Metrocrest Social Services assists families dealing with crisis situations and helps them plan for a more secure future, through assistance with rent, utility payments, food, clothing, medical prescriptions, job assistance, and more.
Each summer, FUMC Coppell partners with Metrocrest Social Services to provide food each week to children who are on the free or reduced lunch program during the school year. These are children and families who live in the Coppell school district (Coppell, south Lewisville, west Carrollton, Valley Ranch and North Irving). In the summer of 2017 we served 183 children from 73 families over the 10 weeks. Every Saturday morning from June to August, volunteers deliver sacks with a week’s supply of food to each family’s door.
There are two ways to volunteer: help pickup food at Metrocrest or deliver food to families. Click here to sign up.
1. After signing in click in the ‘opportunities’ tab.
4. Click the sign up button for the shift you would like to sign up for. Once you click sign up the shift will be pending for confirmation.
5. You will send receive a confirmation email through the system letting you know that you have been added to the schedule.
Volunteers are needed to provide rides to seniors for medical appointments and other destinations. Appointments are normally between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Volunteers must be willing to use their own vehicle and submit a DPS background check which is available here. The completed form can be submitted via email, or fax to (214-694-2171) at Kathy’s attention. If interested, please contact Kathy Blaschke, Metrocrest Services Transportation Director, at 972-446-2100 orkblaschke@metrocrestservices.org. Click here for the background check form. The completed form can be submitted via email, or fax to (214-694-2171) at Kathy’s attention.