If you think you’ve got the stamina, just try keeping up with Kim Lincoln... 

Kim is an avid volunteer in our Hunger Services program and also serves on our Council of Congregations, representing First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh.  She’s a whirlwind of activity, organizing countless volunteer projects each year through her congregation, Girl Scout troop, and the students at Falk School.

Kim initially became involved with EECM through her work with the Falk School’s Middle School Service Committee.  Since 2004, the MSSC has been running an Alternative Gift Shop benefiting local organizations, including EECM. 

As a follow-up to this fundraiser, the students come to EECM to volunteer in the Hunger Programs once or twice a year.  In March of 2006, Kim came with one group of students and saw that our Meals on Wheels program was short on volunteers. She agreed to help out that day and then started volunteering regularly.

Kim is now a weekly Meals on Wheels Visitor – she pairs with several different drivers to bring the meals in to our clients’ homes.

The Middle School Service Committee is just one of many projects that Kim facilitates to encourage youth participation at EECM.  Her Girl Scout troop has been donating cookies to EECM’s Hunger Programs since 2002 as part of their Gift of Caring Program and this year, a group of 8th grade girls helped to serve our Thanksgiving meal at the Soup Kitchen while a 1st grade Daisy troop made placemats and decorations. 

Kim also started an annual Feed the Brain drive at her congregation and the Falk School to support EECM’s Have a Heart for Hunger Campaign.  The Feed the Brain project collects books and “brain food” (peanut butter and tuna) for our Bookcases for Kids program and Food Pantry.

Literacy is a cause near and dear to Kim’s heart and she runs an on-going book drive.  Her friends and family know that they can always leave books on the Lincoln family porch and she will see that they get distributed.  Young adult books make their way to our youth programs and adult literature is made available to the clients of our Food Pantry. 

In 2006, Kim was named a Community Champion by the Post-Gazette and if anyone deserves the title, it’s her!  We are deeply appreciative of her tireless efforts in support of our mission and her boundless enthusiasm for volunteering.