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At St. Andrew's the loose plate offerings on the last Sunday of each month are given to an organization chosen by our Outreach Committee. Donations for the Last Sunday Offering can also be sent directly to the office.
October Recipient: Willing Hands. From their website:
Willing Hands recovers fresh food from farms, grocery stores, restaurants and wholesalers, and delivers it year-round, for free, to 80 social service organizations across the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. Our work is made possible by a strong and wide network of volunteers, food donors, and recipient organizations. Together, we serve 30,000 individuals annually with 4 million servings while mitigating nearly 1 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from food that would have otherwise gone to waste.
October Recipient: Willing Hands. From their website:
Willing Hands recovers fresh food from farms, grocery stores, restaurants and wholesalers, and delivers it year-round, for free, to 80 social service organizations across the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. Our work is made possible by a strong and wide network of volunteers, food donors, and recipient organizations. Together, we serve 30,000 individuals annually with 4 million servings while mitigating nearly 1 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from food that would have otherwise gone to waste.
The Last Sunday Outreach Offering program was started to increases our awareness of the needs of our neighbors at home and abroad. Previous recipients have included:
- Kearsarge Regional Ecumenical Ministries (KREM)
- Habitat for Humanity of the Kearsarge /Sunapee Area
- Friendly Kitchen (Concord)
- El Hogar in Honduras
- Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan
- Diocese of the Rio Grande for work with refugees
- Haiti Medical Missions - Clinique Saint Esprit,
- Sowers of the Kingdom in the Dominican Republic
- Episcopal Church in Navajoland, New Mexico
- Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza