Helping Hands for Families Project
The Helping Hands for Families Project got away to a
flying start on Monday 8 April when the St Joseph Vinnies set to work turning
shoeboxes into cars for their non-perishable food drive. The aim of this
project is to assist as many people as the Vinnies are able over the next 5
weeks in return for a non-perishable food item that they are able to put into
their shoebox car. These cars will then be returned to school on Monday 13 May
along with the Vinnies sheets of who the Vinnies helped. The food will be
presented to the Loaves and Fishes Organisation to distribute to families in
need in the community. Loaves and Fishes is a community organisation that
provides meals for people who are struggling. It has also extended its work to
assist families in need by starting up the Thursday Community offering meals, a
homework programme for their children and other support.
If we have an overwhelming response to this
project, we are hoping to also be able to share the food items that come in
with the Nelson St. Vincent de Paul Centre to also distribute.
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