LOVE LOWELL
Lowell Initiative
This holiday season on Dec. 14, VPC is hosting the Lowell Initiative, an outreach event where we will be providing a warm, family-centered evening for Lowell Elementary’s underserved families — including a shared meal, interactive activities, and the distribution of care packages and gifts.
We need your support to make this happen! We need volunteers to help prep, setup, serve meals, lead activities, and cleanup. If you want to volunteer, click here.
We also need donations for the care packages and gifts. Visit our toiletry wishlist here and our gift wishlist here. Items purchased from the wishlists will be delivered automatically to us. You are also welcome to bring and drop off additional items in the VPC lobby.
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The event is for families at Lowell Elementary School, many of whom are experiencing financial hardship, housing instability, or limited access to basic household essentials. We expect to serve 50–60 families.
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We have a wide range of volunteer options from Dec. 11–14. Sign up to volunteer!
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We are collecting toiletries and gifts to give out to the families. Purchase items from the toiletry wishlist and the gift wishlist.
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Rose is leading the Lowell Initiative. Please direct any questions to rosemerlinereveil@gmail.com.
About LOwell
Lowell Elementary is our neighborhood school, only minutes away from our church. Because one of our core values is to Serve the Community, we make it a priority to support our local school through various initiatives.
Lowell’s attendance zone includes students who live on the west side of Capitol Hill and students who live in downtown Seattle (South Lake Union/Belltown, south to the International District). Unfortunately, many of their students face unstable housing situation such as living in motels, shelters, doubled up arrangements, or unsheltered.
Our mission is to Love Lowell by providing resources and support needed to serve their kids. Learn more below on how you can help today!
A Thank You Note from Lowell Leadership
Dear Volunteer Park Church,
Thanks to your kindness and generosity we were able to order lots of whiteboards for classrooms and teachers this week. I was able to order 8 of them to upgrade classrooms and provide better instructional supports for teachers and students. I think of your communities generosity so often as I drive by and wanted to share our heartfelt gratitude for your on-going support of Lowell.
Thank you so much!
Sara Jo and Chelsea
Past Events
2025
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Members of our church community prepped, cooked, and served breakfast to the teachers to share our appreciation for their work in our community.
Back-to-School Prep
VPC volunteers helped assemble back-to-school packets for 600 students.
Back-to-School Brunch
Volunteers came together to make and serve breakfast for Lowell Elementary teachers and staff.
2024
Christmas Drive
VPC provided a delicious dinner, gift bags, grocery giveaways, and many children’s’ books for dozens of families from Lowell.
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Members of our church community prepped, cooked, and served breakfast to the teachers to share our appreciation for their work in our community.
Service Day
Volunteers helped Lowell with tasks such as gardening, cleaning the property, organizing first day folders and more.
Love Lowell Campaign
Throughout the year, donors contributed school supplies to Lowell from their Amazon Wish List.
2023
Open House
VPC came by to assist at Lowell’s yearly open house, helping with set up, clean up, and translation for multilingual families.
2022
Christmas Benefit Concert
VPC and Seattle Girl’s Choir partnered together to raise funds for new whiteboards to replace their outdated chalkboards. We were able to raise enough funds for 8 new whiteboards!
