Ship Community Outreach provides:

• Food, clothing and a hot meal at community events
• Food to partners who expand our reach
• Food collection, storage and distribution
• Independent low-cost healthy grocery shopping
• Job readiness training and career opportunities
• Health screenings and support
• Weight training and nutrition counseling to improve self-discipline and self-esteem

Ship Community Outreach accomplishes all of this through donations and volunteers.

The poor economic condition of South Park made way for crime, gang activity, substance abuse, prostitution and loss of hope.

When Chris and his wife, Jacqueline saw many of their neighbors in desperation, their hearts were driven to help. They started Ship of Zion church in 2001 and welcomed the community into their doors with love and compassion.

In 2002, Chris and Jacqueline, with the help of Paul and Kathy Moseley, began “Community Day” at Ship of Zion church. Each month at Community Day, they give large boxes of food, clothing, a hot meal, medical screening, encouragement and hope to their neighbors.

Day by day, year by year, the pastors have earned the trust of the community, helping each person in need, expressing their love through action.

Over the years, other churches in the area saw the impact Ship of Zion was making in their community. Using the resources of Bread of Life, the food collection and distribution arm of Ship Community Outreach, they began their own outreaches to help their communities.

Now, more than 3,000 people are served each month at outreaches throughout the Raleigh, Garner and Wake Forest.

Through our partnerships with Brown Bag Ministry, With Love from Jesus. Wilmington Street Men's Shelter and NC Correctional Institution for Women we are able to impact 21,000 more people each month.

Galley Grocery provides low cost healthy food and essentials in a safe environment in an area in Raleigh, NC that is a food desert, where the closest grocery store is over 6 miles away.

Because the Galley Grocery is non-profit, donations from local churches allow us to offer items at low prices.

The Ship Yard

Next door to the Galley Grocery is the Ship Yard, a free weight room, fitness center and gathering place for the local community.

During his visits to the local prison, Chris noticed that inmates used weightlifting and the pursuit of personal fitness and nutrition to help them abstain from drug use.

He believed that if he could provide a way for residents in his neighborhood to work out, eat healthy, and grow strong, they would gain confidence and self discipline, giving them motivation to work and care for their families.

Ship Yard focuses on healthy living, fellowship and crime prevention.

Transitional Employment Initiative

To enable residents to find jobs, Chris and Jaqueline started the Transitional Employment Initiative to train students in job skills, obtain certifications, and find internships with local business partners willing to give them a chance.

Transitional Employment Initiative (TEI) is an eight-week job readiness and personal enrichment program in which participants gain the discipline, work ethic, confidence and vocational skills needed to become marketable, long-term productive employees.

The TEI program focuses on young people who have been shaped by high rates of poverty, unstable families, school suspensions, exposure to violent and criminal activity and a lack of job opportunities.

Volunteers among the business community teach classes and mentor students to prepare them for their internships and future careers.

Eighty people have successfully completed the TEI program.

Ship Community Outreach desires to continue to serve and uplift the South Park neighborhood and other communities in Raleigh and beyond.

To expand our facilities and to serve more communities, additional resources are critical.

Ship Community Outreach Goals

• We currently serve 5 communities and would like to expand the number of communities served by Bread of Life and Community Day outreaches.
• We have renovated the store in 2019 and would like to provide more product offerings in the Galley Grocery Store to better serve the needs of the community.
• We have expanded the facilities at the Ship Yard and have dramatically increased our patronage. We ran our first Youth Camp in 2019 and would like to have camps every month in 2020.
• We plan to provide Transitional Employment Initiative training to more students this year and increase number of business partners to provide more job opportunities.
• We would like to provide a community center for the South Park neighborhood for after school programs, tutoring, and community events.

JOIN US IN OUR MISSION TO BE NEIGHBORS WORKING TOGETHER FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY.

HELP US ANCHOR COMMUNITIES IN HOPE!