2017 November - OUTSTANDING THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE!
The St. Vincent Service Ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Church is pleased to let our parishioners know that our 2017 Thanksgiving Food Drive has far exceeded all previous collections.
This Fall we collected 737 bags of food and personal products that we distributed to HOPE Center in Ypsilanti, Catholic Social Services Northside Pantry, Foundations Preschool in Ann Arbor, our sister parish Corpus Christi in Detroit, and U of M Maternal Infant Health Program serving Washtenaw County residents.
The Infant Health Program received 115 packages of diapers which they said was the largest single donation they had received. Our Middle School students prepared over 60 boxes of Thanksgiving food for the families of Foundations Preschool and the staff was very grateful.
HOPE, Northside Pantry, and Corpus Christi were also most appreciative of the larger than usual donations.
Our Service Ministry would like to thank all the parishioners who donated goods and those who carried the bags to the gym or car. We could not have accomplished this project without all of you.
Special thanks must go to those who passed out bags and who delivered food to the pantries including: Lily and Tim Maguire, Teresa Welsh, Donna Krukowski, Dick and Barb Dehn, Elaine and Dale Brandenburg, Marianne and Tom Powell, Julie Allison-Conlin and Bob Conlin, Judy Rengert and Bill Yek, Kathy Ciesinski, Pamela Lowe, Anita Merrit, Christine and Glen Feak, Joan Podell, Susan Arthurs, Mary Hayden, Kenyon Schmanske, Sharon Sheldon, Elyce Rexer, Chris Kempton and Family, Mathew Vachaparampil, Linda and Jim Wiseman, Araya Wongklaw, Anna Domagala, Katie Millan, Kathleen Downer, Ed and Sharon Wright, Norma Doyle, Carol McCaffrey, Susan, Paul, and Catherine Bass, Katie, Bill, Mia, and Miguel Lopez, Carrie and Ronan Brannock, Scott Wright, Gemma and Sean Almendras, Sheela, Shyam, Meera, and Murli Pandey.
A concluding Thank You to Mrs. Kathryn Dhitirojana and her 6th grade students who stapled the bags, Catherine Anderson and the Middle School students and to Matt Healy who delivered 900 bags to the school from our local TRADER JOE'S store on East Stadium Blvd. 
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