Service Projects

The Personal Needs and Linen Closet (PNLC) is a program of Catholic Charities of Jackson County. This program provides personal and household necessities to members of our community who struggle to afford the basic products, that many of us take for granted. The PNLC is open Fridays from 9 AM -12 Noon, and is located at 407 S. Mechanic. People in need can come in and get these products free of charge. It is a constant challenge to keep our shelves stocked. The items we give away are supplied by donations, and items purchased with our limited funds from the Food Bank.

We ask you, our dear friends in the community, to consider helping us with the ongoing challenge of keeping the shelves of the PNLC stocked. This can be done by taking up regular donations at your place of work, your Church, or your home. Any onetime donation is greatly appreciated. If you can organize a weekly, monthly, bi-annual collection of items it would be very helpful as well. Your donation of items would go a long way towards helping those we serve realize the dignity which is inherent in each person but not always felt. Following is a list of items we constantly need.

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DID YOU KNOW?

THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CELL PHONE USER OWNS 3 OR MORE CELL PHONES.

THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF A CELL PHONE IS 18 MONTHS

130 MILLION CELL PHONES WILL BECOME OBSOLETE OR DISCARDED THIS YEAR ALONE

AN ESTIMATED 75% OF OBSOLETE CELL PHONES ARE STOCKPILED IN DRAWERS BY PEOPLE WHO DON�T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM

CELL PHONES CONTAIN MANY TOXIC MATERIALS SUCH AS ARSENIC.COPPER,ZINC A ND BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS WHICH WOULD FILTER INTO THE AIR AND GROUNDWATER SUPPLY IF DISPOSED OF IN LANDFILLS

SURVEYS SUGGEST THAT 90% OF AMERICANS WOULD RECYCLE THEIR USED CELL PHONE IF IT WAS CONVENIENT

Would your troop or community would like to participate in a cell phone recycling project? The council has prepaid shipping boxes. You can either use this as a troop or community fundraiser by filling out the appropriate forms and stopping by the Service Center for supplies or as a service project by collecting the phones and turning them into the council. For more information, please contact Priscilla Smith at the Service Center: 800.322.1209 or 517.784.8543.

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Empty Bowl Project

Click on the picture for more information.

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Upper Grand River Implementation Project

Lots of great activities for Girl Scouts! Click on the bird to go the their website.

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AWARE Shelter

AWARE, Inc. currently has a high number of pregnant women in our shelter and transitional housing program. We are in great need of donations for these babies. Donations can be dropped off at the AWARE, Inc. shelter located at 706 W Michigan Ave in Jackson. Please contact Kathryn at 517.783.2861, extension 36 if you have any questions.

The shelter would greatly appreciate any of the following items for their clients:

    ●   Tee-shirts
     ●   Onesies
     ●   Bibs
     ●   Receiving Blankets
     ●   Infant Washcloths
     ●   Infant Hooded Towels
     ●   Infant Socks
     ●   Bottle Brushes
     ●   Sleepers
     ●   Disposable diapers, size one
     ●   Wipes
     ●   Infant Sweaters
     ●   Playyards
     ●   Bottles
     ●   Baby Shampoo, Lotion, Baby Powder, Baby Wash, Vaseline
     ●   Bassinets/Cribs

For the 2008 AWARE wish list, click here: AWARE

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