Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Our Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner provides a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to members of our community at no cost. The most recent event involved over 50 people and over 150 meals served, including take-out dinners. Thank you to everyone who made it such a wonderful day.
Christmas Gifts for Local School Children
Before Christmas each year we coordinate with Prices Fork Elementary School to help with their Empty Stocking program. We provide gifts from a child’s wish list to supplement the presents they will receive at Christmas. We normally provide 20 Christmas stockings.
Micah’s Caring Initiative: Making a Difference in our Community
Micah’s Caring Initiative is a group of grassroots outreach ministries that provide food and clothing to people in need in our community.
Micah’s Backpack addresses food insecurity of youth in the local schools by sharing 6 weekend meals plus snacks delivered directly to the students in the schools. Micah’s Backpack serves over 300 students in 10 Blacksburg schools.
Micah’s Snack Closets address food insecurity of youth by sharing nutritious snacks at school on classdays.
Micah’s Soup for Seniors provides a week of meals for seniors living on limited resources in the Warm Hearth community. This program serves approximately 90 seniors.
Micah’s Closet gives a week’s worth of new school clothes, pajamas, shoes, socks and a jacket to children in need each fall and spring.
Micah’s Garden grows fresh produce for Micah’s Caring Initiative programs. Half of the garden is used for the programs and the other half of the garden is rented out to other growers who either keep their produce or donate it to the programs.
Junior High Servant Event
Each year our students who have completed 6th, 7th and 8th grade are given the opportunity to go to Virginia Beach for a week for a mission trip focused on homelessness and food insecurity.
Support for the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley
St. Michael supports the Women’s Resource Center in two ways. First, each month, we collect something different to help meet basic needs for women and children being served by the Women’s Resource Center (examples: toilet tissue, paper towels , cleaning supplies). Check the bulletin board in the front hallway or the weekly news emails for information on what is being collected during the current month.
Second, each spring, we prepare 30-40 Easter baskets for women and children being served by the Women’s Resource Center. Thanks to all the donors and volunteers who make this possible.
Justice and Mercy Fund
The Justice and Mercy Fund provides assistance for those in the community who need emergency assistance with critical bills.
School Supplies for Local Schools
Each year, St. Michael collects school supplies for local elementary schools so that young people will have the tools they need for learning.
Food Collection for Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program Food Bank and the Blacksburg Interfaith Food Pantry
Each month, St. Michael collects something different for these local food banks. Check the Sunday bulletin or newsletter for information on what types of nonperishable food products are being collected during the month. In addition, general nonperishable food donations are welcome at any time.