Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry-GACM 2021

Volunteers prepping for the Food cupboard distribution at GACM on a hot day!

Andrew Antrim, Phyllis Stickney and Linda Lelli of Abington Friends Meeting with weekly food collection from Abington Friends Meeting at GACM! Neighbors helping neighbors.

GACM collects food from Abington Friends Meeting and Penn Charter.

Today GACM's Angel Tree and gift give-a-way was held. With the support of Flourtown and Summit Presbyterian Churches and a generous donor, many parents, grandparents and children were made happy. The donor provided lots of toys including 4 bikes and 4 scooters which were distributed via a raffle.

Most touching was a woman who just cried stating how grateful she was to receive the bike. In her words, and through tears she said, "It's been a struggle". Another awesome moment was when the big girl bike winner came with her mom. She was so excited and wanted to ride the bike out of the church. You can see by her smile, she was happy!

While we prioritize housing and utilities, today also reminded each of us of the importance of our holiday drives. We helped relieve the burden for those who needed the assistance and provided them with a source of joy. We also received a gift as we interacted with the households today.

Special thanks to all our volunteers, especially Jeff who helped to distribute Christmas baskets and provided other assistance as needed.

A smile is contagious. Give it to the world and the world will give back to you.
You can brighten the days of people around just by smiling. (unknown)

GACM hosted the annual Winter Weather Warmth clothing drive and it was amazing . So many clothes were given away. The volunteers were wonderful and the shoppers were courteous and grateful. We also had giant boxes filled with brand new Bomba’s socks, all sizes.

Eileen did a superb job getting it together, and staging it . Very orderly and organized.

SCH Academy delivering their food collections this month to GACM. Each month parents and students deliver and sort the non-perishable food items, neighbors helping neighbors!

GACM is participating in the 26th Annual Race Against Hunger this year in Philadelphia. It is a virtual event and we have many organizations helping to support our organization. Thank you for considering and making a donation to our wonderfully helpful organization that helps our neighbors who are experiencing crises.

Click the link below to make a donation.

https://runsignup.com/RaceAgainstHunger2022-GACM

Another successful delivery received from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy after over 750 items were collected in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The volunteers and GACM team are seen here happily smiling when sorting the new food items.

GACM received over 200 bags of food from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy from their fall collection of hearty soups, peanut butter and jelly, and pasta and sauce.

We want to share information about and invite you to a fun, free community event on August 28th and 29th from 5:30 pm to 7:30 p.m. at Vernon Park. Germantown Plays Pericles is an interactive, all-ages fair and performance that will have art installations, games, music and mutual aid resources, all playing with Shakespeare’s story of Pericles.

The J.B. Kelly School Library Volunteers will be giving away new and gently-used children’s books at the Mutual Aid “Island”. The Kelly Green Volunteers will be joining us with Kelly Garden greens. Mutual Aid welcomes you to leave what you can and take what you need. See below for more information or check Shakespeare in Clark Park Presents Germantown Plays Pericles.

Germantown Plays Pericles

https://www.facebook.com/events/953042208881639/

This summer, Shakespeare in Clark Park is thrilled to bring live theater back to not one, but three parks! August 28 & 29 will be the Germantown production, Germantown Plays Pericles.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/philadelphia/article/Shakespeare-in-Clark-Park-Presents-GERMANTOWN-PLAYS-PERICLES-20210804