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Ready, Set. Bake!
Volunteer to help bake healthy, delicious treats for our homeless shelters and soup kitchens
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Quilting with Love
Help us make children's comfort quilts for our vulnerable children
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Lending A Hand
Providing handyman services to low-income homeowners in our community
About Us
Giving Back is a project of the Community Services Department of the St. Thomas Seventh Day Adventist Church and ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). It is a place where those in most need of something to do can come and give back to the community. There are three areas of service: baking, children’s quilt making and handyman services. Read more…
Employment Opportunity
Giving Back looks for partners to whom we can recommend our volunteers for permanent employment.
End Homelessness
Giving back also gives a sense of belonging to the homeless.
Substance Recovery
Having something meaningful to do is very important in helping those in recovery to maintain.
Volunteers Wanted!
Join us! If you love people and are willing to be a patient teacher, we would love to have you at Giving Back. We are especially looking for those who have skills in quilting/sewing and men who have various practical skills. We also offer volunteer hours to students and those seeking to fulfill the requirements for the Direct Accountability Program. Fill out our Volunteer Application Form. We will contact you soon.
Make a Difference Today! Show your support by making a donation.
There are several ways to donate – email money transfer to our Giving Back email, a cheque delivered to the store itself or online via our website. You will receive a tax deductible receipt through the Community Services Department of the St.Thomas Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Donate TodayUplifting Testimonials
Here's what some of our clients and volunteers have said about our program.
Cindy: Giving Back gives us a place where we are welcomed and not judged for our lifestyle. It is a warm, welcoming, safe place. Without this place it would be even harder being on the street.
Dillon: At first glance, Giving Back may not seem to strike anybody as a miracle or the most loud and alive social gathering space. But when I find myself with nowhere to go and I am starving from hunger or even just need to rest my eyes for a minute…(Giving Back’s) cozy, loving atmosphere is always here for me. From cookies to a delicious smoothie or even a cup of hot cocoa.. (I am provided with) a safe, welcoming, non-judgmental, positive and supportive environment…And trust me, when one is homeless, there is nothing more welcomed than a safe, warm environment to have access to. If it wasn’t for Giving Back I am not sure that I would even be alive right now…
Ava: Giving Back is a warm/cool, friendly place to drop in and socialize while enjoying a smoothie or hot chocolate. It is a place to access clothing etc. when in need and when available, find out about upcoming groups/classes and resources within the community. I really like how everyone is treated equally. Kindness fills the room always and suggestions are accepted and if possible fulfilled.
Amy: To experience Giving Back as a patron of its wonderful provision of home-cooked goodness, baked goodies, hot drinks (not to mention the wonderful, welcoming, friendly attitudes of the volunteers) is an amazing and rare and satisfying gift these day when the world is full of so much negativity and greed.
