Stay after breakfast (or come at your convenience) to create a series of items to benefit the St. Louis region at this family-friendly event. Advance registration is requested, though walk-in volunteers will also be accepted if space is available.

We are also in need of volunteers to help assist our project leaders at this site. Contact jamdocs2019@gmail.com if interested.

Make no-sew blankets for Missouri Baptist Chemo Care bags; If you have your own pair of fabric scissors, please bring along. (10-11 a.m.) Location: Tafseer Room (first floor). Capacity: 50 volunteers.

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Decorate get-well cards for kids and and Decorate Lunch Bags for the Unhoused; (10-11 a.m.) Capacity: 100.

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Assemble toiletry and dental kits for those in need. Time: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location: Gym. Capacity: 50.

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New this year, we're inviting knitters of all ages and experience levels to work side-by-side. Bring your own needles and thread to join the fun. Or come as you are, and we'll provide the material to make no-sew scarves to benefit the Little Bit Foundation.
Time: 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Location: Iqra Library (enter from outside). Capacity: 50.

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Back by popular demand, this kid-friendly activity features stories of Jewish and Muslim holidays as well as those that unite us despite our differences. When you register, please let us know the ages of your children. Capacity: 50.
*Children must remain supervised at all times. Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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Volunteers will first meet at this year’s main site to assemble gift packs of cookies and snacks, and then deliver those care packages to police and fire stations across the city and St. Louis County. Note: this is a change from previous years, when the gift packs were assembled the day before delivery.

A reliable vehicle for meal delivery is required, although each car can include multiple volunteers.

Capacity: 150 drivers. Please register per vehicle. Each car’s route will consist of 1-2 stops, allowing participants to spend more time interacting with gift recipients as well as their fellow volunteers.

Gift pack assembly begins at 11 a.m., with delivery commencing at 11:30 a.m.

Participants consistently cite the interactions and informal conversations with volunteers from different faiths, neighborhoods, cultural or ethnic backgrounds as some of their most memorable Day of Service moments.

To help facilitate more of those conversations, we’re inviting participants to an open-ended (but guided) conversation facilitated by leaders from the Muslim and Jewish communities: Dr. Ghazala Hayat, a Saint Louis University neurology professor and member of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis; and Cantor Josh Finkel, spiritual leader of Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community.

Taking a page from the online discussion site Reddit, this dialogue will take the form of an Ask Me Anything (AMA) conversation: a chance to learn about your neighbors’ history, culture, conventions and concerns in an informative, respectful, engaging and interactive format. Capacity: 100 participants. Walk-ins accepted if space available.

This initiative of the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank helps ensure that individuals in need have access to essential menstrual hygiene products. More than one in five low-income women in St. Louis report experiencing “period poverty,” instead using inferior or unhealthy alternatives. Capacity: 50 volunteers. We're also seeking donations of small cosmetic bags to be used for this activity.

Explore how the tenets of two faiths are expressed in the clothes we wear and the rules and customs we follow. Capacity: 50 participants                                                                                                    

Small-group tours of the mosque followed by the afternoon call for prayer and observation of Zuhr prayers. Participants are asked to asked to dress appropriately (arms and legs covered, and worshippers must remove their shoes). Capacity: 50 participants. Advance registration required, with walk-ins accepted if space available.

Volunteers at the St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center can play basketball and other gym activities, table and board games or make holiday cards with the juvenile residents. Volunteers typically split into two groups so that residents can rotate between activities. Capacity: 15 volunteers. Must be at least 21. This activity is not recommended for those with limited mobility.

The center, located in the Central West End, serves adults with severe and persistent mental illness in the St. Louis area to help them live and work, independently and with dignity, in the community.

Volunteers will help cook and serve a holiday brunch at Independence Center’s clubhouse, 4245 Forest Park Ave, and visit with its members.

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Capacity: 15 volunteers.

This organization’s mission is to ensure equal access to healthcare, mental health and social services for all, regardless of national origin or language ability, through the advocacy, education and direct multilingual services that we provide. Its direct services include wellness, mental health counseling, case management, Affordable Care Act assistance, prescription drug enrollment and the state’s only multi-ethnic senior center.

Volunteers will deliver hot midday meals along with gift bags containing household and personal care items. A reliable vehicle for meal delivery is required, although each car can include multiple people. Where possible, we will also try to match those without a car with drivers, along with those looking to work in teams with members of other faiths.

Capacity: 16 drivers. Please register per vehicle. Each car’s route will consist of 4-6 households, each relatively near the others. Participants may bring their own food-handling bags, if available, and can arrive between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Five Star Center is dedicated to supporting the health and independence of seniors and adults with disabilities so they may live as independently as possible with dignity and respect. Founded in 1976 by five neighborhood churches in South City, the collaboration is now an independent, non-sectarian nonprofit that continues to provide transportation, meal delivery, referral services and a community gathering site.

On Christmas Day, volunteers will deliver hot meals to the homes of clients on predetermined routes, with each vehicle delivering several meals. A reliable vehicle for meal delivery is required, although each car can include multiple people.

If possible, we will try to match those without a car with drivers, along with those looking to work in teams with members of other faiths. Capacity: 25 drivers. Please register per vehicle.

Volunteers at this historic St. Louis congregation will work side-by-side to create a series of items to benefit the St. Louis region, including no-sew blankets for Missouri Baptist Chemo Care bags and get-well cards for hospitalized children and toiletry kits for those in need.

We will also be assembling Fresh Start Bags containing household and toiletry items for clients of the Gateway180 homeless shelter, a project that remains sponsored by Kol Rinah but which this year will be hosted by CRC.

This is a family-friendly event. Advance registration is requested, though walk-in volunteers will also be accepted. Capacity: 200 volunteers.

Back for a second year, this popular potluck meal takes place at TASOM’s location at 664 Lemay Ferry Road in south St. Louis County. Advance registration is required, with participants asked to sign up to bring a dish representing a culture, region or family tradition so that we can learn about each other through food — the universal language. Capacity: 100 volunteers.

Volunteers at this make-it site will assemble snack packs and cards for Back@You, which supplies back packs to those experiencing homeless; no-sew blankets for Crisis Nursery, which provides a safe place for children whose parents are in crisis; holiday cards for hospitalized children; and decorated bags for Project Downtown. Capacity: 100 volunteers.