Sat10Oct
Chapel host
Morning coffee and door
6:00–10:00 AMThe trailer
Open up, start the pot, sign the guest book with whoever comes in.
1 of 2 left
Help out
Pack a bag for a driver a long way from home
Eleven Amarillo churches and a lot of individual folks keep the chapel open. Here's what helps most this month.
Care bag list
What goes in a bag
Counts update every Saturday after packing.
Updated Saturday, Oct 3
Care bags4
Winter2
Chapel1
Not on the list, but call us: we may still have a use for it.
0 items on your list
Give monthly
Keep the light on at mile 74
Every level is monthly and can be paused any time. The chapel has no paid staff, so it all goes to drivers and the trailer.
$15/month
One care bag
Fills a bag every month for a driver who asks.
- Wool socks and gloves
- Toothbrush kit
- Phone cable
- A note from a Sunday school kid
Most chosen$40/month
Coffee for a week
Keeps the pot on from 6 AM to 11 PM, seven days, with cups and creamer.
- About 380 cups a week
- Chili on Wednesdays
- Hand warmers on lot walks
$90/month
A motel night
One night off the lot for a driver whose truck is in the shop.
- A clean room near the shop
- A ride there and back
- A meal ticket
Gifts are tax-deductible. Supporters get the Logbook, a one-page letter each month with the guest book's best lines.
Volunteer
Take a shift at the trailer
Every shift has a chaplain or a long-time host with you. Background check required for lot walks and rides.
Sat10Oct
Care bags
Saturday packing
10:00 AM–NoonCanyon Road Baptist hall
Two hundred bags, a long table and a lot of socks.
5 of 12 left
Sun11Oct
Lot walk
Sunday night walk, mile 85
9:00–11:00 PMEastbound rest area
Walk the rows with a chaplain, a thermos and hand warmers.
1 of 2 left
Tue13Oct
Rides
On-call driver
6:00 PM–6:00 AMFrom home
Keep your phone on. Most nights nobody calls.
1 of 1 left
Thu15Oct
Coffee cart
Truck wash coffee
5:30–8:00 AMLakeside truck wash
Pour, listen, hand out care bags.
0 of 3 left
Fri16Oct
Chapel host
Evening host
7:00–11:00 PMThe trailer
Keep the coffee going and lock up at eleven.
2 of 2 left
No shifts match. Try another team.
Demo board: signing up claims a spot on this page only.
Who keeps it going
The churches and neighbors behind the trailer
No single church owns Mile Marker Chapel. These congregations and neighbors take turns hosting, packing and paying the electric bill.
Bring your church in- Canyon Road BaptistSince 2003
Built the pews and still packs care bags every Saturday.
- St. Hyacinth Catholic ChurchSince 2011
Runs Thanksgiving dinner in the lot and the Spanish Bible supply.
- Westover Hills MethodistSince 2016
Covers the help fund's motel nights.
- TascosaTravelPlazaHost
Lends us row 14, the power hook-up and the shower vouchers at cost.
- Panhandle Road WivesDrivers' families
Write the notes that go in every care bag.