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Jessup is passionate about reaching our local community both with the Gospel and for the benefit of the people of Rocklin, Roseville, and the greater Sacramento area. We have ongoing partnerships with ministries ranging from children’s aid to helping meet the immediate needs of the homeless community and everything in between. You will find all our ongoing partnerships listed below, as well as other service opportunities that are made available to the Jessup family.
WHY WE SERVE LOCALLY?
Earn Spiritual Life Credits
Serving with any of these organizations can count towards Spiritual Life Credit. Please complete a Spiritual Life Credit Form online and include your outreach supervisor’s contact information. We will send an email to your supervisor to verify your service. Once their verification is received, the report will then be looked over by a Campus Ministries Representative and approved if the requirements and regulations are met.
Are you with an organization that has a volunteer opportunity for students?
Fall 2024 Outreach Recap
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Serve Day with Convoy of Hope
Over 200 Jessup students came together and packaged 2,500 bags of food and cleaning supplies that were distributed to local food banks and organizations such as World Relief, The Alliance, Placer Food Bank, The Salt Mine, Bridgeway Church, and The Salvation Army. These bags helped serve refugees, low income families, and homeless people in need of supplies at this time in their lives.
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![Three people sitting on the sidewalk outside a brick building, having a conversation. One man is sitting on a wooden step, and two women are sitting on the pavement facing him. The man is wearing a red patterned shirt and black pants; the women are dressed casually, one with a pink shirt and shorts, the other with glasses and a white top. There are personal belongings and a cup nearby.]()
Steiger Impact Day
Steiger Impact Day was one to truly remember! About 30 students and community members gathered at Jessup to worship and be trained on how to share the gospel through creative evangelism. After this, the group headed to downtown Sacramento and held posters with prompts that started conversations with people about life. The stories heard and connections made allowed for some people to accept Christ into their lives, plant seeds, and feel seen and heard by God who loves them dearly.
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![Young man with glasses and a black shoulder strap sitting in a medical setting, donating blood with a bandage on his arm, surrounded by medical supplies and staff.]()
Vitalant Blood Drive
Our fall blood drive was a great success this semester! With hosting the first drive in over 3 years, we had 20 students donate blood which could help save up to 60 lives! With each pint it helps make a difference to people who are in critical need for blood that may be battling cancer, having surgery, or have severe injuries.
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Green House Garden Work Day
In collaboration with The Green House which supports low income students through tutoring, life skills, and community. Six students volunteered in their garden to clean up planter boxes to allow students to be enriched in what it is like to grow items themselves.
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![Three women participating in a walkathon outdoors during autumn, holding hands and smiling. They are wearing gray T-shirts with pink ribbons and text that reads 'Hope on the Horizon.' One woman in the middle is wearing sunglasses and a black jacket. The background features colorful fall foliage and parked cars.]()
Hope on the Horizon 5k
The Hope on the Horizon 5k Fun Run gathered over 200+ volunteers and participants for an amazing cause! This event gathered the community together to support and raise over $8,000 for breast cancer research.
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Salt Mine Food Pantry
Our Salt Mine service day was a record breaking outreach! As about 20 students gathered to serve and package grocery boxes that went out to members in our community. As they neared Thanksgiving break many families were in need of extra support during the holiday season and these students were able to serve and pass out supplies to over 130 families! This was a Salt Mine record and we loved coming alongside them to serve.
Community Service
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The GreenHouse
The GreenHouse is a youth focused community center located in the Gardenland Northgate neighborhood of North Sacramento. They offer holistic programming for youth from 1st to 12th grade. They offer after school programs, youth groups, summer camps, and a leadership development program for the teens.
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![Group of children gathering around a table with fabric, scissors, and sewing supplies, some working on projects, in a bright room with framed pictures on the wall.]()
The Salvation Army
Help tutor kids in the community academically. This program is open Tuesday & Wednesday, 3 pm-5 pm by appointment based on the student’s schedule and our tutor availability.
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![People sorting and packing groceries at a community food bank or food distribution event.]()
The Salt Mine
The Salt Mine is a faith-based charity that serves its local community in various aspects, with a focus on homeless ministry. Come volunteer in either the food closet or the thrift store ministry.
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City of Refuge
City of Refuge Sacramento exist to support people living in marginalized communities of Sacramento, and to empower their ability to create a personal transformation that will lead to a healthy, thriving community.
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Valley Springs Presbyterian Church
Looking to serve in church ministry but not sure where to start? Valley Springs Church is looking for student volunteers to help in a variety of ministries. Learn how you can get involved by clicking the link below.
Refugee Outreach
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Refuge & Strength
Refuge and Strength was founded in 2020 following 18 years of experience with international and intercultural humanitarian aid, and program development. They strive to see those who have come here as refugees make their dreams reality, and to truly be at home here in their new country.
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![Facade of a historic building with a large banner that reads 'Refugees Welcome' hanging from it, and a flag flying above.]()
World Relief
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that brings sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. We partner with local churches and community leaders in the U.S. and abroad to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
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Arab American Learning Center
The Arab American Learning center exists to meet practical, physical, and spiritual needs of the Sacramento refugee community and build a bridge with the love of Christ.They host soccer games and a Bible study on Wednesday nights
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![Young boys in red and blue soccer uniforms gathered around their coach on an indoor soccer field.]()
NorCal Refuge
With 10,000 Afghans arriving within 12 months, our data suggests that there are more than 1000 Afghan families in Sacramento and the Bay Area that are struggling to find their way in their newfound homes. This influx represents a crisis that is more than existing agencies and organizations are able to stabilize in the critical first six months. Our plan is to supplement the good work already being done to ensure these at-risk families get what they need for a stable start with good news.
Ministry Outreach
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Christian Encounter
Learn how you can make a difference in the lives of teenagers who come from backgrounds of substance abuse, abandonment, neglect, and other forms of abuse and trauma.
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Young Life
Young Life is for every middle school, high school and college student who wants meaning, fun and the most out of life. Learn how you can make a difference!
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Union Gospel Mission
The Union Gospel Mission, provides 8,200 meals every month. As well as distributing clothing and toiletries to more than 1,300 people and shelter for 84 men every night.
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![A person sitting on the sidewalk wearing a red knit hat, black jacket, beige pants, and black boots, with a cardboard sign and a cup next to them, in an urban setting at dusk or night with blurred city lights and buildings in the background.]()
Hope Cooperative
Hope Cooperative serves men and women with a mental health diagnosis who are experiencing homelessness to find hope and meaning in their lives. Join us today, and be the person that sparks hope for a better future for our clients.
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Riple Ministries
Ripple is a para-church ministry based in the greater Sacramento area that takes young men and women to Hume Lake Christian Summer Camp. They are a group of common people trying to bring unity and togetherness and would love for you to join alongside them.
