Get Involved
Our Ministry depends on you!! There are a number of ways to support this important and life changing work. Give, Participate, Volunteer, Pray, Share, and Bring a Friend!
Give Online
Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supported by individuals, local churches, and businesses. Click here to donate online.
Give by Mail
Make Checks payable to Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries
PO Box 11802, Winston-Salem, NC 27116
Purchase from Amazon Wish List
Click HERE to view our Amazon Wishlist. Choose the items you want to purchase and have them shipped directly to FJPM.
Donate a vehicle
Donate a reliable vehicle to a Transition to Work graduate and help support their ability to get to work and be successful in our community. For more information, please email Mark Hogsed at mark@forsythjpm.org.
Gifts of Stock and other Securities
For gifts of stock and other securities, the fair market value is tax deductible. Please email Holly Kessler at holly@forsythjpm.org for documentation on transfer procedures.
Planned Giving
Designating Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries in your estate planning will ensure chaplains continue sharing the hope and love of Christ in Winston-Salem.
Please notify us of your inclusion of Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries in your estate planning by contacting Holly Kessler at (336) 759-0063 or holly@forsythjpm.org.
United Way Contributions
You may designate your United Way pledge to Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministries using the designated code, #2086
Participate in Upcoming Events
Breakfast Fundraiser
October 29, 2025, 6:45am-8:15am
Our most significant fundraiser of the year!
Come hear life stories from our Transition to Work graduates who invested time in pre-release courses to better themselves. Countless ex-offenders have successfully transitioned from prison to community life. They are blessed to be a blessing.
Benton Convention Center
301 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC.
Contact Holly Kessler by September 30th to sponsor a table of 8 or attend the breakfast.
Fun with Father
Fun with Father is designed to allow inmates a unique opportunity to spend quality time with their children. The program consists of a day filled with crafts and recreational activities to strengthen relationships, increase problem solving skills, build trust, and challenge fears. A spiritual component is incorporated also. Leading up to the day of family activities, a class on fatherhood is taught by our FJPM chaplains. Volunteers are welcomed to help with this program.
“My son really needed this
special time with his father.”
In the Name of the Father Christmas Event
In the Name of the Father is a program that community supporters donate gifts for children of inmates. The week before the program, inmates “shop” through donated gifts to select for his children. On a Saturday in December, inmates and their children gather in the Chapel for a Christmas devotion and sharing of gifts.
Contact Brooke Stultz for ways you can be involved in this program.
Engage
There are a number of ways you can help!
- Pray for the inmates and staff, impact of worship services and Bible studies, and effectiveness of life skill classes.
- Provide snacks for one of the weekly ministry programs.
- Participate in the Thursday Yokefellow Prison Ministry.
- Collect personal hygiene articles: soap, non-aerosol deodorant, toothpaste, and shampoo for inmates.
- Form a team in your church to pray for inmates and their families.
- Help with an outreach to the inmate’s children.
- Become a sponsor and mentor for male inmates.
- Invite a chaplain to speak at your church.
- Hire an ex-offender to work for your business.
Call (336) 759-0063 for more information and a rewarding opportunity to serve.
