Defeating the cycle of need in Central Louisville
Temporary Relocation
CLCM will temporarily relocate to Calvary Episcopal Church, just across our parking lot at 821 S. 4th Street, beginning Monday, November 18, 2024. Our phone, email, and hours will remain the same. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Two ways to give! Donate nonperishable “sides” for a festive meal such as stuffing, instant potatoes, sweet potatoes, mac ’n’ cheese, veggies, cranberry sauce, gravy mix, baking mix, and canned pumpkin or dessert mixes.
AND you can help by “adopting” hams or turkeys for $25. We will give away 300 hams and turkeys on Nov. 22 in time for Thanksgiving.
Drop off food at the Calvary Food Pantry, 821 S. 4th St., from 9:30-12:00 Mon, Tues, or Thurs. before Nov. 22 or reach out for other options.
Donate for hams/turkeys by clicking the “Donate to CLCM” button on the top right of this page or by sending a check to CLCM at 809 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203 by Nov. 22.
We are so THANKFUL for you!!
Our annual Coat Giveaway was a huge success! Over 400 coats were donated, and we gave away 150 of them Oct. 22. The remainder will go to our Clothes Closet to be distributed as folks need them. Special thanks to all our donors and volunteers for helping keep Louisville warm!
October Upcoming Events:
Community Meeting Oct. 16, 1:00 Calvary Episcopal
Coat Drive now through Oct. 17
Coat Giveaway Oct. 22 9:30-11:30
SPOOKY Trivia Oct. 25, 7-9:00pm, First Unitarian
Listen to Sustainability Now’s interview with Executive Director Linette Lowe!
https://on.soundcloud.com/EgnexWgF7w65UKwLA
Thank you for your support during Give for Good Louisville—we reached our goal!
Come visit CLCM at our offices at 809 S. 4th Street on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 4-6pm as we celebrate Community Ministries Day! Drop off nonperishable food for our food drive, get to know CLCM better, and take a selfie to enter Dawne Gee’s big Gatlinburg Getaway Giveaway!
Then join us for Together Fest 2024 at the Icehouse on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 3-7. Get your tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/TogetherFestTickets
We asked and you responded! The School Supplies Drive has been a huge success! In addition to filling 40 backpacks, we are donating 1200 packages of items to Cochran Elementary and Coleridge-Taylor Elementary schools. We collected scissors, crayons, markers, post-it notes, glue sticks, colored pencils, dry erase markers and boards, composition books, spiral notebooks, binders, graph paper, filler paper, pencils, pens, rulers, calculators, erasers, and backpacks--AMAZING!! Thank you for your generosity! Our neighbors are so appreciative. Today I packed several backpacks for families that came in, and one of them brought their middle schooler with them. I added a few special items, including a composition book with a cool cover I thought she'd like, and her face lit up as she opened her new pink backpack and found it. What a joy to support our kiddos as they return to school!
CLCM received a Good Works grant from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels recently to purchase new computers and scanners. Thank you Kentucky Colonels!
Staff and volunteers enjoying our beautiful CLCM T-shirts, generously donated by 4imprint! Don’t we look great?!
Annual Campaign Success!
Thanks to all those who responded to our Annual Campaign letter as well as those who joined us at A Noble Cause @ Noble Funk! We enjoyed great drinks and nibbles, got to know each other better, and Kay W. won the Blackstone Griddle raffle!
We are close to our fundraising goal, so please donate today if you haven’t yet done so.
Huge thanks to our many supporters at our member congregations, our partners at WoodMac and Stoll Keenon Ogden, PLLC, and all the other kind folks who helped ensure our neighbors will have warm coats this winter. Together we collected more than 400 coats and 200 accessories! More than half of those were distributed on October 23 in two hours, and the other items have gone to our Clothes Closet where they'll be distributed on Wednesdays. Thank you!!!
You’re invited!
Join us for an open Community Meeting to learn more about who we are and how you can join us in our mission to defeat the cycle of need in central Louisville. See you there!
Wanted: COATS!
