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St. Columba receives prepared Easter Baskets from churches each year.
Usually we are able to provide baskets to approximately 90 children in our
community. These go out with food requests and go to families that we
have assisted recently with other special programs.
School Supplies
Starting in early summer, we collect donations of school supplies for our
School Supplies Program. The weekend before the start of school, we
move all of the supplies to Lafayette Presbyterian Church, which we use as
a distribution center. Parents can stop by the first week of school with the
lists of supplies and staff and volunteers collect supplies for them as
available. We helped over 200 students this year. Thank you to everyone
who made this possible and to Lafayette Presbyterian church for welcoming
us once again. We couldn't do it without you!!
Numerous churches, businesses and individuals come together to support
us through financial and in-kind donations. We provide each of our
adopted families with a turkey, eggs, butter, fruit, cranberry sauce,
stuffing, rolls, and a variety of other food to make Thanksgiving nice for
those in need in our community. Volunteers and staff work together the
week of Thanksgiving to sort, pack and distribute approximately 160
baskets.
For Christmas, we provide food similar to Thanksgiving, but also
coordinate a gift program. The gifts depend on the support of
churches in our community who host angel trees for the children in
these families. Last year we provided 58 families with food and gifts
to make the holidays a little warmer.
