Disaster Relief

Some gifts can be planned; others must be made quickly to meet sudden needs. Christian Help has established a contingency fund for that purpose, and past gifts have been made to organizations aiding hurricane victims and those suffering in war zones. As emergencies arise, Plymouth will again extend a helping hand.

Plymouth Homeless Shelter

How can we serve the growing number of homeless New Yorkers right outside our doors? Since the homeless crisis in the ‘80s, Plymouth has provided warm beds, meals and hospitality as part of an interfaith shelter at the church. Our 2011-2012 shelter was hosted by Plymouth in October 2011.

Small Grants

Although Christian Help has made larger commitments to its new partners, in 2010-2011 $25,000 went to charities that promote the welfare of Brooklyn youth – thanks to endowment funds specifically earmarked for this purpose – and $30,000 went to other local causes. These are the small grants that were made by Plymouth in the last church year:

2010 - 2011 Small Grants

Church of Gethsemane: A Presbyterian Church whose members have been incarcerated

Dialogue Project: Creates dialogue among Christians, Muslims, and Jews

ECPAT/USA: Advocacy against sexual exploitation of children

Face to Face AIDS Project: Global organization for community-based AIDS treatment and prevention

Heart of Brooklyn: Provides need-based scholarships for a cultural summer program for youth

Heights and Hill Community Council : Services for the elderly

Housing and Solutions : Creates housing for released women inmates

Lutheran Social Service: Refugee resettlement program

Maura Clark-Ita Ford Center : Family literacy program for the economically disadvantaged

New York Congregational Nursing Center: Anniversary gift, and culinary arts program

New York Theological Seminary: Seminary interns working with youth in Brooklyn

Plymouth Church School: scholarships

Project Reach Youth/Lutheran Hospital: AIDS peer education program for youth

Prospect Park YMCA: After school program at PS 169 in Sunset Park

Youth Services Opportunity Program: Provides high-quality volunteer experiences for youth

2010-2011 Grants for New Purposes

Disaster Relief

New Baptist Temple: Rebuilding fund
Doctors With Borders: Flood relief in Pakistan
Shelter Box: Tsuname relief in Japan
World Relief: Disaster relief in Indonesia and Haiti 

Yankee Fair Match

Christian Help in Park Slope
Brooklyn Young Mothers Cooperative