Join us for IPC's Annual Harvest for Hunger campaign to help fill our neighbor's table and lift up our community. Starting Sunday, October 20, you can pick up a Harvest for Hunger grocery bag at IPC. The list of food and hygiene items (our most needed items) is printed on the bag and will also be available on the website. Please return your filled bags by Sunday, November 19, which is Harvest for Hunger Dedication Day.

Volunteer at this unique event that will kick off our annual Harvest for Hunger! Everyone is invited to help pack 3,000 cucumber and cabbage packets to be distributed to community gardens across Alabama and the USA--this will replace our previous Crop Drop event. We need 100 volunteers and 16 team leaders. Please be sure to register!

The Weekend Buddy Bags program delivers bags twice a month to students at Hayes K-8 School to feed children for the weekend or supplement their weekend food. Groups and individuals are welcome to contact Nick Mathes at nmathes@ipc-usa.org to learn more! What goes in a Buddy Bag?
- Hearty/Chunky Soup
- Microwaveable Mac and Cheese
- Microwaveable Chef Boyardee
- Fruit Cup
- Packets of Grits/Oatmeal
- Breakfast/Protein Bar
- Peanut Butter/Cheese Snack Crackers

Donations can be dropped off or sent via a delivery service Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm to IPC Community Ministries' entrance on 31st Street South. Our current items needed include food and hygiene items.

Volunteers are needed to deliver Meals on Wheels in the Kingston neighborhood, where a significant part of our local community outreach is focused. Volunteers work in pairs delivering meals on the same day every other week. Meals are picked up at United Way on Clairmont Ave. Clear directions to each recipient's home is provided, and the total time from picking up the meals to completion of the delivery route (10-12 stops) is about one-and-a-half hours. Interested volunteers should sign up directly with Meals on Wheels.

Join us in shaping joyful experiences and meaningful growth for young hearts at IPC! Childcare is an essential part of IPC's Children Ministries on Sunday mornings and helpers are also needed on Sunday Mornings in the Atrium.

Volunteer Opportunity with i3 Academy’s Mobility Mentor Program IPC Discernment Committee funds are supporting this new and highly successful international program, which helps low-income families reach the middle class and beyond. It is EMPath, Inc.’s coaching approach – based on science – that gets breakthrough results. i3 Academy leaders, Dr. Tommy Bice and Mobility Mentor Coordinator Ebone Kimbre, have begun offering this dynamic program to elementary and middle school families. They are seeking dedicated mentors, who will partner with individual families to assess their family’s life, health, finances, education, and career. Interested in joining IPC’s two volunteers in training? i3 has several families waiting on collaborative partners.

STAIR 3.0 is an incredible program that continues to yield amazing results! This bi-weekly program offers one-on-one tutoring sessions to 3rd-graders at Hayes K-8 to help improve their literacy skills. In the fall, we will seek volunteers for Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm. You can sign up for either day or both days.

If you're looking to make a difference in a child's life, consider signing up for STAIR 3.0. Students genuinely look forward to these encounters, and word is spreading—more children are clamoring to know more about this empowering experience! For further information, please contact Becky Wright, Children’s Fresh Air Farm Director.

Volunteer with your family or a group to provide evening meals for the women and children staying at First Light. IPC will be providing evening meals each night for the week of November 3-9.

Sign up to join IPC for this year’s Habitat for Humanity Build. We are helping to build a home in Bessemer for the Baylor family alongside fellow Birmingham-area churches in the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley. The project begins on September 12 and at least 15 IPC volunteers are needed on September 21 and November 16. IPC is the only volunteer group on these days

Registration Info
Please register by emailing Rev. David Seamon. Register by September 13 for the volunteer day on September 21 and/or register by November 8 for the volunteer day on November 16. No construction experience is necessary, but you must be at least 14 years old.

Provide Sack Lunches
If swinging a hammer isn’t your jam, sign up to provide sack lunches for our 15 Habitat Volunteers.