SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
AmericanaCommunity Center
A “safe-place” after-school program for kids that live in the south-end
ContactFrancesca Pribble at 502-366-7813, or by email at
Address: 4801 Southside DriveLouisvilleKY40214
Website:
BBQ for the Homeless
Help prepare and serve food for the homeless
St. Albert Contact: Chris Emison 228-2418, Sean Higgins 426-4585 or Sarah Coomes 292-0708
Cathedral of the Assumption
Help with the daily lunch program
Contact: Sarah Scheibe502.582.2971 ext. 5219 or
Address: 433 S. Fifth StreetLouisvilleKY40202
Website:
Catholic Charities
Offers resources and services to refugees settling in the Louisville area
Contact: Terry Sundy at (502) 637-9786
Address: 2911 South Fourth Street, Louisville, KY40208
Website:
Dare to Care
Collecting for the food drive or participating in the hunger walk
Contact: Pat Kenkel 966-3821. Or email Pat Kenkel, at
Address: 5803 Fern Valley RoadLouisvilleKY40232
Website:
Fern Creek/ HIghview Ministries
AdultDayCareCenter
Contact: Rev. Ron Loughry 502-762-9608
Address: 9300 Beulah Church Rd.Louisville, KY40291
Website:
Habitat for Humanity
Contact: Carin Veech – Volunteer Coordinator – (502) 805-1408
St. Albert Contact: Mike Effinger - 425-4452 or Bruce Maddox – 429-0949
Website:
Harbor House
Work with people with disabilities
Contact: Dee Pilkerton at 719-0072 ext. 29 or email at
Address: 2231 Lower Hunters Trace LouisvilleKY40216
Website:
Home of the Innocents
Work with underprivileged children and Kosair’s
Contact: Lori Vaught 596-1031
Address: 1100 Market StreetLouisvilleKY40206
Website: (fill out a volunteer form on the website)
Kid’s Café – St Albert (3rd Monday)
Help prepare and serve an evening meal
Contact: Kathy Schoen at 423-0983
Neighborhood House
Help prepare and serve at Kid's Cafe or be a guest reader during story time in the nursery
Phone: 744-2322
Address: 225 N. 25th StreetLouisvilleKY40212
Website:
Operation Care
Collect items or help out in the Thrift Store
Address: 802 Washington Street, ShelbyvilleKY40065
Phone: 633-1965
Website:
Ronald McDonald House
Contact: Christa Johnson
Address: 550 So. 1st Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Website:
St. JohnCenter
Collect donations
Contact: CarmelDavis 568-6758 or
Address: 700 East Muhammad Ali BlvdLouisvilleKY40202
Website:
St. Matthew Area Ministries
A wide-variety of services
Contact: 893-0205 main office
Address: 201 Biltmore RoadLouisville, KY 40207
Website:
St. Vincent de Paul
Clothes pantry and other various activities
St. Albert Contact: Bernie Buren – 426-3563
Address: 1015-C S. Preston StreetLouisvilleKY40203
Website:
Service project ideas for St. Albert Parishioners:
- Purchase a gravestone for someone buried at an Indigent Cemetery,
(“Be a Memory Maker Program”) or as a group, attend burial for indigent person (who may have no one to pray for them as they are buried).
Call Jefferson County Coroner's Office for more information: (502) 574-6262,
- Take up a collection to purchase memorial bricks for the St. Albert pathway in the name of parishioners who have died. (Contact Larry Brunner, .)
- Volunteer to serve food or help in a booth at the parish picnic (June)
- Volunteer to serve at the Lenten Fish Frys.
- Volunteer to be a greeter at one of our “Newcomers Meetings” –
----Take Communion to the Sick or Homebound --
----Be a part of our “SOS” Committee to help parishioners with short term needs
---- Deliver flowers for the Flower Ministry at St. Albert.
For all of these ministries contact Laura Graven at or 425-3940 x 169
- Assemble a food basket for a needy parish family around the holidays.
- Take a card from the “Giving Tree” at Christmas and buy presents for one family.
- Take up a collection to purchase a gift card for a needy parish family. – contact Lisa Kleyer – 425-3940 x 103
- Make a group donation to sponsor a student’s tuition for one year at St. Albert. – contact Lisa Klyer – 425-3940 x 103
- This Christmas, get the group together to Carol, or bring fruit baskets to Jefferson Manor/Place.
- Beautify the Church Grounds (contact Bill Chambers – 426-0943, or Clean the Church (contact Laura Sullivan – )