Volunteers and Donations

We love our volunteers!

We are very grateful to all of the individuals, families, and groups who serve Our Lord Jesus Christ by assisting us with all our Mission needs.

We can always use a helping hand giving the love of Jesus to all we serve! Tasks vary greatly day to day, but some common volunteer opportunities include:

• Greeting neighbors and assessing their needs

• Registering new moms and gathering items for them

• Assembling new baby welcome baskets

• Sorting baby and children's clothing

• Sorting, assembling and and cleaning baby items

• Stocking inventory of food

• Picking veggies in the summer time

• Assembling bags of food for neighbors

• Repackaging bulk food donations

• Maintenance and cleaning

• and more!

  Families with children are welcome to volunteer! Children must be accompanied by an adult.

  Adult volunteers must:

• Have a background check performed and be acceptable

• Be Virtus compliant ("protecting God’s children" program)

• May not receive assistance from the Rose Garden Mission

Volunteers will also be asked to complete our survey. You can complete it at the Mission or you can complete it at home and bring it with you. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at [email protected]

To safeguard everyone's dignity, all volunteers are required to wear modest/respectful clothing when volunteering. Here are some guidelines:

• Skirts/dresses must be below the knee

• Shorts should be knee-length. Even for boys

• Leggin's or jeggin's must be worm with a skirt/dress over them

• Spaghetti straps and short shorts are not allowed

• Clothing should not be skin-tight

• Crop tops and low-cut necklines are not allowed

• No droopy pants or t-shirts with obscene or malicious graphics

To maintain an atmosphere of peace, we also ask that volunteers refrain from wearing attire that endorses any political figures/parties when volunteering.

Donations

The Rose Garden can accept a variety of material donations.

Pregnancy and Family support needs

• Diapers (especially larger sizes)

• Wipes

• Formula (especially the more common brands such as Similac and Enfamil)

• Pullups

• Maternity clothing

• New or gently used baby clothing

• New or gently used children's clothing (especially sizes 18m-10/12)

• New or gently used baby equipment (swings, bassinettes, pack-n-play, bouncey seats, etc.)

• New baby and toddler carseats (5 point harness)

Baby Basket specific items

Our baby baskets contain most items that a mom will need in the first few weeks after the baby comes home.

Some people call it a "baby shower in a basket"! All our baby baskets contain one or more of the following items:

• Size 1 and size Newborn diapers

• Large packs of wipes

• Baby wash, shampoo, powder and lotion

• Safety Q-tips

• Diaper rash cream

• Outfits, sleepers and Onesies sizes 0-3m and 3-6m

• Baby socks, hats and mittens

• Baby blankets and receiving blankets

• Washcloths, burp cloths and bibs

• Baby nail-clippers, hair brushes and nasal aspirators

• Pacifiers

• Bottles

• Bottle brushes

• Rattles, teethers and stuffed animals

• Board books or cloth books

• Baby spoons

Our moms love handmade items! It means so much to them to receive a knitted or crocheted baby blanket, hat, booties, toy, or a REAL, hand-made baby quilt. Many of them do not have family who are truly supportive of them, so to receive a baby item made with love and prayer really lets them know that they are loved. We are truly grateful for the knitters, crocheters, quilters and seamstresses who take the time to make our baby baskets extra special!

Each mom also receives a special gift bag for HER when she comes in for her baby basket. "Mommy bags" include a variety of women's hygiene and sanitary items, candy, fuzzy socks, small household items and small gift items such as bracelets or perfume to make her feel special, too.

Food Pantry Donations

We will accept any non-expired food items. We are equipped for Fresh,

Refrigerated, Frozen, and Non-perishable food donations!

Medical Donations

We also accept medical supplies, non-expired medications, and insulin,

as well as most medical equipment. If we do not have a patient in need

of a donated medical item, we will send that item to another agency

that does. It WILL be put to use!

Financial Donations

We always appreciate financial donations as well. Please send donations to P.O. Box 122070, Covington KY, 41012

Checks can be made out to "The Rose Garden Mission", "The Friends of the Rose Garden Mission", "The Rose Garden Center for Hope and Healing", or "The Franciscan Daughters of Mary" depending on where you would like your donation to be used.

You can also donate online by clicking the button below. You will be taken to an external site called "Vanco" that we use to process our online donations.

Prayer and Sacrifice

We ALWAYS need prayers!! Please pray for us and our ministries!

Please know that even if you are unable to volunteer or donate in any other way, we appreciate your prayer just as much- and those prayers are just as useful, if not more so! If you are suffering in anyway, or if you know someone who is, please ask them to offer their suffering for us!!

Prayer and sacrifice are very much undervalued these days, and when we get to Heaven we will see just how much was done through the prayers and sufferings of faithful souls.

Thank You!!!