Holiday Assistance
Written by carrie.haines on Aug 07, 2008Holiday Assistance
Holy Innocent Church in Duvall seeks to fulfill its mission of service to all in need who come to seek aid. The existing outreach center receives donations from parishioners and other community members.
The Thanksgiving meal program provides Thanksgiving meals and a week’s worth of groceries to our Food Pantry families who sign up for a meal.
- In 2013 we provided Thanksgiving meal certificates ($25 each) for 91 families
·The Christmas Outreach Program that provides gifts and foods for any of our Food Pantry families who ask for help. In addition we make donations of gifts and foods to such groups as the Lazarus Day Center that serves homeless men in Seattle and the youth at the Echo Glen Correctional facility in North Bend.
In 2013, we provided Christmas meals ($3,000), gas cards and gift gift cards ($14,000) to 148 households registered through our Food Pantry. In addition we sent 588 items to Lazarus Day Center in Seattle (warms hats, gloves, etc) and 273 games, puzzles and art supplies to Echo Glen teen prison ministry in .
