The Good Shepherd Ministry

There are various ways to help at Good Shepherd. Did you know that some of our St. Andrew’s parishioners pick up food at grocery stores? Mike Larson shares a story called “A Day in the Life of a Van Driver.”

“ When Margaret and I moved to Wilmington from Cape Carteret and being retired, we wanted something meaningful to occupy our time. Ophelia Hart, a parishioner, introduced us to Good Shepherd. I have been driving Good Shepherd vans for 8 years and have collected groceries at most of the stores in the area. Currently my route is to collect at Whole Foods and Trader Joes. On Thursday and Friday I arrive at Good Shepherd at about 8:30, get my keys and collect the empty Whole Food containers, load them in the big van and head for Whole Foods. I park in the rear at the loading dock, ring the bell on the loading dock door and wait for the good folks at Whole Foods to bring out the containers of food. I load them in the van on the side, return the empties and head for Trader Joes. I also park at their loading dock on the left side of the building. Normally shopping carts with boxes of groceries are awaiting me. I load them in the rear of the van and may press the back door buzzer to let them know that I'm there and they need to bring out the frozen and refrigerated foods. I load them. Trader Joes normally has bread in plastic bags and flowers that Whole Foods doesn't have. All the people I interface with are very nice hard working folks. I enjoy my time with them. Once loaded, I drive back to Good Shepherd where I normally help unload the food containers onto carts which are then pushed into Second Helpings for weighing and sorting. I log in my van after parking. On Fridays I go to the kitchen to see Margaret, my wife. All the people there are great and very good workers. Working at Good Shepherd has been and is a very satisfying experience. ”

If you would are interested in being a driver and food pick- up person for Good Shepherd, please contact Emily Brown, the volunteer coordinator.
Also,

Each 3rd Wednesday of the month is an opportunity to help prepare the evening meal at Good Shepherd Center. We need 4-6 volunteers. This month, we will be helping on October 16th from 4:30pm-7pm. What will we be doing? We all work together on prepping the sides for the evening meal. One person slices and butters bread. One person slices and plates various cakes. Two people work together preparing vegetables and lettuce for salad. Two people prepare a fruit salad. We catch up with each other while preparing the meal, then we plate and serve the meal to those staying at Good Shepherd. There are lots of smiles and we hope you can join us. Please let Jen Arcuri know if you would like to assist with this meal. Please contact her here.