Tickets adults $12; children under 12 $6.

Please support the Kawartha Lakes Food Source. Buy tickets for yourselves or order in food for your business. It is a great meal!

Tickets are available at: Kawartha Lakes Food Source Office, Williamson Fuels Ltd., or at the Armoury door.

Food collected by KLFS goes out to all the food banks including the Central Food Cupboard, supported by the SSVP of St. Mary’s

Ladies Night

All ladies over the age of 18 yrs. are invited to attend.

Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available.

A Donation to the Central Food Cupboard would be appreciated!

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2009

7:00 p.m. – 9:p.m.

The Hough Family

RRVP to: Joanne Hough at 324-4491
or Bonnie Collins at 324-8072 po027cwl @ hotmail.com

The collected donations from the food drive goes to the Kawartha Lakes Food Source (KLFS). The Central Food Cupboard (CFC) receives a “fair share.”

Five churches support the CFC. They are St. Mary’s Church, Bethel Missionary Church, Queen Street United, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian and St. Paul’s Anglican. Together these churches supply the CFC with funds and volunteers.

The society of St. Vincent de Paul has 25 members working at the CFC monthly. SVDP needs the Parish of St. Mary’s assistance in making this year the best food drive to date.

Pictures from 2008 program.

There are two ways to assist:
(1) Place food donations in bags or boxes outside the front door for the morning of the pick-up before 9 a.m.
(2) Become a volunteer -join a team, or bring your own team of three (driver with car if possible) to collect the food. The driving assignments start at 8 a.m. for the teams.

Students are very welcome.

Food Group – Baking Needs:
Item NeededAlmonds, Walnuts Coconut, Oatmeal Sugar: White, Brown, IcingSyrup: Pancake, CornMilk : Carnation, SkimMixes: Cake, Muffin, PuddingPie Fillings, Cake Icing, Jell-OFlour, Corn Starch, Baking Soda Spices, Salt

Canned Fruits & Vegetables:
Cranberry Sauce, Peaches, Pineapple Fruit Cocktail, Mandarin Oranges
Pork & Beans, Potatoes, Mushrooms, Corn,
Yellow Beans, Green Beans, Variety Beans, Peas, Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, Tomato Sauce
Canned Fish & Meat: Tuna, salmon, chicken, ham

Beverages:
Apple Juice, Tea, juice Boxes
Perk Coffee, Instant Coffee, Hot Chocolate
Packaged – Soups/Sauces/Dinners
Soups: Tomato, Vegetable, Habitant
Chicken Noodle, Packaged Soup
Soup Stock
Ready to Serve
Pasta: Instant Noodles, Spaghetti Sauce, Kraft Dinner, Side Kick’s, Hamburger Helper

Bead/Grain
Crackers, Soda Biscuits, Cereal
Oatmeal
Minute Rice, Long Grain Rice
Dry Pasta

Toiletries
Toilet Paper, Kleenex, Diapers (adult/child)
Deodorant, Toothbrushes, Toothpaste

Miscellaneous
Ketchup, Mustard, Relish
BBQ Sauce, Salad Dressing
Pop-Corn
Gravy
Pickles, Olives
Peanut Butter
Parmesan Cheese
Coffee Filters

Baby Needs
Formula Pabulum
Jars of Food Diapers

Kid’s Lunch
Cookies
Jell-O/Pudding/Fruit Cups C
heese Whiz
Granola Bars
Jam (all varieties)
Applesauce

Unable to accep – For food safety reasons, we cannot use:
rusty or unlabeled cans
homemade items
non-commercial canned or packaged items
alcoholic beverages , mixes or soda
open or used items

An answering machine service will hold the messages. The messages will be monitored Monday, Wednesday and Friday by our volunteers with a follow-up call returned as soon as possible. Please speak slowly, leaving your name, number and address with a short message as to why you are calling.
Executives for 2008-2011

President: Jo-Anne McPherson Past President: Florence O’Neil
Secretary: Noreen Brasier
Treasure: Marie Young
Membership: 48 active and associates members

Meetings:
The date of the meeting to be held monthly will be the second Thursday of each month, September through to June. The location of meeting is the rectory library , commence at 1 p.m . – 2 p.m. Please refer to notices in the church bulletin in regard to changes to the meetings.

