The Garden’s mission is to inspire the North American Christadelphian community to share Christ’s love through outreach initiatives that show compassion to our neighbours and provide assistance for their immediate needs.

Outreach and Initiatives

Join an outreach initiative! There are many ways to get involved in outreach. The following initiatives are available, all of which can be joined at any time. Thank you for your support! If you have any questions, just email us.

Food4Friends

Register today and receive a cash grant of $100USD ($135CAD) to purchase and donate food to a local charity. Involving our children in this initiative helps show them they too can make a positive difference in the lives of others. Download the free activity books! PreK – Grade 2 or Grade 3 – 6

Kits4Kids

Register and receive 24 FREE backpacks to support children affected by poverty. Donate to a local outreach group, make a connection, and show the love of Christ to people in need.

Bags of Love

Please help the homeless this year and donate sleeping bags to your local charity! Sign up today and we will send you 20 FREE sleeping bags to donate to your local homeless shelter.

GotYourBack

Educating and empowering individuals, ecclesias and CYCs to serve at-risk teens and young adults in their community. Register today to receive 24 FREE backpacks for you to fill with practical essentials.

Knit2Gether

For those who enjoy knitting, join us on Zoom as we come together as a group to knit gloves, hats and scarves for the North American homeless.

Care Packs

Assemble and donate care packs to your local charity! The Garden will provide a grant to you or your ecclesia for up to $250USD ($335CDN) to cover some of the costs associated with purchasing items.

Stories and Experiences

Kits4Kids
August 2021
Pittsburgh Ecclesia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
On February 19, 1968, Pittsburgh TV station WQED aired its first Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood program. This children’s show, hosted by Fred Rogers, has become an iconic symbol for Pittsburgh. Mr. Rogers taught children to be kind and neighborly, and Pittsburghers are proud of being a part of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Continue reading
Kits4Kids
August 2021
San Francisco at Marinwood
Rodeo, Contra Costa County, California
Thank you for sending the backpacks. They have been filled and delivered to the John Swett Unified School District. Bro Jerry Hirst is on the left in the blue shirt and Superintendent Miller is on the right. School starts tomorrow and the needy students will be well-served with the filled backpacks. Thank you again for … Continue reading
Kits4Kids
August 2021
Portland Ecclesia
Beaverton, Oregon
One Friday afternoon some sisters and our Sunday School kids got together at the Portland meeting room to fill our Kits4Kids backpacks with school supplies. Instead of the usual 24 backpacks, we had 48 – due to a mix up where we were sent 24 pink backpacks instead of assorted colors. This resulted in us … Continue reading
Kits4Kids
August 2021
Treasure Coast Ecclesia
Palm Beach County, Florida
The Treasure Coast Ecclesia partnered with The Garden Outreach Project’s “Kits4Kids”. We were mailed the backpacks free of charge from The Garden and filled them with school supplies. These were donated to “Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches” on Monday August 2nd. This local organization helps families with children both homeless and at risk of becoming … Continue reading
Kits4Kids
July 2021
Schooley’s Mountain Ecclesia & Onesimus
New Jersey
I live in a typical middle class, small town in America. We have a University, public library, excellent hospital, thriving Main Street, and good school systems. And yet the poverty rate hovers just about at the National Average – 17.5%. Continue reading
Knit2Gether
April 2021
Orangeville
Orangeville, Ontario
Last January, I attended the Garden’s Knit2Gether. It was well organized with a feeling of us talking around the kitchen table. We were so pleased to hear about a particular project, helping the homeless. This quickly evolved in donating knitted and crocheted scarves, hats to those who could not afford to keep warm during our … Continue reading
Knit2Gether
April 2021
Portland
Beaverton, Oregon
So after a year of lock-down, I’d loom-knitted about 20 beanies. Time to add the knit2gether labels and package the beanies in cellophane bags. Sealing the beanies en-mass in a zip lock bag, or individual bags was recommended by an outreach knitting guru at one of our online knit2gether sessions. This is because charities that … Continue reading
Bags of Love
March 2021
More from the Boise, Idaho Ecclesia
Brother Ted Long and the Idaho Ecclesia are continuing to support the Corpus Christi Charity: “Corpus Christi House has continued to be a place where the homeless population of Boise can come during the day for a place to stay cool in the summer or warm up in the winter. Corpus Christi House offers a … Continue reading
Food4Friends
March 2021
Kenzie Family
British Columbia, Canada
The Veggie Growing Kit arrived in the mail just days after ordering. What a great kit!  It contains everything you need to plant four different vegetables –  pots, coir soil pods, seeds, manual and moisture meter. All you need to do is add water to the coir pods and watch as they instantly expand to … Continue reading
Bags of Love
March 2021
Church of the Blessed Hope, Unionville
Panesville, Ohio
We dropped off 20 sleeping bags to Sub Zero Mission located in Panesville, Ohio.  They help the homeless stay warm by providing sleeping bags, coats, hats, boots, gloves. They collect these items and deliver them to the unsheltered homeless, during winter in northeast Ohio and other regions. We also work with other organizations to find … Continue reading
Bags of Love
February 2021
Langlois Ecclesia
Coos Bay, Oregon
We became aware of the Devereax Center for the homeless quite a few years ago. We have supported them over the years with clothing and food donations. So when the bags of love came up we automatically thought of them. Inside the top of each sleeping bag we included a New Testament in the new … Continue reading
Knit2Gether
February 2021
Pittman Family
Norfolk, Virginia
My daughter and I have been knitting items – hats and Easter bunnies – to donate to children in foster care. To find somewhere to drop off the items locally, I searched Facebook for groups to donate to and one called JJ Bags came up.   The objective of JJ Bags matched what we were looking … Continue reading

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 11:24-25