Fwd: Gifts of the Magi Service Project

From: brock.man@comcast.net
Date: Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:42 pm

Dear Scouts and Parents,

This is our last weekend for our Gifts of the Magi Service Project.  As a reminder this service project is to collect men's clothing, toiletries, and all other items a man may use.  This could be watches, wallets, hats, gloves, scarves, shoe polish, etc. 

Recently we received the donation of a Bible.  All of our collections goes to St. John's Hospice located at 12th & Race Streets.  For those of you who are new to the Scouting program this is our fourth or fifth year of doing this specific service project.

Another project that we do with St. John's is our dinner invitation.  This is where we invite residents from St. John's to St. Thomas where we prepare a meal and a program for them along with a gift bag for all participants.  In the past this has served as a Eagle Scout service project for some of our Eagle Scout candidates.  But we have also done this as a periodic gesture of good will.

Currently St. Thomas is involved in the Chosen 300 ministries, where parishioners from St. Thomas help prepare meals and go the Chosen 300 facility located in North Philadelphia.  Chosen 300 ministry designated to provide meals for those in need.  Our parishioners have been in helping to service meals to upwards of a 100 people or more in a single evening. However, the St. Thomas Scout program is the only St. Thomas organization that has ever invited the homeless to the Church.

Yours in Scouting,

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