Website: greenhousemin.org
Preds Drive: (Date TBD) Toiletries are a high expense for individuals living at or below the poverty line. Access to items such as soap, toothpaste or deodorant are things we tend to take for granted. But, for our clients the lack of access to hygiene care means low self worth when going out in public for things such as job interviews. We are asking for items such as: conditioner, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc. to help combat this issue.
Mission Statement: Greenhouse Ministries, through local volunteers, provides relational services that are designed to inspire, give hope and change lives.
Counties/State Served: We serve the state of Tennessee and our main counties served are: Rutherford, Cannon, Bedford, Coffee and Wilson.
About Greenhouse Ministries: Greenhouse Ministries is a Christ-based nonprofit located just outside of downtown Murfreesboro. We have a two-fold purpose of serving the underserved in our community and second, to offer a place for volunteers to share their gifts and talents.
Greenhouse Ministries strives to help, educate and connect every client who walks through our doors. We help by providing basic needs items such as: food, clothes, toiletries, legal clinic, nursing clinic, occupational therapy, etc. We educate by offering a variety of classes free to the public ranging from budgeting to GED tutoring, computer skills to sewing. Finally, we connect our clients with job opportunities in the area and other local resources with the end goal of taking them from a place of receiving to giving.
We also offer a variety of volunteer opportunites, both short term and long term. These include: sorting food in our food pantry, office work, bicycle repair, clothes sorting, counseling, teaching classes and more.
Did you Know? Did you know in the year 2016 Greenhouse Ministries served:
- 6200 unduplicated individuals by providing food, clothes, free adult education classes, etc.
- 860 individuals with toiletries
- 3979 families with emergency food boxes
- 949 homeless clients with sack lunches
- 1485 individuals received clothes and shoes
- 853 individuals attended our free legal clinic hosted by Rutherford/Cannon County Bar Association
- We also had 22,747 volunteer hours in 2016.
How will funds from your drive night be used? Our funds will be used to supplement the needs for our client services, so we can fill in the gaps where needed.
