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Aid For Friends Cook –In
Aid
for Friends is a local organization which supports frail
and elderly shut-ins in the Philadelphia area with free home-cooked
meals delivered by volunteers. We meet three or four times a
year to put together meals for up to 80 individuals. Our next
Cook-In will be on Sunday March 7th, after the 10am service.
Dolphins of Delaware County
Some of our parishioners are involved with the Dolphins
of Delaware County, another local charity that provides
support and companionship to the elderly, and one which the
church has long supported financially. The organization recruits,
trains and matches volunteers for one-to-one visits with residents
of nursing and retirement homes.
St. Barnabas Mission
We hold food drives several times a year to collect supplies
for St.
Barnabas Mission, a shelter for homeless families run by
Episcopal Community Services (ECS); and also collect winter
coats as the temperature drops.
Child Sponsorship
For many years our church has sponsored a child in our companion
diocese of Guatemala through Plan
USA; paying for his schooling and supporting him throughout
the year with letters and gifts for his birthday and Christmas.
Mission Trips to New Orleans
In the past we have helped on local Habitat for Humanity projects,
but the impact of Hurricane Katrina led us to focus our attention
on the Episcopal
Church of the Annunciation in New Orleans, a church which
has become the focus of efforts to restore the community of
Broadmoor. We raised over $10,000 to fund their immediate needs
in the aftermath of the hurricane. Parishioners have twice traveled
to New Orleans to help with their ongoing recovery efforts,
and a third trip is planned for this summer, led by the Youth
Group.
The Career Wardrobe and MenzFit
The women of St George's support The
Career Wardrobe with donations of office- or interview-worthy
clothing and accessories for disadvantaged women in the Delaware
County area. We have recently begun collecting men's clothing
too, to donate to another local organization, MenzFit.
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Ayuda Community Center's Community
Arts Program
A recent cause that we have taken up is the Ayuda
Community Arts Program in West Philadelphia, which provides
after school and in school support for disadvantaged children
by providing them with access to forms of artistic expression.
Torrey House
In our congregation we have a number of the residents of a local
home for people with physical, behavioral, or cognitive disabilities.
Torrey
House specializes in working with individuals who have schizophrenia
and similar serious mental illnesses. Three times a year the
Outreach Committee puts together a basket of food, games and
magazines which we deliver to Torrey House.
Good Works
Last year we started working with Good
Works, a local organization that helps families in Phoenixville
and Coatesville with household repairs. We are hoping to schedule
another workday on April 10th.
Interfaith Hospitality Network
(IHN)
Last year we began partnering with St Mary's, Ardmore to help
provide dinner and overnight hosts for homeless families served
by the IHN
in our area. Since last Easter we have provided this service
4 times - the 5th was unfortunately cancelled due to the weather.
Seamen's Church Institute
We donate money regularly to the Seamen's
Church Institute in Philadelphia, which provides spiritual,
legal, financial and social support to seafarers anchored in
the ports of Camden and Philadelphia. Last Christmas we filled
"ditty" bags which we gave to the Seamen's Institute
to distribute over the holidays. We are currently setting up
a knitting group to work on making wool hats to go in the "ditty"
bags in future.
Habitat for Humanity
For the past year a group of parishioners have continued to
work on stitching Habitat
for Humanity samplers, to give to homeowners once their
house is completed.
Tommy's Gifts for Kids
Last Christmas we donated hundreds of gifts to Tommy's
Gifts for Kids and organization founded by one of our outreach
members to provide children undergoing cancer treatment with
gifts to make their hospital visits more bearable.
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