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Saturday, August 24, 2013

Simple acts of kindness, compassion and mercy prevents dehydration, ER visits and death among our homeless family.

Recently, the Servants of the Father of Mercy have been begging for an increase in water and snacks for the homeless living under bridges and in the alleyways of So Cal.  Since 2001, delivering adequate staples to remote under-served poor is a challenge. A church that sponsors a collection of supplies, dubbed “Water Bottle & Snack Sunday” can make a big difference in homeless lives.  Simple acts of kindness, compassion and mercy prevents dehydration, ER visits and death among our homeless family.

May God bless so many that did so much to make last weekend at Holy Cross Church in Moorpark, CA (4,000 bottles of water and 1,000s of snacks donated) a success as well as the weekend before a success with at St. Peter Claver Church in Simi Valley (2,000 bottles of water donated).

Deacon Manny, we give thanks for arranging the collection at St. Peter Claver Church.  We give thanks for Fr. Jim, our retreat speaker in 2012 who recently inspired the event at Holy Cross Church with Msgr. Paul.  Thanks to Barbara, Maggie and Melinda for staffing the collection for hours upon hours in the hot sun and delivering it here to the Father of Mercy Chapel in Santa Paula, CA.  Thanks to Manny and Julio from Manny’s Auto for helping to offload as well as Orlando Sr. for the offload last Sunday afternoon.


 

Have you had a chance yet to donate helping place back into service the 2008 KIA Rondo homeless delivery supplies van?  Collecting 175,000 miles in just five years, almost every major system collapsed since April, totalling nearly $8,000 in repairs.  Donate compassion and help at http://servantsofthefather.org/donate_2_homeless or post checks to - Servants of the Father of Mercy, Inc., P.O. Box 42001, Los Angeles, CA 90042. All gifts are tax deductible.
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