Volunteer Ministry

Due to the high number of houses in serious need of repair in the surrounding Mississippi Delta, this ministry serves community members who need and request work done on their homes.  The ministry is made possible by hundreds of volunteers from all areas of the country who come to donate their time, skills, and labor for community home repair projects and other Center job needs.

To Qualify for Services, Homeowners must go through a housing repair application process.  Applications are reviewed and evaluated for approval based on income, living situation, physical state of home, and the level of need.

Requirements Homeowners are required to pay for the cost of materials with a possible discount, and a commitment by at least one of the home's occupants, when physically able, to work side by side with Cary Christian Center's volunteers.

Other Volunteer Projects We are now inviting unemployed young men and women to work along side of the volunteers to learn skills needed for home upkeep and improvement.

Volunteers are also involved in various other projects including assistance to the Parent Child Ministry and Spiritual Development Ministry, assisting in the Thrift Stores, making improvements to our buildings and grounds, and a multitude of other projects, in and around the Center.  Many supporters who have never been to Cary provide wonderful help to the ministry by making quilts and baby things for the Parent Child Ministry and Compassion Ministry, rounding up and sending supplies and resources, donating goods to the Thrift Store and helping with the  collection and trucking of those goods.

The Center has on-site lodging for volunteers, including four fully furnished apartments, dormitory facilities for groups of up to 65 people, and 10 full hook-up RV pads.  Volunteers are asked to make a donation to cover the Center's cost  to provide these facilities and for project building materials.  People interested in volunteering may request an application from the Volunteer Ministry.

Cary Christian Center
P.O. Box 57, 154 Cottonwood Street,  Cary, Mississippi 39054
Telephone: (662) 873-4593                 FAX: (662) 873-4112
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