Outreach Services Team
Our St. Charles Outreach Services Team meets quarterly to bring together volunteers of all ages to engage in projects that better the living, learning, and general conditions of all. For more information about specific events or to get engaged with this ministry, please contact Terri Blazek, Outreach Services Team Chairperson, at humanconcerns@stcharleshartland.org or 262-367-7608.
Outreach Volunteer Interest Form
Serving Meals In & Out of Hartland
Once a month, St. Charles Parish is the host for a free community meal for seniors and others. Volunteers are needed to greet people as they enter, serve refreshments, wash dishes, set-up and tear-down the event.
Times: Various times and duties from 3-7 pm
Located in downtown City of Waukesha, the Hope Center serves meals to those barely getting by with little or no income. Some attendees are homeless and are out on the street or in a shelter. Monthly our Outreach Group serves and cleans up after a meal. If you would like to assist please register below. NEW LOCATION: The Hope Center is located 101 W. Broadway (the old Chase Bank Building), Waukesha.
We have have increased our partnership role with this program serving men, women and families who are homeless in the Waukesha County area.
We prepare meals for 2 shelter locations in the City of Waukesha; Juno & Siena Houses. Please help by donating meal items. Drop them off in the Borromeo Room kitchen before or after mass on Saturday or Sunday.
Meal delivery drivers needed. Mondays and Fridays with some flexibility. And/or if you are interested in providing a meal in a 13 x 9 pan for the shelters, please call Ann Hansen at 920-763-4773.
Partnership With St. Anthony's, Milwaukee
Meets twice in the Fall to tag, sort, and facilitate delivery of donated gifts, food, and gift cards to families in need within our community (identified by St. Charles parishioner sponsors) at Christmas.
Helps to collect lightly used prom dresses and First Communion apparel.
An opportunity to serve families at our sister Parish on the southside of Milwaukee. Donations and serving happen weekly.
Additional Opportunities
- Knitting & Crochet Ministry
- Cookbooks
- La Sagrada Familia, DR
- Parishioner Support
- Brat Shack Fundraiser
Follow Jesus and clothe the naked by joining our ministry on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 10 am at St. Charles in the Borromeo Hall. Bring your yarn, knitting or crochet hook to create hats, mittens, scarves, baby items and prayer shawls for our neighbors in need.
The cookbook has over 200 recipes from fellow parishioners. It's a great way to support St. Charles Outreach Services Team and all the great ways they support and serve our community! Please contact the Parish Office to purchase a cookbook.
Help by collecting funds and other needs for our sister Parish in the Dominican Republic.
Available to serve the needs of other parishioners who may be elderly or unable to take care of the tasks that seasons demands–raking leaves, shoveling snow, etc.
We serve brats, burgers and hot dogs as well as a baked goods at the Piggly Wiggly Brat Shack to raise funds. All profits go to help purchase supplies for our many Outreach activities. This is an annual activity and we welcome all to volunteer to help cook, serve, make baked goods, set-up or clean-up and tear down.
Affiliated Groups
Knights of Columbus is a fraternal organization that supports intellectual disabilities, respects the dignity of life at all stages, and supports seminarians. Throughout the year, the Knights of Columbus sponsor events such as their annual Meat Raffle and Tootsie Roll Giveaways as well as hosting the Annual Columbus Day Dinner. New men are always welcome to join the Knights of Columbus.
For more information about Knights of Columbus or to become involved, please contact parishioner: Dale Sitek (Membership Director Knights of Columbus | Council #3562) at 262-649-6853 or email Camperdale@gmail.com.
Respect for Life is a group that operates through the grace of the Holy Spirit, dedicated to softening hearts, changing minds, and advancing the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. The group holds many events to further the dignity of human life, including the 40 Days for Life Campaign held in the Fall and Spring, sponsoring the pink and blue flags in front of the parish in October (Respect for Life month), the Baby Bottle Campaign, Holy Hours in January, and the Mother’s Day Rose Sale.
For more information about any of these events or to become involved, please contact the Parish Office at 262-367-0800 or parishioner Nancy Nueser at nneuser1@gmail.com.
Meet Baby Olivia | A Never Before Seen Look At Human Life In The Womb
Other Resources:
The St. Charles SVDP Food Pantry is now located on the Church grounds at 313 Circle Drive Hartland, and it is open Tuesday mornings between 10am and noon. It is also open on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of the month between 5:30pm and 7pm. If you know of someone in need of our services, please call us at 262-367-0800. The food pantry will be closed when Arrowhead Schools close for inclement weather. It will reopen the following week, weather permitting.
To be a volunteer, we ask to be a member of St. Vincent de Paul. Adults 18+ help by donating, stocking and distributing goods at the pantry Tuesday mornings or select evenings from 5:30-7 pm.