Community Outreach

GCM is a faith-based organization with the mission to ensure that no one in the Greater Greer community is hungry, without adequate clothing, or socially isolated. We hope to earn the trust of our local community as we share the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We have grown from 25 seniors receiving meals to over 87,000 meals delivered annually. Also, over 150 families are assisted through the Food Pantry and Sharon’s Clothing Closet each month. An average of 30 Senior Diners are brought to the ministry on weekdays to fellowship with others while participating in inspirational programs and learning about safety and fitness. They are also served a warm, nutritious meal.

Prevention is at the core of our mission. In 1936, in the depth of the Great Depression, Greer citizens founded Greer Relief to help prevent their neighbors from starving and freezing. We have continued to fight hunger and homelessness in our community. Our focus has matured with time, and today, we intervene when crisis threatens a family’s life using proven practices that meet needs and offer solutions to alter each family’s trajectory.
Our key methods include:

• Case Management
• Financial Support
• Referral
• Next Step Education

We believe that our community’s health is reflected by its residents’ well being. Similar to the circumstances surrounding the Great Depression, circumstances contributing to need are complex. Families may need relief due to generational cycles of poverty and addiction. Conversely, families may encounter a completely unexpected crisis, such as job loss, injury, a death, or other disaster.

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Rice Bowls partners with loving, grass-roots, Christian children’s homes in countries around the world to cover 100% of their delicious, locally sourced meals. The homes can then focus on loving, teaching, protecting, and providing for the children in their care. Plastic Rice Bowl coin banks are used to collect physical donations, but donations can also be made online. Rice Bowls is based in the Upstate and has raised tens of millions of dollars to alleviate world hunger. Please consider donating to help feed these kids during this global crisis!

Loaves & Fishes reduces hunger in Greenville County through rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted and delivers it to partner agencies for distribution to those in need. They serve as a vital conduit through which businesses can contribute to the community in a meaningful way and surplus food can be maximized. Their goal is to eliminate food insecurity among our neighbors by working to ensure no good food goes to waste.

Phil and Becky teach at Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in the Metro Manila area of the Philippines. APNTS provides a fully accredited master’s and doctoral level education in theology, Christian education, communication, missions, community development, and holistic child development, from a Wesleyan-holiness perspective. Students come from various denominations and countries throughout Asia, the Pacific, and around the world. The Davises’ purpose in ministry is to multiply their reach by equipping pastors, missionaries, and educators to minister in their own countries and in other places where Westerners are less effective. Their calling is to “equip his people for works of service” by using the gifts God has given them.

We offer hope and help to anyone struggling with alcohol or drug addiction. Meeting each person on their journey, we find the right program or facility to help break those chains and set that person free. As a non-profit Christian organization, we charge no fee, but depend on the generous support of the community, churches, businesses, and individuals to meet our program and staff costs.

The mission of Operation Santa SC Inc. is to provide the basic necessities to Greenville County Elementary School children who otherwise would not experience the joy of gifts during the holiday season.

Our mission is accomplished by working with Social Workers/Guidance Counselors within Greenville County Schools who identify children with a parent or guardian who is struggling with providing day to day basic necessities.

If you would like to participate in Operation Santa, visit their website (click the button below), or contact Kathy Sheppard at (864) 380-8551 .

Thirty-one years ago, one employee at Greer Police Department started the Cops for Tots Program as a way to help a small number of struggling families in the Greer area at Christmastime. The program was established to provide gifts for children who otherwise would have no gifts to open on Christmas day. Since that time, the program has grown exponentially and now helps hundreds of children each December. For the Greer Police Department, we take seriously the call to partner with our community and foster positive relationships between officers and children. We look forward each year to giving the gift of joy to our area children!

The Greer Relief team’s goal is to provide a complete Christmas for our neighbors in need, so they have many presents under the tree. In turn, this prevents them from either spending their limited resources on gifts or going without anything. Many of the Christmas families only need help during Christmas. Their income is so tightly budgeted that there is not extra to splurge on gifts.