Our mission is to serve our migrant brothers and sisters who labor in the fields and farms of North Carolina from May through October.
St. Francis parishioners drive to migrant farmworker camps, pick up workers and drive them to Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Louisburg, N.C., on Sundays during summer. We also provide and serve a hot dinner to seasonal farm workers and their families once a month in June, July, August and September.
VOLUNTEER TO DRIVE
- Contact: Terrence McDonald, 919-538-4627
- Time Commitment: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday
- Gifts: Driving, hospitality, Spanish-speaking a plus but not necessary
VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH A MEAL
- Contact: Diana Velosa, 919-866-0859
- Time Commitment: one to a few hours, depending on whether you donate, cook or serve food
- Gifts: Cooking, donating food, serving food, hospitality, Spanish-speaking a plus
[…] thirty-something parishioner with two young kids showed up at a recent planning meeting for our ministry that drives migrant farmworkers from their camps to Sunday Mass in eastern NC. This parishioner shared with me how, after a couple times of interacting with the farmworkers over […]