Get Involved

Hosting an event can be an opportunity for formation and community-building for your group. CRS Helping Hands staff help you coordinate your event from beginning to end, and our partner provides meals to package and helps your volunteers with event set-up.

Host an event

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Step 1

Find the closest warehouse

Where you are located impacts the logistics and price of your event. Additional
travel fees may apply outside a 100 miles from our partner’s warehouses.
Use the map below to see how close you are to a warehouse.

Step 2

Event Calculator

Need to figure out the logistics for your next event? Feel free to use this handy calculator to determine estimates on what you'll need. You only need one number to get started - everything else will be automatically calculated from there! These numbers are approximates to get you started and can be adjusted to your event needs. Contact us for specifics helpinghands@crs.org

Number of Participants:

Projected Number of Meals:

Event Space (sq. ft.):

Cost of meals:

In addition to packaging time, each event takes 1 ½ hours to set-up and 1 hour to clean-up. An introduction of the project beforehand can take up to 15-30 minutes.

Step 3

Request an event

Interested in hosting an event? Please email helpinghands@crs.org and
someone from our team will be in touch shortly.

Step 4

Read our event Toolkit

The toolkit walks you through the event from start to finish and contains all the information you need to host a successful event. Use the hyperlinks in the toolkit to move to the section you want or to explore our resources.

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Step 5

Review our resources

Use our resources to promote your event and plan education
and prayer opportunities for your event.

Check out our resources

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Catholic Parishes of Stoughton	Massachusetts	Aug. 18, 2018	Join us
CRS and Orioles 75,000 Meal Challenge	Maryland	Sep. 09, 2018	Join us
Our Lady Star of the Sea	Florida	Sep. 15, 2018	Join us
Catholic Community of Ascension and Saint Augustine	Maryland	Sep. 16, 2018	Join us
Encuentro V	Texas	Sep. 21, 2018	Join us
Diocese of Savannah	Georgia	Sep. 22, 2018	Join us
Prince of Peace Catholic Church Ormond Beach	Florida	Sep. 23, 2018	Join us
St. Thomas More Yale	Connecticut	Oct. 06, 2018	Join us
Prince of Peace Catholic Church Flowery Branch Georgia	Georgia	Oct. 13, 2018	Join us
Espíritu Santo October 2018	Florida	Oct. 20, 2018	Join us
St. Paul Catholic Church	Florida	Nov. 18, 2018	Join us
Saint Susanna December 2018	Indiana	Dec. 01, 2018	Join us
Holy Trinity Peachtree City 2018	Georgia	Dec. 15, 2018	Join us

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