Our annual Coat Drive is on! Bring clean, gently used or new winter coats to First Unitarian Church, 809 S. 4th St., Mon-Thur 9:30-11:30 by October 19. Or call us at 502-587-1999 to set up another drop-off time. The Coat Giveaway will be October 23 at 9:30am.
Last year we gave away more than 400 coats in two hours—let’s top that!
Hats, scarves, and gloves also welcome!
Join us Sunday, Sept. 24 at Paristown for a FREE concert and giveaways!
Thanks to our Matching Grant sponsors—Calvary Episcopal Church, St. John United Church of Christ, the Friends of CLCM, and Stites & Harbison Attorneys—your gifts will be multiplied on Thursday, September 14!
Give for Good Louisville is coming!
You can support CLCM by donating
on September 14 here!
You can also sign up to be a fundraiser for CLCM, like and share our social posts to get the word out, and join us from 9:30-10:30 on Sept. 14 in Calvary Episcopal’s courtyard, 821 S. 4th Street, for coffee and muffins, music, and a special appearance by Louisville’s very own Dawne Gee! Hope to see you there!
Thank you to all who donated to our School Supplies Drive!
We supplied 30 full backpacks to our neighbors! Plus we sent boxes full of crayonsmarkersloose-leaf filler paperglue sticksscissorspencil pouchesspiral notebookstwo-pocket folders and10-packs of pencilsto our friends at Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School’s FRYSC. THANK YOU!!!
It’s Annual Campaign time!
Watch for mail from CLCM and please give generously to support our work in central Louisville.
Then join us April 23 for A Noble Cause @ Noble Funk to celebrate the generosity of our supporters.
Are you a retiree who would like to donate to Central Louisville Community Ministries tax free? You can use your IRA retirement account to make that donation by way of a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD). Every dollar of QCD that goes directly to a non-profit, such as CLCM, will satisfy your RMD requirement and not be treated as income for your federal taxes! You can reduce your taxable income while doing good for our neighbors. Please contact our Director, Linette Lowe, at clcmdirector@gmail.com with any questions.
Souper Bowl Sunday is February 12!
Help us tackle hunger by donating to the Calvary Food Pantry. Most needed items:
Cereal, soup, canned meats, peanut butter, pasta, pasta sauce, canned fruits/veg and any non-perishable items.
Or donate online and designate your gift for the food pantry. Go Team!!
On this Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, it feels good to return to generosity and gratitude. Your gift to CLCM directly impacts our neighbors in the central Louisville area. This year, needs are higher than ever, and every donation helps. Click our Donate button above, or send a contribution to CLCM at 809 S. 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40203.
Thank you!
Reverse Advent Calendar
Here’s a fun way to celebrate the season and help our food pantry!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KceRog5ZhNl8w_I53oqrDzVc3tt3TMDG/edit
Come on in, y’all!
CLCM will return to serving our neighbors indoors at our offices in the First Unitarian Church, 809 S. 4th St., Mon.-Thurs. from 9:30-11:30 beginning 11/14/22. In-person appointments for financial assistance can be made by leaving a message at (502) 587-1999 between 9:30 and 11:30, via email at clcmdocs@gmail.com, or by walking up. For those who prefer remote assistance, we will continue to offer email and phone options. Applicants will need photo ID, proof of income, and relevant utility or rent bill along with our intake form.
The Great Turkey Giveaway Returns!
After a Covid hiatus, we are back to give away Thanksgiving turkeys to our neighbors. Folks can register for a turkey Mon., Tues., and Thurs. from 9:30-11:30 during food pantry hours at Calvary Episcopal Church, 821 S. 4th Street. One turkey per household, limited number of turkeys available.
Registered folks can pick up their turkey at their specified time with ID on Friday, Nov. 18.
Want to help? If you’d like to volunteer, send an email to clcmdocs@gmail.com with your contact information and we’ll reach out! We also need donations to help cover the (higher) cost of turkeys. You can donate here by clicking on the “Donate” button above and include a message that it’s for turkeys. Or send a check to CLCM, 809 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203. Thanks!!
