A New Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Ministry
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2 NIV
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Volunteers
We send cards and small gifts to help others that are going through an illness, treatments, shut in, or having something tough going on in their lives. It is a commitment and we do know this is not for everyone. While we do it to encourage others, you will find that you get a blessing out of it yourself.
A volunteer, "angel" is assigned or "adopts" a person. The Angels are given information such as the person's likes, what they can or can't receive. The Angels are to keep all information private and not to share with others. The Angels then send their adopted person cards and small gifts each week. You may never hear from your adopted person. They are only required to check in with us and you can found out updates on your person by contacting us. A lot of these people are going through a lot and need to only think about getting better, etc. and need only our encouragement.
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You can help a person someone that is going through a bone marrow transplant, a senior citizen that's lonely and shut in, a disable veteran or perhaps a child of someone that has been deployed in the military just by sending encouragement through cards and gifts.
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Types of Angel Positions
Regular Angels- These Angels "adopt" a person and sends cards and gifts weekly. You are given the person's likes and dislikes, what they can and can't have, etc. This should help you in picking some of your gifts to send. But you are to keep any information you are given on your person, private. You do not have a limit on what to spend, but just requested small gifts to help encourage and to cheer them up. Sort of like Christmas every week.
Angels on Call-These are Angels that are not assigned to a person, but are ready to step in and help out if someone has to take a break, on vacation or there's times when a person is having an extra hard time with something, these Angels step in and flood the person with a lot of extra mail. These Angels are sent a list of people that need extra mail or a message is sent out that we need a substitue.
Angel Helpers-These are mostly local Angels that can help with any fundraisers, projects, etc. when needed.
You must be 20 or older to volunteer, except for our Angel Helpers.
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Please, fill out the form below to become one of our Angel Volunteers. BEFORE you fill out the form below, go to the Volunteer Agreement page. Read it, then fill out the form, then hit the send button.
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BEFORE SIGNING UP, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SOME THINGS:
IF YOU ARE ASSIGNED CHILD, we want to give the families and our organization peace of mind, we ask that you not send or do anything that will make anyone we are trying to help feel uncomfortable. Below, you are asked not to visit your assigned child. We know that most will do as asked once signed the agreement. But again, we want to parents to feel their child is safe.
Warning: YOU MAY GET AS MUCH OR MORE FROM THIS THAN YOUR ASSIGNMENT DOES!!!!
ALSO REMEMBER:
 This is a commitment and could last a while
Think about it financially. You need to send a card and/or a gift once a week. You need to think about the cost of the cards, gifts and postage.
If you have a very busy life, this may not be for you.
Do you have any health problems that would interfere with you doing this?
You need an email address and needs to be one you check regularly. This is the way we give you any updated news that we may have on your assigned child. Email is our fastest way to contact one person or a group at one time. If you are local or a New Hope CP member without a computer, you may make contact arrangements with me.
WE HAVE A FEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT YOU MUST AGREE TO BEFORE ACCEPTING YOU. Please, read each and everyone. They are here to protect everyone and to help everyone to be on the same page.
___Any information given to you on your adopted person will be kept strictly private and not shared with anyone outside our staff. This is very important.
___You are not to visit or call your adopted person
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___ The parents to children that are signed up are told to notify us immediately if there is anything said or sent to their child that makes them uncomfortable. This includes sending any pictures, material or anything that is unsuitable for a child to view. THIS IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO US. No pictures of yourself should be sent to the child, pets or kids are okay. There are adults out there that would send children pictures that they shouldn't so please, let's keep this to pets or kids only.
___You are committing to send your adopted person at least a card and/or gift per week per postal mail.
___You are to put your full name and address on all items sent. On your first card or item sent, you need to send a small introduction note about yourself to the parents. Put "Angels of Hope 4 U" on the outside of each envelope or package.
___You are never to share anything negative to the adopted person including your health, personal problems, etc. Remember we are trying to bring smiles and to brighten their day.
___If for some reason you can't fulfill your assignment, you are to notify us immediately so that you adopted person can be reassigned or given a fill-in as soon as possible. If it is only temporary, let us know this also.
___You are not to send any home baked or homemade food.
___You will be notified when your assignment has ended.
___Notify us if you are asked for any financial help or if any reason you are uncomfortable about anything asked of you by the adopted person or their family.
___You are not to use this as any sort of financial gain or advertise in any sort of way to your adopted person and their parents or anyone of this organization.
___This is NOT a pen pal program. Some parents might want to contact you or send thank you notes but most won't. They are required to check-in with our staff and only us on a regular bases. If there are any changes that you need to know, we will notify you ASAP. You may contact us to request to know an update.
These people are extremely busy trying to get back on their feet and home again. We are just here to give them some happy therapy to help them feel better, if only briefly.
___Please, watch the get well cards. We may not know how seriously ill this person is. Encouragement, thinking about you, uplifting cards, please.
___We will notify you if there are any changes such as address, adopted person's condition, etc.
___We may remove anyone from the program without prior notice if we see any problems.
___Even if you can start angeling immediately, we may not have a person available at this time for you to begin an assignment. Hang in there. We'll get you matched up as soon as we can.
___Any links on our website aren't any endorsement by our organization. You are responsible for and liable for the use of any of these links.
___We are human and you will probably find misspelled words, bad grammar and just plain ole goofs, so we say now, sorry for that. We didn't mean to do it. It could have been past our bedtime when it was typed. 
___We may at any time, modify, update, or change our site. We may at any time add to or take away services. In doing any of these, we would hope to improve our site and organization. If you can't get into the website at any time, it could just being updated especially until we really get this going. Please, over look some of the small stuff until we get everything worked out.
___If you would like to share a picture of yourself, you may send us one and we will try to put it on our future picture page with your first name and state. This is not required, voluntarily only. If you do want to share a picture, you will be requested to sign a release for us to publish it.
We know some of the things in our terms and agreement may should a little harsh, but most of them are to protect everyone, including you.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR SIGNING UP. WE KNOW YOU WILL GET A BLESSING IN HELPING.
Last updated 02/15/2009
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