Serve

Through this fund we provide financial assistance for individuals in need in our community with a focus on utility assistance. We partner with Care Portal and the Hillcrest Blessings Program to further expand our support of the community.

This ministry is a partnership with Park Hill School District and schools in the North Kansas City and Platte County School Districts to provide personal care items to students and their families. These full-sized items are donated by our congregation and area groups sponsoring drives. Referrals are received from school social workers and counselors and filled by volunteers who deliver the “care bags” to the schools.

Pine Ridge sponsors an apartment for an individual or family in this program. We maintain and clean the apartment, provide meals for our resident(s), do weekly budget counseling, and provide other support. For more information regarding Hillcrest please click here.

Our ongoing efforts to collect food, in the grocery cart in the foyer, helps the Hillcrest Food Closet keep their shelves filled.. We also partner with Southern Platte Emergency Assistance Food Pantry in hosting an annual concert to raise funds for them.

We work with KCIA to support special projects including their holiday celebration, back to school clothing distribution, and annual teacher and staff appreciation events.

These bags, available in the foyer, are filled by members of all ages with basic items that would benefit a homeless individual. We encourage members to take filled bags to share in the community with those in need.

Our Community Garden has two plots dedicated for growing produce. The gardens are lovingly cared for by volunteers and given to the local food Pantry (SPEAC) for distribution to families in our community.

Pine Ridge has partnered with various area organizations to provide Christmas gifts for those in need including Kansas City International Academy. Last year we worked with Park Hill School District and Hillcrest Platte County providing Christmas gifts and grocery gift cards for local families and young adults.

By offering the opportunity to order tamales to our members we support this social enterprise which reinvests its revenues into the women running and working this business, their families, and the local community.

Each year we hold various drives as needs arise which have included: back to school supplies for Kansas City International Academy, coats and blankets for The Salvation Army's Project Warmth, new underwear and socks for the Park Hill Clothing Closet, and canned foods for our Thanksgiving Food Bags for Prairie Point Elementary Families.