This summarizes volunteer opportunities for parishioners interested in justice and service efforts.  We invite you to get involved by contacting the appropriate representative.  For Confirmation students looking for service hours, you may also check out the Religious Education page (under Education) for more ideas.

St. Elizabeth Parish Service Mission Program.
Contact Larry Tremonti at 301-468-5717 or larrytremonti@msn.com.
The Service Mission Program supports service to the poor through service missions by the young people of the parish.  It provides financial support to interested parishioners (16 years or older). 

New Orleans Build
Contact Phil Liotta: liottapl@aol.com .
In October 2008, a team from St. Elizabeth’s visited New Orleans for a week to work on a home destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.  The experience was a profound one. A second trip is planned for the week of April 19, 2009.  Team signups have begun.

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (CNVS) (www.cnvs.org)  
CNVS connects people and transforms lives by facilitating a wide range of faith-based volunteer opportunities. Their detailed website provides details of opportunities for all ages with a broad range of activities and periods of service. 

Lenten Meals
Contact Marilyn Taylor @ 301-881-1380 ext. 205 or mjtste@hotmail.com
Meals will be prepared every Friday and Saturday from February 27 thru April for the shelter in Rock Creek cemetery.  The one-to-one interaction with residents (currently 3 adults/4 children) makes this a wonderful family project.

Outreach to Langley Park Community
St. Elizabeth’s serves the economically disadvantaged Catholic Community of Langley Park, MD through substantial provision of food and other needed items and services such as English as a Second Language classes.  St. Elizabeth recently has joined a “partnership” with St. Camillus and Our Lady of Mercy to strengthen service outreach to Langley Park.  This collaboration is expected to increase service opportunities for the parishioners of all three parishes and to build relationships with this Catholic community.  Current opportunities include:     

• Parishioners donate food on the first Sunday of every month for St. Camillus Food Pantries to help feed poor families. (Contact: Brian Crowe Brian.Crowe@worldnet.att.net)
• Parishioners staff the Pantry in Langley Park once a month to distribute donated food.  (Contacts: Larry Tremonti:  larrytremonti@msn.com; Tim Beaty: tbeaty@teamster.org; & Maureen Feroli: edferoli@comcast.net )

Attic-Treasure/Craft Fair Fundraiser for our Sister Parish in Haiti
Contact Marilyn Taylor @ 301-881-1380 ext. 205 or mjtste@hotmail.com .
The 2/27 to 3/2 visit of our pastor and three parishioners to Haiti will assess the priority needs of our sister parish. We will hold a fundraiser on April 25 and will need both donated goods and personnel to prepare and staff the event.     

Archdiocesan Legislative Action Network: 
You Can Make a Difference from your Home Computer
Contact Larry Couch at 301-853-5343.
The Legislative Committee of the parish (and Archdiocese) needs you to contact your legislators – Federal, State and County – on issues of importance to the poor and vulnerable.  It’s a quick and simple process from your home computer. 

Community Ministries of Rockville 
Contact Agnes Saenz at 301-637-0730 or asaenz@cmrrocks.org
St. Elizabeth is one of 21 churches/temples who are members of CMR and support its extensive service network for the poor of Rockville.  There will be a collection of new bed linen for the new Chase Partnership House Shelter in February.

So Others May Eat (SOME)
Contact Brian Crowe  Brian.Crowe@worldnet.att.net.
Parishioners provide a monthly meal for 300 men, women and children at SOME in Washington, D.C. on the second Saturday of every month.  Food (cooked chicken, canned green beans, bagged or boxed rice, and applesauce) is collected at St. Elizabeth parking lot (in front of the school) between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. 

Literacy Council of Montgomery County (LCMC): Literacy Tutors Needed  
Call 301-610-0030 or info@literacycouncilmcmd.org. 
LCMC has over 200 adult students on its waiting list for tutors.  Volunteer as a literacy tutor and teach an adult to read, write, or speak English.  Tutors work with students in local libraries or community centers at mutually convenient times.  Training is provided & knowledge of a foreign language is not required. 

Weekly Social Concerns Collection 
Parishioners are encouraged to contribute $1.00 a week per family to the Parish’s Weekly Social Service Collection to better assist our partner organizations in helping vulnerable people obtain essential social services.  Baskets are at all the church doors every Sunday.

If you would more information, or are available to help out, please contact the parish office (301.881.1380 or saint.elizabeth@verizon.net), and someone will contact you.