Community
Outreach
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Food
Pantry
The mission of The Community Food Pantry is to provide emergency and supplemental food to families or individuals who live in the Mohegan Lake and greater Yorktown-Cortlandt area. In addition, The Food Pantry seeks to provide nutritional, health, educational/employment opportunities, food stamp eligibility and referral information to facilitate our guests in moving beyond the need for emergency/supplemental food. The Community Food Pantry advocates for issues that impact the hungry and the homeless in our country.
The community food pantry based at St. Mary’s is open to any community member who wishes to volunteer or who needs help. Services are provided to those who have need. Leadership of the food pantry is an interfaith and community based venture.
Volunteers are always welcome for set-up from 8 to 9:30 on Saturday mornings, and then supplementary food is provided for those in need from 10 to 11 on Saturdays. Emergency food is available through the parish office during office hours.
Contact Terry Berardi with any questions, comments, or corrections at stmarysmlfoodpantry@yahoo.com
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Midnight
Run
Volunteers meet on the
first
Saturday of
each month to make
gourmet lunches that are taken to the homeless in New York City. No
skill required – just a willingness to help people in need. Helpers
need not be members of the parish to pitch in.
Volunteer box lunch preparers should show up at ll in the morning.
Contact Barry Tucker
with any questions, comments, or corrections.
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Alcoholics
Anonymous
St. Mary's host
three AA meetings a week,
including a
beginners and a
women's meeting.
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Operation Christmas
Child
An annual
gathering of gift boxes filled with practical and whimsical gifts that
are are given around the world to needy children.
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Alternative Gift
Cards
The purchase of a card in
the amount of $20 will buy a bag of groceries in the name of someone
will help support the Food Pantry in its mission to help
our friends and neighbors in need. A choice
of six different holiday designs including Chanukah are available as
well as all occasion cards and in memoriam cards.
To purchase cards any time, contact the church office during office hours, Saturday mornings during CFP distribution, Sundays during coffee hour, or contact the Community Food Pantry by phone 914-528-3972 or e-mail stmarysmlfoodpantry@yahoo.com
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The Episcopal Fund for
Relief
and Development
This is
supported by St. Mary's and is the national Episcopal Church of the USA
outreach to areas of need around the world.
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Carpenter's
Kids News
We want to send our check
to the
Diocese for the Carpenter's Kids Program. We will send our first year's
support check in September. If you have not paid the $50.00 for this
first year, please do so and make the check payable to St. Mary's. Your
contribution will be reflected in your annual pledge/giving
receipt. Contact Alyssa Attansio if you want to support this or
have any questions.
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Compassion International
Sponsor a child for
$28.00 a month and provide food, clothing, and education.
Correspondence and encouragement for your child are central to the
program.
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