Duties:

1. Members to visits homes of clients to assess how best to service their needs.
2. To share in the operation of the Central Food Cupboard by giving of their time on Monday and Friday mornings in a four week rotation once a month .
3. To assist in the Christmas Programs : the Parish Adopt-A-Family Program , Be An Angel Giving Tree Program , the Catholic School’s Adopt-A-Family Program , the preparation of food and gifts for families and the disbursement of the hampers from Saint Mary’s School gym , to name a few of the many responsibilities .
4. Hold the collection box at all church doors on the first weekend of every month.
5. To record S . S . V . P. monthly collections in the Saint Joseph’s Room after the Mass.
6. All members to participate in food drives programs which support our work at the Central Food Bank:
   1. Loblaw’s’ food drive days in the summer, fall or winter holidays in which members supple food bags to customers to fill as a food donation.
   2. On the annual Latter Day Saints Church food drive, a team of members assist in the canvassing of the town of Lindsay in October.
   3. Members would take time period to collect cash at difference locations on Tag days organize by the Food Source Warehouse throughout the year.
   4. Participate in St. Mary’s Food Drive in June, July & August to support the Central Food Bank
   5. Volunteers help sort food being delivered to the Food Source Warehouse weekly.
   6. Volunteers, adult and students, to deliver and package food coming from the Food Source to the Central Food Cupboard on the 1st Thursday of the month ( Queen St. Annex Building ).
   7. Assist in the collection of clean clothes and clean rags, shoes and boots for S.S.V.P. store October 3, 2009 Church parking lot (before Saturday’s Mass and Sunday’s Masses).

Funding:

1. Monthly donations are collected by volunteers at all doors on the first weekend of every Month.
2. The use of special envelopes throughout the year and at Christmas time.
3. Loose cash and envelope donations deposited in the slot boxes at the church front doors entrance.

As Vincentians, this implies that we:

• See Christ in anyone who suffers.
• Come together as a family.
• Have personal contact with the poor.
• Help in any possible way.

Purpose of the Society

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul provides emergency help for people in difficult circumstances, whether in need of food, clothing, medication, or threatened with eviction or discontinued utilities. Assistance from the SSVP is not intended to be a means of continuing support. We encourage people to become self-sufficient.

St. Mary’s Conference

In Lindsay, the SSVP was formed in 1923, and presently has 30 active members. We unite our work with students, parishioners, and friends and with volunteers from five local churches at the Central Food Cupboard on Monday and Friday mornings. As well, we provide assistance by phone and our extensive Christmas basket program, adopt-an-angel and giving tree.

They started the group as a result of discussions in university and in response to the poverty they observed around them. They also saw their ministry as a way of growing in their faith by sharing themselves and their material resources with other people.

They took St. Vincent de Paul as their patron because of his work with the poor and especially with galley slaves in the 1500s. They were attracted to his ministry through parish confraternities.

Christ is Counting on You
Every year it would be a good opportunity for our young people, 16 and up, to join our local group and grow in their faith by serving Christ as He is present in our local needy persons.

This is also an excellent ministry for married couples to share in because they minister in pairs. If you would like more information, please come to the meeting Monday October 28, or call the parish office and we will put you in touch with a member.

Our group meets about four times a year and are working co-operatively with Queen St. United, St Paul’s Anglican and Bethel Reformed Churches at the Central Food Cupboard located in the Annex of Queen Street United Church on Monday and Friday mornings from 9:30 til 12:30.

For example, our parish society assists with the new Kawartha Lakes Food Source warehouse which distributes food to local food banks. This would be a great ministry for our younger members who may feel uncomfortable visiting strangers in their homes.

You can get in touch with us through the rectory 705-324-4828 or drop us an email/comment from the page.

More about St. Vincent de Paul Society here