CLCM Annual Coat Drive!
Drop off clean coats M-Th 9:30-1:00 before Thurs., Oct. 20
CLCM Annual Coat Giveaway!
Monday, Oct. 24, 9:30-11:30. One coat per person, please.
CLCM is located at 809 S. 4th Street at First Unitarian.
Email clcmdocs@gmail.com for more information.
Thank you! Give for Good Louisville 2022 was a huge success! We had 98 donors and raised nearly $14,000!
Huge thanks to our CLCM Board and Friends of CLCM for your matching funds and to G4G Guru, Kathy Gapsis!
Thank you to our corporate sponsor, Stites & Harbison, for providing matching funds!
CLCM Clothes Closet now open Wednesdays!
Offering adult clothing 9:30-11:30 at Calvary Episcopal Church, 821 S. 4th Street. Enter at the parking lot entrance, masks required.
Donations may be brought to the CLCM offices at First Unitarian Church, 809 S. 4th Street, Mon. and Wed. 9:30-11:30 or by appointment. New or gently used practical adult clothing sealed in plastic bags (twist tied or taped) gratefully received!
Association of Community Ministries announces LG&E matching fund
The Association of Community Ministries (ACM) is launching a citywide initiative to raise financial assistance for Louisville’s most vulnerable community members, struggling to make ends meet this summer.
To help boost efforts, the LG&E and KU Foundation pledges to match up to $200,000 donated to ACM in July. Every dollar donated will be matched by the Foundation and allocated toward utility bill assistance.
For the first time, utility bill assistance administered by ACM is already depleted before summer’s end because the need is so great. This funding has previously been allocated for the full calendar year, but this year, the fund was depleted before June.
Those who would like to help can make a donation through louisvilleministries.org or the Association of Community Ministries Facebook page.
Community members in need of assistance should contact their local Community Ministries. Determine the ministry that serves your area here: https://cfn.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=ffdde7dd21cd4fcabcdf33e01f95e747
CLCM is excited to welcome our tenth member congregation, Grace-Hope Presbyterian Church in historic Smoketown.
Thank you for partnering with us!
Louisville Metro Councilman Jecorey Arthur, District 4, chats with our neighbors. Join us for Coffee with Your Councilperson on the first Monday of the month, 9:30-10:30am.
Please note, in July, Councilman Arthur will join us on the 18th.
Please support our Annual Campaign! Monthly gifts help us sustain the work. Email clcmoffice@gmail.com for more info.
The need at the food pantry continues to be great. Please help us make this SuperBowl Sunday really SOUPER by bringing non-perishable food items to CLCM or the pantry.
CLCM and First Unitarian are collecting warm clothes!
Drop off at the church—809 S. 4th Street—M-Th 9:30-11:30. Thanks!
Party with a Purpose
The Ugly Sweater Party hosted by Nancy and Brian G. was a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season. Generous guests provided food, clothing, and monetary gifts for CLCM’s neighbors as we enjoyed the musical stylings of Rick Bartlett of Ricky B’s Club Cafe. Thank you ALL for your generosity!
Thanks for the Food Drive
We collected many Thanksgiving sides to distribute to our neighbors in the month of November. Your donations of stuffing mix, vegetables, canned sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and other sides were enjoyed by all!
Successful Coat Giveaway!
We gave away over 200 coats in two hours on October 26. Many thanks to all who helped by donating coats, sorting and hanging them, and helping them find new homes.
Doing good in our neighborhood, one person at a time.
CLCM provides emergency financial assistance, personal care items, and food assistance.
Our service area includes parts of the 40202, -03, and -08 zip codes from 9th to Shelby, the River to Eastern Parkway. Enter your address in the box at the top right of this map, then zoom out to see what Community Ministry serves your address.
Get involved.
We rely on our volunteers to help deliver our services to our neighbors in crisis. Let us know if you’d like to make a difference and join our team!
Our Community Focus
CLCM’s place-based approach to service is built on partnerships. We are able to do more through collaboration.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
clcmdirector@gmail.com
Phone
(502) 587-1999