISM) is a social
service agency that
annually helps 5,000 + people living in the local community.
PRISM provides a
food shelf, clothing, financial assistance, transportation
and resources. In
addition, they offer the support to help people transform
their lives with dignity
and accountability.
- Valley contributes to the PRISM food shelf weekly. Valley
designates that the
first Sunday of each month is “Food Shelf Sunday”.
- Valley donates toys and gifts and hosts PRISM’s annual
Christmas gift
distribution day. Valley also contributes a significant portion
of the annual
mission and outreach budget to PRISM.
- Valley supports PRISM’s Express Bus system, which
is used by some of our
senior members to get to church on Sunday mornings.
Families
Moving Forward
- Mission-oriented, volunteer-driven social service agency
with 2 programs:
- 40 local congregations work together to provide
emergency shelter to about
60 homeless families each year
- Provides affordable rental housing for homeless
families using gifts and
donations
- Valley one of the 40 member congregations who host homeless
families
- Host 2-3 times a year with many volunteer opportunities
available including
serving meals, entertaining children, overnight hosts, setup
and cleanup and
washing linens.
Home
Free Women’s Shelter
- Provides a safe haven for abused women and their children
- 600+ women use the shelter annually
- Provides legal advocacy and professional support
- Valley provides annual financial support, donations of personal
care products, and cell phones which are programmed to call
911
Habitat
for Humanity
- Provides affordable, quality housing for low-income people
- Homeowners provide “sweat equity”, pay below-market
price and receive
interest free loans
- Volunteers, including adults and youth from Valley, provide
free labor to help
build homes
- 10% of Valley's Capital Campaign is committed to Habitat
- $66,000 over 3 years
- Built a home in Golden Valley
Greater
Minneapolis Crisis Nursery
- Works with parents in crisis to strengthen families and
prevent abuse and
neglect
- Supports families 24 hours a day/365 days a year
- Crisis hotline
- Counseling and referrals
- 72 hour residential child care
- Parent education and home visits
- Valley provides financial support
Valley Provides Financial Support to: