St. John Families Help the Homeless, 11/19: Please Help!

To make St. John Families Help the Homeless a successful event for all, we are in need of more donations.  Please consider donating to the event – we are collecting donations through Friday, November 15.  If you have a business connection, please reach out and solicit a donation or connect PA Chairs, Liz Overland and Tricia Kane-Yi with your contact, and we will do the asking.  This is a terrific event that has an immediate, positive impact on needy members in the surrounding community; let’s make sure we can help as many people as possible.

Thank you to the following companies for generously donating to the event:

  • Costco
  • Safeway
  • Smile Ballard
  • True Value
  • Trader Joe’s

Requested Items:

  • Socks, gloves, hats for adults and children (small enough to fit in gallon Ziploc bags)
  • Individually packaged food items such as granola bars, crackers, tuna packs, instant oatmeal, fruit leather
  • Gently used, or new, children’s books (small enough to fit in gallon Ziploc bags)
  • Hand wipes (travel size – no liquid hand sanitizer, please), soap, shampoo, deodorant (travel size), individual tissue packets
  • Cough drops, lip balm, maxi pads (no tampons, please), hand warmers
  • Tea bags (individually packaged), plastic utensils, gallon Ziploc bags
  • $5 denomination gift cards (McDonald’s, Fred Meyer, Starbucks, etc.)
  • Cash donations are always welcome!  100% of cash and checks (made out to St. John School) will be used to purchase additional goods.

Thank you for your support, and see you on Tuesday, November 15, 6:30pm in Egan Hall!