CHARLOTTE — More than 300 volunteers are needed for the Diocese of Charlotte’s 2017 Eucharistic Congress Sept. 8-9 at the Charlotte Convention Center. Volunteer jobs are only for a few hours, and the rest of the time they are free to enjoy the Congress.
All volunteers receive free parking, a thank you luncheon on Friday, and volunteers for the youth tracks and ushers receive a shirt, not to mention the abundance of grace in giving of their time.
Specific volunteer needs are:
- Children’s Track Volunteer: 11:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday
- Procession Volunteer: 8-10:30 a.m. Saturday
- Greeter: 6-9 p.m. Friday; 8-10 a.m., 10a.m.-noon, noon-2 p.m., or 2-4 p.m. Saturday
- Book Sales: 6-9 p.m. Friday; 10a.m.-noon, noon-2 p.m., or 2-4 p.m. Saturday
- Usher: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday; 9-11:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. or 4-6 p.m. Saturday
It takes one minute to sign up as a volunteer. Go to www.goeucharist.com, and click on “volunteer.” All volunteers are required to have a current background check on file with the diocese, and most positions also require “Protecting God’s Children” certification.
KERNERSVILLE — Holy Cross Church hosted its fourth annual Food Drive June 3 to benefit their local Second Harvest Food Bank. Banners were positioned the week prior, and volunteers held signs and waved at passersby the day of the drive.
Donations were collected during the recent Relay for Life rally and one compassionate young lady had asked guests attending her birthday party to bring an item to donate. Many brought more than one item.
Pictured collecting donated food items are Elizabeth Liotard and her mother, Marta Liotard. Despite the generosity of so many, the need for food donations is still great, according to Joseph Kilar, the new food drive manager of the Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem.
— N.J. Clausen and John Bunyea, correspondent