February Volunteers of the Month
Lynchwood Christian Church

The ladies of Lynchwood Christian Church in Southeast Portland have a long history of volunteer service. Since the church was founded in the early 1970s in one of the dairy barns at Meadowland Dairy on SE Powell Boulevard, the church members have been involved in charitable work. From collecting food for SnoCap, to building homes for Habitat for Humanity, to their annual Christmas tree trimmed with socks, caps and mittens for the homeless, Lynchwood Christian Church members have made it their mission to become involved in the community where they live.

Frank and Elaine Spellman stock a snack table three days each week and donate the proceeds to the Cherry Blossom Center.

Delivering Meals-On-Wheels was a natural extension of that
service philosophy. A handful of dedicated women first volun-
teered at the Eastco Center when it was located on SE 176th
and Glisan, just up the street from the church. When that center

Lynchwood Christian Church volunteers Cathy Sears, Diana Millican and Mary Warren at Cherry Blossom Loaves & Fishes Center. Not pictured are Bob and Lael Hays, Earl and Evelyn Sass and Eunice Johnson

became the Cherry Blossom Center and moved to SE 106th and
Stark, the ladies of Lynchwood moved with it. Today a core group volunteers the first Monday and Tuesday of every month, working in the kitchen, serving meals to those who come into the Center for lunch and preparing the coolers to go out with the Meals-On-Wheels drivers. Several members deliver a Meals-On-Wheels route weekly, and Eunice Johnson serves on both the Centers Council and the Loaves & Fishes Centers Board of Directors. Frank and Elaine Spellman stock and maintain a snack table three days a week and donate all proceeds to the center. Even Pastor Bob Hanna gets involved and occasionally drives a route himself.

                                                                                If you would like to know more about volunteering to deliver
                                                            Meals-On-Wheels in your neighborhood, call Angel Pilato at
                                                            503.736.6325 ext. 86239.