This was going to be a group effort but restrictions due to Covid-19 made it impossible. We chose Second Wind Cottages out of Newfield, NY. It is an 18 cottage community that provides resources to help men affected by homelessness to becoming independent and owning their own place. Care packages were put together which included: …

The St. Paul ecclesia delivered 20 sleeping bags to the local Stepping Stone homeless shelter. They were extremely grateful to receive this donation and they plan to hand these out to individuals who are on their waiting list. The pandemic has had a huge impact on homeless shelters. They have 66 beds at this shelter …

My husband Eric and I live 150 miles away from our ecclesia in the Portland area. We were very happy that WCF enabled us to deliver 20 sleeping bags to an organization in our local community of Cottage Grove, Oregon. We selected Looking Glass Community Services’ Rural Program. This wonderful organization provides a safe drop-in …

Q:Who you are (ecclesia / group)? A: Justin & Abi Keene, Mike & Sharon Keene, Kingston, Ontario Ecclesia Q: Which charity was the recipient of your donation? A: Community Friends in Motion Q: What does your charity do? A: “We are a group of friends in Kingston Ontario who volunteer to serve our community by …

I really appreciate this effort that The Garden has put together and look forward to participating more in the future. I had ordered the sleeping bags and had them sent directly to the homeless shelter. The Delonis Center is a homeless shelter in Ann Arbor, Michigan which my ecclesia (Ann Arbor) and I have been …

Here are the photos from dropping food off for the doctors, nurses, and staff who cared for Josie Giordano during her last three weeks, at Morristown Medical Center. The food went to the hospital unit where Josie was first admitted (5th floor), and also at the Hospice Unit (3rd floor). Left to right in the …

The Garden’s “Bags of Love” Winter Appeal Report The Garden’s 20 sleeping bags, plus Blessing Bags, were donated to Sub Zero Mission, located locally: 760 North Ridge Road, Painesville Township, OH 44077 (subzeromission.org).  Sub Zero Mission helps those affected by homeless stay warm during the winter months by providing hats, coats, gloves, boots, sleeping bags, …

Here is the photo when we dropped the sleeping bags off at Nourish NJ on behalf of Schooley’s Mt. Ecclesia. They were so, SO excited the sleeping bags were rated for sub-zero temperatures. Nourish NJ badly needed cold-weather sleeping bags. Before we dropped these 20 sleeping bags off they had nothing to keep the homeless …

A few members of the Baltimore-Washington CYC, visited the Stepping Stones Shelter in Rockville, MD, to donate the sleeping bags. We were met outside by the executive director who was very grateful for the bags. This shelter provides housing for families affected by homelessness.

We donated 3 of the sleeping bags to a family in need. The other 17 we donated to a community kitchen that provides food and shelter to the homeless. Everyone was so grateful.