Berwick | Ss. Cyril & Methodius | collected non-perishable food items to be donated to the local food pantry |
Bethlehem | St. Josaphat | High School Students: prepare and deliver Thanksgiving meals; parish children collect toys for St. Nicholas in Ukraine and TOYS FOR TOTS; at Great Lent – offerings for St. Vincent DePaul Society and food drive; Ladies Auxiliary visit shut ins and help to collect money and food for soup kitchen; parish children with Ukrainian American veterans decorate wreaths and place them on graves of the veterans on December 15. |
Bridgeport | Sts. Peter & Paul | food drive (for local needy people); clothing (for local elementary school students); $1,000 in gift cards are given out to local families in need |
Bristol | Patronage | food drive (for local food bank) |
Chesapeake City | St. Basil | collecting toys for children in Chesapeake City area to be distributed before Christmas |
Edwardsville | St. Volodymyr | food drive for Holy Family Roman Catholic Food Pantry in Luzerne |
Elizabeth | St. Volodymyr | Christmas presents for homebound parishioners |
Frackville | St. Michael | collecting new or gently used items for a homeless shelter in Pottsville, PA |
Front Royal | Sts. Joachim & Anna | baby items for Front Royal Pregnancy Center |
Great Meadows | St. Nicholas | Our main project was The St. Nicholas Feast Day Dinner which was held on Sunday, December 2nd, attended by parishioners, extended family members and visitors from the surrounding communities; food drive collecting non-perishable food, dry and canned grocery items which were distributed before Christmas to Ms. Colleen Wolters and Catholic Charities; Money was collected for the needy and orphan children in the Ukraine; Money was also collected for St. Mary’s Parish Fire Fund, Carteret, NJ |
Hazleton | St. Michael | food drive |
Hillsborough | St Michael | Parishes in Hillsborough and New Brunswick had a food drive donating 428 pounds of food items to Franklin Township Food Bank |
Manville | St Michael | food drive |
Marion Heights | Patronage | sponsoring a meal for the poor |
McAdoo | St. Mary’s | food drive |
Melrose Park | Annunciation | food drive & money for food gift cards |
Middleport | Nativity of BVM | food drive for Minersville Food Bank |
Milville | St. Nicholas | food drive for St. Vincent DePaul Society Community Food Bank |
Minersville | St. Nicholas | Ladies Sodality: Thanksgiving Meals and Christmas Eve meals for homebound and infirm; St. Nicholas school: TOYS for TOTS for poor and needy children; parish: food drive (for Minersville Food Bank) |
Mount Carmel | Sts. Peter & Paul | baby items for Birthright organization in Shamokin, PA; collection of socks, gloves, scarves, hats and blankets; Soup & Sandwich project (once a month); preparation and delivery of Thanksgiving and Christmas meals to parishioners and non-parishioners. |
New Brunswick | Nativity of BVM | Parishes in Hillsborough and New Brunswick had a food drive donating 428 pounds of food items to Franklin Township Food Bank |
Newark | St. John the Baptist | collect money for “Let’s Feed the Hungry” campaign in Ukraine; St. Nicholas presents for shut-ins and infirm of the parish; food drive for St. John Roman Catholic parish soup kitchen |
Northampton | St. John the Baptist | food drive for Northamption Food Bank |
Olyphant | Sts. Cyril & Methodius | food and clothing drives |
Palmerton | St. Volodymyr | socks & underwear drive |
Passaic | St. Nicholas | money for food gifts cards; clothing drive for adults & children in Ukraine; Christmas Giving Tree for orphans and handicapped in Ukraine |
Perth Amboy | Assumption | Thanksgiving Dinner for students, parishioners and non-parishioners; backpack, clothing and sweets drive for children in Eastern Ukraine (in association with SUM in Carteret, NJ; food drive for the needy in community (given to Mercy House); donated $400 to Hope Center of Pastoral Care for the Deaf Persons of the UGCC (via Fr. Oleh Lazurkevych). |
Philadelphia | Christ the King | candy, cookies & toys for children of Svitlychka; money collection for ZUDAK (Philadelphia) |
Phoenixville | Sts. Peter & Paul | food drive for Phoenixville Area Community Services |
Pottstown | St. Michael | food drive for Salvation Army of Pottstown |
Reading | Nativity of BVM | baby & ladies items for Women in Crisis (Reading, PA) |
Scranton | St. Volodymyr | Christmas presents for orphans in Ukraine |
Shamokin | Transfiguration | sponsoring a meal at Shepherd’s Table; “Adopt a Grandparent” – Christmas gifts for elderly $10 |
Shenandoah | St. Michael | food & money for food gift cards for the needy; money for children in Ukraine |
Smarthmore | Holy Myrrh-Bearers | food drive for food pantry in Clifton Heights & clothing drive for the homeless in Philadelphia |
St. Clair | St. Nicholas | food & money for food gift cards for the needy; money for children in Ukraine |
Toms River | St. Stephen | food drive for local food banks |
Trenton | St. Josaphat | food drive |
Warrington | St. Anne | food drive (for local food bank) |
Washington DC | Holy Family | baby items for Front Royal Pregnancy Center |
Whippany | St. John the Baptist | parish youth group learns about “The Cheshire Home”, a rehabilitation center for people of all ages who are in wheel chairs due to accidents or medical conditions |
Wilkes Barre | Sts. Peter & Paul | food drive for Sts. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Pantry in Plains, PA |
Wilmington | St. Nicholas | bake sales to raise money for widows and orphans of the fallen soldiers in Eastern Ukraine; food drive and distribution of traditional foods to homebound parishioners for Christmas; CYM members visit elderly at Christmas with Caroling and cheer; gifts for parish children at St. Nicholas visit; 9 packages of clothing, blankets, food, school supplies and accessories for Christmas and shipped them to an orphanage; single moms with children home and senior home for women run by Sisters of St. Basil in Ivano-Frankivsk region; collection of funds for the newly arrived families from Ukraine who became parishioners. |
West Easton | Holy Ghost | donated good items to two local food banks … canned and dry goods, turkeys, clothing and toiletries (500lbs); The Youth group and adults went caroling to the shut in and nursing homes day after Christmas with gifts and song. |