Camp Minnesota, a summer camp ministry of the Minnesota Conference of the United Methodist Church is available for all ages. Campers have loads of fun, learn new skills, participate in exciting activities, and make new friends; all while experiencing Christ, Creation, and Community in a carefully supervised environment. Time at camp leads to increased confidence, character building, social skills, leadership development, meaningful relationships, and can be essential to faith formation. All are welcome at camp Minnesota, where campers are loved, accepted, cherished, and encouraged to grow into the people God created them to be.
As a United Methodist Congregation, we would like to help all our kids who would like to go to camp this summer. In January and February the CanDo Mission will be to offer Camp Scholarships for the kids to attend camp.

Emma Norton Services is a trauma-informed organization that promotes healing and recovery, operating at a scale that brings a full array of resources to women, individuals, and families who have experienced homelessness. Housing and services are exemplary, offered in collaboration with key community partners.

As the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Committee on Relief – UMCOR – assists United Methodists and churches to become involved globally in direct ministry to persons in need. UMCOR comes alongside those who suffer from natural or human-caused disasters – famine, hurricane, war, flood, fire or other events—to alleviate suffering and serve as a source of help and hope for the vulnerable. UMCOR provides relief, response and long-term recovery grants when events overwhelm a community’s ability to recover on their own. UMCOR provides technical support and training for partners to address emerging and ongoing issues related to disaster relief, recovery, and long-term health and development. Additionally, UMCOR supports migrants through legal and humanitarian support, as well as through global advocacy.

Love INC (In the Name of Christ) is a nationwide aid organization with a local affiliate right in Delano.  It works to provide help in a wide variety of areas, from clothing and furniture to assisting people find services they need.  Delano UMC is a proud partner and often sends volunteers and donations to help.

Love INC takes (almost) any donation so if you have things you would like to give feel free to drop if off at the location above and while their buy something from the thrift store!

For more information check out their website below.

Our March and April Can-Do offering is headed to our Delano Helping Hands food shelf. Your support for the food shelf is doubly helpful because with it they are able to purchase food items they need to "fill the gaps" in their donations through organizations like Second Harvest.

Simpson Housing Services is dedicated to house, support and advocate for people experiencing homelessness.  Located in Minneapolis, Simpson serves nearly 3,000 people per year in finding a hot meal and ultimately a place to live.  Delano UMC regularly sends teams to volunteer in the kitchen in support of their amazing work.  Our next outing will be at the end of December.  More details will be announced as we get closer.

In 2014, rev. Judith Banya returned from living in the United States to her hometown of Baiwalla, Sierra Leone to begin various ministries to help her people. Baiwalla is an extremely impoverished community where people mainly live on income of approximately $1.50 a day. Nutrition, education, and clean water are high priorities for developing self-sufficiency in Baiwalla. With the help of OC Ministries and United Methodist churches in Minnesota, Rev. Judith has installed a well, built a mission house, started a new church and satellite churches in smaller villages, started a school food program that feeds 900 children per day, established an adult literacy program, and launched the construction of a junior and senior secondary school. The Baiwalla ministry needs lots of financial support in order to give all the children an excellent education and pay their teachers a decent salary.