Access Point
Flexible serving opportunities with Local Reach Groups make it easy to start making a difference in your community.
Access Point is your on-ramp to serving—offering flexible opportunities and Local Reach groups that make a difference in our community each week.
Access Point is how our church serves those in need through practical, Christ-centered care. Through Access Point, we pack care bags and support Local Reach Groups as they go out into the community to serve, build relationships, and come alongside individuals and families with compassion and purpose.
Access Point OPPORTUNITIES
Serving in Local Reach can happen any day of the week! We have several flexible and family-friendly serving opportunities available, such as packing care bags for members of our community.
These provisions aim to alleviate the immediate burdens and identify opportunities to build trust in the communities that might benefit from the Gospel-Centered Path Out of Poverty.
We're Proud to have achieved
Over
9,000
Care Bags Donated
Over
20,000
Hours Volunteered
Care Bags to pack and bring to your campus
Instructions
- Fill bags with items to pass out to the groups below. We listed some ideas of things that are helpful to those groups but you can fill them as you see fit and either bring to your campus or build relationships with guidance counselors at local schools.
Homeless CARE BAGS
Purpose
- These bags will be given to our Local Reach Partners, coffee shops, and local schools to help the homeless in our community.
Donations
- Socks, travel size toiletries, protein bars, trail mix, peanut butter crackers, feminine hygiene products.
CHILD SNACK BAGS
Purpose
- These bags will be given to our local school systems for nurses, teachers, and administrators to give to children who may experience food insecurity during the weekend. They can also be used to help calm students while creating trust with their teachers.
Donations
- Protein bars, trail mix, single serve dinners and snacks, fruit cups, peanut butter crackers, chips, etc.
TEACHER APPRECIATION BAGS
Purpose
- These bags will be given to local schools to show our love and support for our educators.
Donations
- Pens, pencils, expo markers, sticky notes, candies and snacks, etc.
Pantry
Purpose
- The Pantry at specific campuses serves our Local Reach neighborhoods on a weekly basis.
Donations
- Shelf-stable food, cleaning products, hygiene products, etc.
Pantry listS
Charlottesville (Pantops & Ridge Street)
- Diapers, in sizes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 2T-3T; 4T-5T
- Baby wipes
- Canned chicken
- Mac & cheese
- White rice in either one or two pound bags
- Dried beans in a bag any type like pintos, black, Navy, etc
- Clorox wipes
- Dawn dish liquid
- Laundry detergent
- Bar soaps
- All purpose cleaning product like—Fabuloso
Louisa
- Dish liquid
- Paper towels
- Shampoo
- Laundry detergent
- Cleaning materials
- Small cereals
- Packets of oatmeal
- Breakfast bars
- Small cans of beef stew
- Brunswick stew/chicken
- Box Garlic & Herb Biscuit Mix (or Red Lobster Cheddar Bay mix)
- Canned chicken
- Canned peas & carrots
- Canned diced potatoes
- Canned evaporated milk
- Canned cream of chicken soup
- Canned diced ham
- Canned whole kernel corn
- Canned cream-style corn
- Chicken bouillon cubes
- Canned great northern beans
- Canned enchilada sauce
- Canned salsa verde (or chopped green chilies)
Waynesboro
- Dish liquid
- Paper towels
- Shampoo
- Laundry detergent
- Cleaning materials
- Small cereals
- Packets of oatmeal
- Breakfast bars
- Small cans of beef stew
- Brunswick stew/chicken
- Canned diced ham or canned ham
- Canned great northern beans
- Canned mixed vegetables
- Bouillon cubes (chicken or vegetable)
- Box deluxe macaroni & cheese
Local REACH Groups
Multiple Local Reach Groups have been formed to meet the needs of our local communities. These groups meet weekly within differing neighborhoods to build relationships, show love, and meet practical needs.