Our Social Responsibility Committee oversees activities from feeding the hungry to giving grants that foster grassroots organizations. Listed below are seven of these activities that are ongoing. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses for all contacts named are listed in the High Street Directory.

In addition to these activities, High Street is involved in community issues such as the Fall Line Freeway and provides support to Caution Macon, MLK Jr. March, Macon Pride,Diversity House and Habitat for Humanity. The Committee also makes grants each year to local organizations that need money for their programs, such as Aunt Maggies Kitchen (support for families), Police Athletic League (after-school programs), Ocmulgee National Monument (planting trees), and Angles (meals for people with AIDS).

• Loaves & Fishes, an ecumenical group at 651 Broadway, stores food, clothing, and furniture for hungry and homeless people. They provide bathing facilities for those who wish to use them. High Street supports this effort through giving food, toilet items, clothes and furniture. We keep a large box in the church foyer to collect the portable items which are then delivered to the Loaves and Fishes distribution center. Church members often give cash or Kroger certificates to designated shoppers who will buy needed items and take them to Loaves and Fishes.
  
  What you can do:
  • Serve as a liaison between Loaves and Fishes and High Street Church
  • Collect and transport donations to Loaves and Fishes
  • Shop for needed items with donated money and certificates. In our hallway, there is a big box under the table. You can put anything in it that a homeless person could use - nonperishable food, clothes, toiletries, etc.
    
    
• Peacemakers is an organization for children between the ages of eight and thirteen. It includes both children from High Street Church and our larger community. It is ecumenical and is open to children from all cultural, social and economic backgrounds. The program teaches methods of peaceful conflict resolution at a one week summer camp. The camp is followed by quarterly in-town meetings. Peacemakers publishes a quarterly newsletter, "Peaces of News." Jane Donahue coordinates the program. Please visit Peacemakers at www.pbwm.org
  
  What you can do:
  • Volunteer to be a Mentor, Facilitator, Counselor, Fundraiser, or Event Planner
    
    
• The Hartley School Project - High Street is a Partner in Education with Eugenia Hartley Elementary, a Title I school in South Macon. This partnership was established in 1992 in conjunction with Bibb County's Adopt-a-School Program. Through the guidance of volunteer Elise Gray, the church has sponsored several significant art projects at Hartley. Area artist Wini McQueen works with Elise and the church in planning and executing our efforts at Hartley .
  
  What you can do:
  • Volunteer to read to a class at Burke for 30 minutes at a time. Check the sign-up sheet at the church for times.
  • Volunteer to assist special events coordinated by Wini or Elise.
    
    
• Back Door Kitchen - High Street members and friends feed the hungry at the Back Door Kitchen, which is located in the Mulberry Street Alley behind Christ Episcopal Church. People from various churches in Macon prepare and serve food at noon on Saturdays and Sundays. The rotating schedule has High Street providing this service under the guidance of Carol Lucas and Dana Bradley about once a quarter. Carol and Dana plan the menu, shop if they need to, and coordinate the preparation and serving. Usually eight to ten volunteers are needed to make the entire process run smoothly.
  
  What you can do:
  • Wipe and set tables, prepare food to cook, cook, make tea or lemonade, serve and/or clean up.
    
    
• Rebuilding Together - is another ecumenical program and is led by John Donahue. During the third weekend of April each year, work groups from various churches and some businesses adopt a house from several that are preselected by the year-round Rebujild Together staff. The work groups descend on these houses on Saturday morning and make cosmetic improvements such as painting the inside or outside. Some other types of work are also done, depending on what is needed. The work is (theoretically) finished in one day. High Street has had Rebuilding Together in April for two or three weekends at times, usually because of torrential rains!
  
  What you can do:
  • Volunteer your skills in Carpentry, Hammering, Painting, Cleanup and more!
    
    
• Clothes Tree: A seasonal effort to ensure that underclothed people in Macon can be warm, the Clothes Tree is actually a Christmas tree that decorates the church sanctuary. For several weeks in December and early January, gifts of warm clothing (jackets, gloves, caps, coats, sweaters, even underwear and jeans) are placed under the tree. They are collected and delivered to Loaves and Fishes for distribution.
  
  What you can do:
  • Bring any one of the above