Quick Links:
Volunteer at the Soup Kitchen
Donate Food to the Quincy Soup Kitchen
Donate Clothes to the Horizons Clothes Closet
Become a Transitional Work Employer
Become a Corporate Sponsor
Donate

 

Volunteer at the Quincy Soup Kitchen: (Back to top)

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us at the Quincy Soup Kitchen at Horizons Social Services of Adams County!

If you are interested in volunteering at the Quincy Soup Kitchen, we first ask you to contact the local church where you worship to find out if there is a day of the week when your church is already working here.  If your church is already volunteering at Horizons, we encourage you to get involved with them.  If your church is not volunteering at Horizons, but you think they would like to do so, please have someone contact us.   Also please feel free to send us an email with any additional questions you may have about volunteering.  We will endeavor to respond to you as quickly as possible.

Again, we thank you for your interest in volunteering at Horizons, and we hope to see you soon!

Donate Food to the Quincy Soup Kitchen: (Back to top)

Thank you for being willing to donate food to the Quincy Soup Kitchen!  To find out about making food donations, please contact our program manager for the soup kitchen, Mrs. Peggy Grant.  You can contact Peggy by emailing her at: plg320@yahoo.com, or stop by the kitchen sometime between 10:30am – 1:30pm, Monday thru Friday.   

Donate Clothes to the Horizons Clothes Closet: (Back to top)

Thank you for your interest in donating clothing items to the Horizons Clothes Closet!  To make a donation or find out more about the clothes closet, please contact our program manager for the clothes closet, Mr. Don Cottingham.  You can contact Don by stopping by our offices at 701 Hampshire Street (inside St. John’s Church) anytime between 10am - 1:30pm, Monday thru Friday.

Become a Transitional Work Employer: (Back to top)

Thank you for your interest in partnering with us at the Quincy Transitional Work Program of Horizons Social Services of Adams County!

From time to time, Horizons will need to place one of the people we have been mentoring in the Quincy Transitional Work Program into a part- or full- time job in the greater Quincy area.  Of course, we also direct these individuals to local job placement agencies, but we have found that when a person has a “history”, even if they have set things in motion to redeem the past, sometimes it can be very hard to find gainful employment.  As a result, we seek to be advocates for those who we genuinely believe have changed, are changing, are at low risk for repeat offenses, and who will be a positive asset to their employer. 

At Horizons we take a strong hand in monitoring the progress of our men and women once they are employed, and we continue to support them in being part of a local church community. Research has proven that with continued support, mentoring and local church community involvement, former offenders are much less likely to repeat harmful patterns of behavior.  As a result, we are able to offer employers hard-working individuals who have a tremendous amount of motivation and support to insure their success in the workplace and in life.   

If you would be willing to offer one of our dedicated individuals and their support team the opportunity to work for your business, please contact our program manager for the transitional work program, Mr. Chris Woodard, and let us know.  You can contact Chris by emailing him at: woodard5@hughes.net, or by stopping by our offices at 701 Hampshire Street (inside St. John’s Church) anytime between 11:30am and 1:30pm on Wednesdays.  We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Become a Corporate Sponsor: (Back to top)

Thank you for your interest in partnering with us at Horizons Social Services of Adams County!

If you are interested in becoming a corporate sponsor, please contact our executive director, Dr. Bill Barker, by emailing him at: william.barker@gmail.com  We would be happy to extend to your business a number of opportunities to receive free corporate advertising through Horizons.  We also might be able to offer you some tax advantages, and we always allow for free online donations through the secure PayPal system. 

As a corporate sponsor, we value your investment in the lives of the people of Quincy.  We would enjoy the opportunity to meet with you, hear your counsel, and invite you to partner with us in this tremendous opportunity to see measurable changes in real people’s lives. 

The stories we hear from the people who come to Horizons are varied and unique. Some are tales of grace and triumph; most involve complicated plots and unexpected turns of events; almost all of them involve tragedy and struggle. But these are those whom some would deem “the least of them” in our world: without status, position or income, they are isolated at the bottom tier of society.  But these are also those whom we love.  However, they need more than our pity or our passing acquaintance – they need real, practical solutions to some profound personal challenges.  We ask you, how will their stories end?

We need your help to meet these challenges.  Please consider partnering with us as a corporate sponsor.

Donate: (Back to top)

Thank you for partnering with us financially at Horizons Social Services of Adams County! 

We cannot carry out our mission without you!

We offer three possible ways to donate to Horizons:

- Secure, online donations through the PayPal system:

- Cash donations accepted at our home office, currently located in St. John’s Parish, 701 Hampshire Street; and,

- Checks made payable to: “Horizons Social Services of Adams County”, and mailed or delivered to our home office, currently located in St. John’s Parish, 701 Hampshire Street.

Again, thank you for your support!