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"Builders of Love" Compassion Mission Team are builidng bookshelves again and collecting books! NOVEMBER 24th 12-5pm  YMCA at Meadowmont Gazebos 310 Old Barn Lane  Chapel Hill, NC 27517 Join this team doing amazing things! They have officially built over 20+ bookshelves for our SHBHU nonprofit friends like Habitat for Humanity, Read and Feed and Gigi's Playhouse!  Ambassadors and Small Handers will also be presenting bookshelves at an upcoming Home Dedication at Habitat for Humanity as well! BRING BOOKS TO STOCK THE SHLEVES AS WELL! Message SHBHU if your Ambassador or Small Hander is interested in this mission!       […]

Ambassadors would like to know if you can help pack and decorate these breakfast bags for our Senior Citizens in need who are connected to our friends at Meals on Wheels. We need donations which you can order at the SHBHU AMAZON wish list link below, you can volunteer to pack and decorate bags in your own home or you can volunteer to deliver the bags to Meals on Wheels when they are completed.  We will be having another Compassion Meeting in May to pack and decorate bags as well.  We also need a Delivery Family to volunteer to bring bags to MOW in Raleigh on July 18th Please contact us if interested at

SHBHU Meals on Wheels Route in the works!  Email us at  if interested in helping out with this route. Your Small Handers and Ambassadors can deliver the Breakfast Bags of Love DIRECTLY to our Senior Citizens.

Let us know if you would also be able to make the delivery in July to the MOW headquarters in Raleigh. 
AMAZON WISH LIST
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Join SHBHU on the fourth Sunday of every month serving meals with a smile to those experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Raleigh area. OCC is the result of many organizations working together in an effort to help close the hunger gap! SHBHU volunteers will bring food, drinks, take home snacks and paper products to help support those in need. We typically serve about 200 meals during this time. Volunteers arrive at OCC at 12:00pm to help set up the food line and we are usually finished cleaning up about 2:30pm. Volunteers will receive an email a couple days prior with […]

Thank you to all those who have dropped books off so far for this Saturdays Habitat for Humanity of Wake County Home Dedications! WE STILL NEED MORE BOOKS though! So far this Compassion Mission team has built over 30 bookshelves that have not only Habitat for Humanity, but also to GiGi's Playhouse Raleigh, Jubilee Home, A Lotta Love, Read and Feed, Oak City Cares and Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club's Laundromat Libraries. If you were not able to help build these awesome bookshelves, this is a great way to be part of this awesome Compassion Mission! We have 7 bookshelves to fill […]

Join SHBHU on the fourth Sunday of every month serving meals with a smile to those experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Raleigh area. OCC is the result of many organizations working together in an effort to help close the hunger gap! SHBHU volunteers will bring food, drinks, take home snacks and paper products to help support those in need. We typically serve about 200 meals during this time. Volunteers arrive at OCC at 12:00pm to help set up the food line and we are usually finished cleaning up about 2:30pm. Volunteers will receive an email a couple days prior with […]

SHBHU "Breakfast Bags of Love"  Ambassadors would like to know if y0u can help pack and decorate these breakfast bags for our Senior Citizens in need and their pet compasions in our community. Did you know that ¼ of Senior Citizens live alone with their pet as their only companion? Animal companionship is proven to be a powerful relationship that prevents depression and loneliness. However, as people age, caring for an animal can become more difficult physically and financially. These bags we call “breakfast bags of love” not only include food to start their day but also include food for […]

Please email SHBHU at for accessible drop off locations for books.  The Ambassadors and Small Handers are delivering 7 more bookshelves to Habitat for Humanity THIS SATURDAY! Ambassadors were able to meet some inspiring Board Members and staff at Alotta Lovek, Read and Feed and the Jubilee Home while delivering the Holiday bookshelves!  Let us know if you want to be part of the SHBHU Builders of Love team in 2026 because they are still collecting books, making shelves and deliveirng them! They will be presenting bookshelves to families with Habitat for Humanity in 2026. Please keep collecting books to […]

Join SHBHU on the fourth Sunday of every month serving meals with a smile to those experiencing homelessness in the Downtown Raleigh area. OCC is the result of many organizations working together in an effort to help close the hunger gap! SHBHU volunteers will bring food, drinks, take home snacks and paper products to help support those in need. We typically serve about 200 meals during this time. Volunteers arrive at OCC at 12:00pm to help set up the food line and we are usually finished cleaning up about 2:30pm. Volunteers will receive an email a couple days prior with […]