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March
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Welcome's
Newsletter
- communal response to
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Greetings!
Thanks
for being a supporter of Welcome and our many projects! This
newsletter will get you up to date about some of our programs,
needs, and opportunities to get involved.
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More than 5,000 blankets given away this
winter!
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2,500
blankets handed out at the Dec 8th
Project Homeless Connect event |
Our blanket drive in partnership
with the San Francisco Interfaith Council had a goal of 2,500
blankets. To date, we've given out more than 5,070.
Special thanks to all the
groups that helped with transportation or donated blankets,
including:
- 46 pallets or 4,416 blankets donated by St. Vincent de Paul
Society and transported by Catholic Charities
- 500 eco friendly blankets donated by Tzu Chi Buddhist
Foundation
- 65 blankets donated by Project Homeless Connect volunteers
- 25 blankets donated by the members of herchurch (Ebenezer
Lutheran Church)
- 20 blankets from the Sierra Pacific Synod Hunger Event in
Davis, CA (18 blankets from Truckee Lutheran and 2 from St. Mark's
Lutheran)
- 15 blankets from Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto
- 13 blankets donated by the members of Old First Presbyterian
Church
- 8 blankets donated by the members of St. Mark's Lutheran Church
(not including the 2 list above)
- 4 blankets donated by the members of First United Lutheran
Church
- 4 blankets from the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church
Read more and see pictures of the Winter Blanket Drive.
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You're
Invited!
Christmas
Dinner Volunteers Needed
Saturday, December 25th
4:30-7:30 pm
Old First Presbyterian Church
Van Ness/Sacramento
San Francisco
This year our Saturday Community Dinner falls on Christmas.
This Saturday, like every 2nd and 4th Saturday, we need volunteers
to help serve, eat with and clean up after our dinner guests.
There is no need to RSVP, stop by and volunteer any time.
Congregations or groups interested in providing food for the meal
should email Pastor Megan to reserve a date on the calendar: megan@welcomeministry.org
Interfaith MLK Green House Raising and 1 Year
Anniversary of the Free Farm
January 16, 2010
Eddy/Gough, San Francisco
A special Interfaith Sunday workday and celebration sponsored by
Temple Emanu-El. We will be building a greenhouse, planting
seedlings and enjoying food and fellowship. Learn more.
Vanguard
Magazine Release and Happening
February 3rd, 7-10 pm
St. Francis Lutheran Church
152 Church St., San Francisco
A Free event with food, performance, free copies of the magazine,
interactive ways to respond to the project and a chance to meet the
youth involved.
Learn more about the Vanguard Revisited
project that Welcome is working on with the GLBT Historical
Society, Larkin Street Youth Services, and the GLBT
Center.
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Thank
you for all the ways you support our work. This year instead of
having and end of the year fundraiser, we're putting all our time
and energy in the the amazing projects that make Welcome what it
is. With all the groups raising money during this time of the
year, we hope you'll use the time you saved by not attending our
event, not looking for parking, not buying a new outfit and do
something great for your mind, body, spirit or psyche. You're
worth it.
Please also consider supporting Welcome with a tax deductible
donation. Our ability to serve others depends upon your ability to
give. Since more than 90% of our support from individuals comes in
between Thanksgiving and December, we need your support now to help
us continue to proved quality services to the homeless and hungry
all year long.
You can make a secure online
donation here.
Thank you for anything you are able to give, for all you have given
in the past and have a blessed holiday season.
Rev. Megan Rohrer
Executive Director
Welcome
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