Events
We have programs that vary from outreach, education, providing necessary items, and food for those in need. Most importantly, we offer the human touch and provide meaningful interactions with those who we come into contact with. It is with this genuine connection that our volunteers are ablet o see homelessness and poverty humanized. Helping people see each other as people rather than circumstances helps to raise our community in awareness and compassion.
At this time, we are seeking grant funding to assist us with these programs!
Sandwich Saturday
If We Eat, They Eat
In our If We Eat, They Eat campaign, We Rise Above The Streets helps the community come together and make a difference in the lives of their neighbors with our Sandwich Saturday event. This event serves both the homeless and the housed. Through the providing of basic needs, not only do we serve those in need, we help them to feel seen and the volunteers are awakened to the realities of their community. Sandwich Saturday is a food outreach campaign where we bring sack lunches for more than 1,000 people each week. On occasion, we also offer coats, clothing, and other resources such as hygiene kits.
We Rise Above The Streets Youth Ambassador
Our numerous school partnerships afford us the ability to offer after-school and summer programs to help at-risk youth make healthy life choices. This educational effort also helps them learn how they can serve the community and become powerful leaders within their community. We Rise Above The Streets Youth Ambassador’s mission is to help individuals overcome and/or remove the barriers that deter their pursuit of success. We facilitate opportunities for a better quality of life through improved health and wellness, academic success, personal, social and economic growth, access to artistic excellence and cultural awareness, financial literacy, and building community agencies and institutions. Our summer program is for youth boys and girls between the ages of 14-19.
Self-Sufficiency Program
Our Self-Sufficiency Program offers education to help individuals learn new skills in order to become self-sufficient. These skills include basic skills, job training assistance, and facilitation with resources that are available to help them become employable in an ever changing world. Classes also include financial literacy and budgeting. The program offers a monthly three-week CareerWorks Boot Camp (CB3) designed to prepare individuals for viable jobs and independent living. This is followed by 12 months of career placement and/or vocational training assistance, case management, and continued job retention and mentoring support.
Our organization, We Rise Above the Streets Recovery Outreach Inc., has been organizing a Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate for the past 7 years years at St. Lucy Catholic Church. You can check some photos from last year's event. I want to emphasize how well the event is executed - volunteers treat everyone in need with care and respect, making them feel like they are in a five-star restaurant. Our volunteers are required to wear a white shirt with black pants. They escort guests to their tables, take their orders, serve the food promptly, and ensure their comfort throughout.
The people we are helping are not lining up standing in a long line in the usual way as they typically do at other events to access services. After the meal, guests are welcome to get haircuts, shop for free coats, clothes, toys, gifts, hygiene packages, and more. There's also a DJ, vendors sharing mental health information, and a foot washing station and mobile shower planned for this year. We are seeking sponsors. We are looking for businesses and organizations that can create different hygiene kits and organize a collection of hats and gloves for the occasion. Additionally, we are in need of volunteers or restaurants to prepare cook turkey. Our goal is to gather a minimum of 25 cooked turkeys. We are seeking volunteers to cook side dishes and to create sweets.
We require a large quantity of desserts. We are looking for volunteers to help out. The event always brings me immense joy as guests leave with smiles, full hearts, and immense gratitude. Every year, people express their thanks and appreciation, and we aim to make this year's event even more special. The volunteers feel extremely pleased, thankful, and joyful too. We rely on your support, so please consider donating a hot meal or volunteering to make this day unforgettable for those in need. To get involved in this incredible, awe-inspiring, transformative occasion, reach out to us at 315-491-7164.
Visit our website, http://www.streetsrecoveryoutreach.org/ complete the registration form, and one of our associates will reach out to you.
SANDWHICH SATURDAY 10am - 12pm
Event Registration
- All Ages Are Welcome
- Wheelchair Accessible
- All Groups Are Welcome. There is no limit to the number of people that are in your group.
