Walworth County Food Pantry and Diaper Bank
The Walworth County Food Pantry and Diaper Bank, located in Elkhorn, serves over 400 families and distributes over 60,000 pounds of food each month throughout the region.
VIEW WEBSITESafe Families for Children
Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and families intact. St. John’s provided free office space to the SE Wisconsin field office for this movement until they moved to their current location. We continue to support the organization through volunteers, Christmas giving tree gifts, and in other ways.
VIEW WEBSITEChristian Alliance for Orphans
CAFO unites 190+ respected organizations and over 650 church members. We labor together in shared initiatives that inspire and equip Christians for effective orphan care, family preservation, adoption and foster care. We work to see the local church in every nation known as the primary answer for the needs of vulnerable children in their midst.
VIEW WEBSITELutheran World Relief
"Lutheran World Relief saves and improves lives in the poorest parts of the world. We will persist until your love reaches every neighbor." St. John's has supported LWR in a number of ways over many years, including donating quilts sent to those in need around the world.
VIEW WEBSITEWalworth County Health and Human Services
We partner with Walworth County Health and Human Services each Christmas to provide gifts to families throughout our community. St. John's also supports several foster families.
VIEW WEBSITEOpen Arms Free Clinic
From the website: Open Arms Free Clinic provides comprehensive primary medical, dental, behavioral health, lab, and medication services at no charge for qualifying residents. We believe everyone has the right to basic healthcare. St. John's members volunteer regularly to support the Open Arms mission in Walworth County.
VIEW WEBSITEElkhorn Area School District
St. John's volunteers volunteer monthly to help provide backpack meals to students and their families throughout the school year.
VIEW WEBSITECommunity Action - Twin Oaks Shelter
Twin Oaks Shelter for the Homeless is located in Darien, WI and offers 12 residential units where homeless households can stay up to 60 days. St. John's provides donations of clothing, quilts and other items to support this important organization in our community.
VIEW WEBSITEHope Now
HOPE NOW is a charitable organization serving the Elkhorn community, with a mission to help people in need secure and sustain their own housing. St. John's members serve on the board, volunteer and partner in other ways to support this organization.
VIEW WEBSITEClothing Outreach Center
The Clothing Outreach Center provides clothes for people of all ages. It is located in Elkhorn at 58 W. Market St suite M Elkhorn, WI 53121 next to the Hansen’s grocery store.
VIEW WEBSITESoles4Souls
At S4S, we turn unwanted shoes and clothing into opportunity, by keeping them from going to waste and putting them to good use – providing relief, creating jobs and empowering people to break the cycle of poverty. St. John's supports this organization by donating shoes through our annual church rummage sale in June.
VIEW WEBSITEChildren's Wisconsin
At any given time, there are approximately 7,000 children in foster care in Wisconsin who deserve safety and nurturing in a family setting. Foster parents provide a temporary home for children until they can be safely reunited with biological family or reach another form of permanency, such as adoption or guardianship. As the largest provider of foster care programming in the state, Children’s Wisconsin offers high levels of support to foster and adoptive families. St. John's has had several families in recent years serve as foster families through Children's Wisconsin.
VIEW WEBSITEGirl Scouts
St. John's hosts a local Girl Scout troop consisting of families both within and outside the congregation.
VIEW WEBSITELutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ
An association of congregations who are free in Christ, accountable to one another and rooted in the scriptures and the Lutheran confessions.
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