The annual Tootsie Roll Drive to collect funds to support SPRED centers throughout the Archdiocese and in particular for our Parish. This will take place this coming Saturday/Sunday – Sept. 19th/20th.
With the counsel of Monsignor Kaczorowski, it has been decided not to post our volunteers on the streets on Friday & Saturday. Instead, we will be in front of each church following all of the Masses. There will be a table with a basket of Tootsie Rolls for your enjoyment and a couple of cans to place your donation. There will be a couple of volunteers as well wearing aprons and holding donation cans. We will be masked and honoring social distancing. In these challenging times we need to adapt. However, we cannot cancel because these donations are a valuable support to the SPRED ministry. With your help we can respond to the expenses of our program as we work tirelessly to envision our way back to hosting sessions for our Friends with special needs who miss their communities so very much.
One other GREAT NEED at this time is the discovery of more volunteers to partner with each of the Friends in our 3 SPRED communities. Because of the pandemic, we have lost some of our volunteers. We are especially hoping for younger people perhaps under the age of 65. Please know that we do not reject anyone over that age as well. The call is warmly extended to both men and women from all of our SPRED Friends and their partners. Thank you.
For more information contact Julia Hess 773-539-7510 or 773-680-9225. For more information visit our Queen of Angels and St. Matthias Parish SPRED website.