Dear Members and Friends of St. Paul’s,
Thank you for your generous support of our Hurricane Irma relief effort!
To date, we have collected $3,622 in cash donations, $675 worth of Home Depot gift cards, and a tremendous amount of the following in-kind donations: batteries, baby wipes, band aids, bug spray, and big garbage bags. The gift cards and other in-kind donations were taken to Episcopal Charities (EC) in Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday afternoon (see photo) and from there EC shipped them to Marathon on Monday.
We continue to be in contact with clergy and other community leaders in the Keys. They have updated their needed supplies list. Here are the supplies we will collect this weekend at St. Paul’s:
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adult diapers
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phone carrier gift certificates
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men’s work gloves
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rubber gloves
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bug spray
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socks
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baking soda
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plastic storage boxes
Also, if you can donate (or loan) cots or inflatable mattresses, that would be very helpful. If you would like to donate to the Hurricane Irma relief effort, please make your check out to St. Paul’s and indicate “
Hurricane Irma relief
” in the memo section.
In addition to updating their list of needed supplies, those leading the relief operation in the Keys are also requesting volunteers to help with the clean-up effort.
St. Paul’s will be sending a team of volunteers to Marathon on Friday. The team will help with the clean-up effort over the weekend and report back to us as to how we can best continue assisting with the on-going relief and recovery effort. Please keep the team in your prayers!
If you would like to donate to the Hurricane Irma relief effort, please make your check out to St. Paul’s and indicate “
Hurricane Irma relief
” in the memo section.
Moving forward, Deacon Helen Trainor, who is leading our relief and recovery effort, will be providing all future updates and invitations to serve. We are blessed to have her leadership on this effort, as she has significant experience in working with parish-based disaster recovery.
May God bless you abundantly for your kindness to those in such desperate need.
In Christ,
Paul+
