SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Easter Baskets
St. Columba receives prepared Easter Baskets from churches each year.  Usually we are
able to provide baskets to approximately 100 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
Thank you to everyone who has donated items, money and energy to this year's
program!  We set up at Lafayette Presbyterian the morning of Thursday,
August 25 and were ready to go Tuesday morning, after some issues with Hurricane
Irene had been resolved.  Distribution continued through Wednesday and allowed us to
provide school supplies to 367 students!  That's 14 more than last year!  Thank you to
the folks at Lafayette Presbyterian Church for all their help and providing us with a
distribution site.  None of this would have been possible without the support of
everyone who contributed and made this year a huge success!
These are pictures from the 2010-2011 distribution.  
New pictures will be uploaded soon.  Stay tuned!
The tables
set up with
all the
school
supplies
ready to go
to students
for the
2010-2011
school year.
Each student
receives
items based
on their
school
supplies list.  
Left over
items are
donated to
local schools.
Volunteers
hard at work
as the
supplies are
distributed
and boxes
are emptied.  
We helped
353 students
this year!
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.
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.
St. Columba Ecumenical Ministries, Inc.
2114 Lafayette Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23509             Phone: 757-627-6748          Fax: 757-622-2569