MIFA's Kids Care Club

Youth play an important role at MIFA! Whether volunteering at MIFA, at home, at school, at church, or at camp, kids can make their community better!

Volunteer at MIFA

MIFA has lots of volunteer opportunities for youth!
Deliver MIFA Meals on Wheels
Build a handicap ramp or do yard work with MIFA Handyman
Spend your Saturday at MIFA

Volunteer at home

Here are some volunteer projects you can do at home!

Celebration bags
Birthday and holiday cards for our senior clients
Souper Bowl of Caring
MIFAST

For more information about any of the projects listed here, contact Charlie Nelson at cnelson@mifa.org or (901) 529-4514.

Kids Care Club members Nicole Forsythe, Joshua Gulledge, and Nia Bowley

Check out the photos from our Kids Care Club workshop on March 27! The kids participated in sensitivity training, preparing to work with seniors in nursing homes and learning the importance of respecting seniors and understanding their disabilities and attitudes.

Memphis was declared hunger capital of the U.S. in 2011
MIFA serves 55,000 individuals each year
74% of children in MIFA's neighborhood live in poverty
86% of every dollar donated goes directly to MIFA's programs
In the area MIFA serves, almost 30% of those over the age of 65 live alone
MIFA was founded in 1968
Memphis' unemployment rate has been close to 10% since 2009
MIFA's Ombudsman program's 2 staff and 60 volunteers serve over 7,000 residents of long term care facilities
Only 4.5% of residents in the 38126 ZIP code have college degrees
Emergency Services provided assistance for 25,000 people last year
In 2010 and 2011, 100% of COOL seniors graduated from high school
MIFA Meals on Wheels serves 1,800 seniors every weekday

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Get connected.

Contact us.

MIFA (Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association)

910 Vance Avenue, Memphis, TN 38126

(901) 527-0208, email us, or find out more.

Current events

Recent MIFA news & announcements

Our mission: MIFA engages the community to sustain the independence of seniors, transform the lives of families in crisis, and equip teens for success.

Our vision: MIFA works to unite our diverse community to address the challenges of poverty.

Our values: Welcome and respect all people. Act with integrity. Value individual initiative and ability. Serve individuals and the community as an act of faith. Balance humanitarian goals with sound business practices.

Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association