Serving Opportunities
Oscar Smith High School Food Distribution
River Oak is the site point-of-contact for Oscar Smith High School next week (and the weeks to come until school is back in) for items distributed while the schools give out bagged lunches. Currently OSHS has been serving 150-200 lunches a day. Chesapeake has asked churches to get involved by collecting supplies. A huge component of this is non-perishable food items.
We need to continue to collect as many of these things as we can in the weeks to come! We are asking that items are to be dropped off at the church. Please leave items by the doors at lobby B. There are bins set up. We will be collecting until further notice.
The following donations are needed for students and families:
- New school supplies, children’s books (story books and chapter books), & activity workbooks
- Cleaning supplies
- Non-perishable food items
- Toiletries
- Gift Cards
- Diapers
- Wipes
*Canned goods, canned tuna, pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter, jelly, ramen noodles, instant rice, toothbrushes, toothpaste, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, canned/cup fruit, diapers and wipes are items that are first to run out.*
We are also able to bless students and teachers
- Power strips (for teachers)
- Short extensions cords (for teachers)
- Dry erase boards (small personal ones) with markers (for teachers)
- Poster boards
- Color pencils
- Markers
- Ink pens
- Sketch books for art class
- Loose Paper
- Pencils
- Notebooks
For more information on this ministry please visit: https://faithinchesapeake.com/
Bless the Medical Staff
Another way to bless local medical staff is making homemade cards. We have a bin next to the face masks for homemade cards for all medical personnel. We want to be their encouragement during this time. We want them to feel the hope of Jesus.
Foodbank Distribution sites:
The Foodbank will be distributing food at several YMCA locations Tuesdays from 5:30-7:30pm, and Fridays from 9-11am. The Greenbrier YMCA is one of the those locations.
Link to website: https://foodbankonline.org/
Food donations can be made to these drop-off sites Mondays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon and from 5 to 7 p.m.
1536 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
633 South Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23322
4441 South Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23452
4626 Taylor Road, Chesapeake, VA 23321