Peace and Justice Calendar

Date	Event	Contact Information	Parish Involvement
Jan	March for Life	Sue Sanders 336-9786	Travel to Washington DC to March for Life Rally
Feb	Family Service Learning	Jen Krier Email Jen Krier	Families gather to make valentines and visit a nursing home to deliver them.
March	KAIROS	Mike Weil 476-9959	Attend weekend or closing ceremony, bake cookies, write letters, contribute an hour of prayer, help make dinner for event weekend
March	40 Days for Life	Sue Sanders 336-9786	Peaceful Prayer in front of Abortion clinic
March	Easter Basket collection	Teresa Bolte- Network of Care 779-8965, rbolte_754@fuse.net	Donate Easter baskets
May	Catholic Relief Services Collection
May	Fan collection	Teresa Bolte- Network of Care 779-8965, rbolte_754@fuse.net	Donate Fans
June	School Supply Drive	Teresa Bolte- Network of Care 779-8965, rbolte_754@fuse.net	Donate gift cards to buy discounted supplies (in August) to fill specific school supply lists.
June	End of Year Used School supply Collection	Teresa Bolte- Network of Care 779-8965, rbolte_754@fuse.net	Children bring used school supplies to Mass the Sunday following the end of school year. These items will be sorted for use by Network of Care and children in Appalachia.
June	Holy Father's Collection	www.usccb.org/ppc	Enable the Holy Father to give emergency funds to those most in need who suffer from oppression, war, disease or natural disaster
Sept	Kairos cookies	Mike Weil 476-9959	Families and groups bake cookies and bring to meetings / practices, write letters, decorate posters for the weekend, pray as a group
Sept	Blanket Collection	Teresa Bolte- Network of Care 779-8965, rbolte_754@fuse.net	Families and groups bring blankets to Mass or meetings, groups make blankets together, deliver blankets to recipients
Oct	Respect Life Sunday Collection	Sue Sanders 336-9786	Support Respect Life efforts through use of the designated Sunday envelope.
	Respect Life Chain	Sue Sanders 336-9786
Nov	Turkey Dinner	Ricky Mathews	Donate goods; cook meals; children prepare rosaries and cards; deliver meals
Nov	Family Service Learning	Jen Krier Email Jen Krier	Families gather to talk about gratitude and make cards to go with the Thanksgiving meals.
Nov	CCHD Collection	www.usccb.org/cchd/cchd_brochure-national.pdf	"Provide funding for groups of poor and low income people who are empowered to address the root causes of poverty in their communities."
Dec	Giving Tree	Rita Kettler	parishioners take ornaments, buy gifts, adopt families
Dec	Retirement Fund for Religious collection	www.usccb.org/nrro/	Give back to those who have given so much through their vocations.
Dec	Christmas Cookie Collection	Cathy Moorman	Parishioners donate baked cookies, CFP and school children decorate bags, cookies are distributed locally.