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~Special Programs~
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Easter Baskets 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!!
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Thanksgiving Baskets 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.
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Christmas 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.
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