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St A's is participating, once again, in preparing lunches for the Bissell Centre!Our date is Sunday August 24th 2025 St A's is once again participating in the lunch programme run by the Inner City Pastoral Mission who provide an interdenominatonal Christian Ministry of Presence who are guided by the Spirit of God and walk in partnership with Edmonton's Inner City Community. This year we have again been asked to provide 100 lunch bags and deliver them to the Bissell Centre on Sunday August 24th (we are partnered with St Luke's who will also supply 100 lunch bags)! We are looking for donations of the following items to fill the lunch bags: 100 bottles of water 100 juice boxes (pure juice) 100 cheese strings or individually wrapped pieces of cheese Wrapped breakfast bars (ie Cliff, Vector, Bear Paw) OR protein bars (not small granola bars) - we need 100 in total not 100 of each Peanut butter & crackers / cheese & crackers / tuna & crackers / chicken & crackers - we need 100 in total not 100 of each (these packs can be found at any supermarket but best prices are Walmart or Superstore) 100 bags of regular sized bags (28g) potato chips/Doritos/Cheezies 100 oranges and 100 bananas. ** these will need to be bought as close to the date of delivery as possible. 100 large ziplock bags 2 large can of ground coffee 2 x 4kg bag of sugar 2 cannisters of powdered creamer (1kg or larger) If you are able to provide any of the above please let the office know. If you are unable to purchase any items yourself but wish to provide a monetary donation to help obtain the listed items this would be most welcome. Food items can be delivered to the church or church office; monetary donations can be made via e transfer to office@staugustinesedmonton.com, via cheque dropped/posted into the office or the collection plate or via tithe.ly online. Please do not hand money directly to an individual for donation purposes. We will also require volunteers to make up the lunchbags - if you are able to help on Saturday 23rd August (time to be confirmed) please let Cheryl in the office know. Volunteers to deliver our completed lunch bags to the Bissell Centre on the 24th between 8.15 and 8.30am are also required. If anyone is able to help in this capacity please let the office know as soon as possible via email at office@staugustinesedmonton.com. Perhaps some of the younger members of our church congregation might like to take part!! Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. |