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The Westfield News – Westfield, MA – Despite closed doors, church clothes the poor – Cleaning out your closet? Spring cleaning?
Muskogee Phoenix – Muskogee, OK – Churches feed the hungry – Cherie Walker could relax for a little while now. As workers loaded boxes of fresh produce and dairy products…
Prince William Living – Dale City, VA – Boxes of Basics is Growing with New Location in Old Town Manassas – Boxes of Basics has been serving Prince William County youth since September 2018. The non-profit, created by Haymarket resident Sarah Tyndall, provides seasonal wardrobes to local children in need. In less than two years this organization has provided clothing to 400 local children in need.
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Episcopal News Service
New York, NY
Episcopal Church Women Launch New Website
The National Episcopal Church Women launched a new website. Their old site, originally started in 2006, went through a three month rebuild. They have included upgrades that allow members to share their personal and local news as well as unique articles, poems, and prayers. […]
The Westfield News
Westfield, MA
Despite closed doors, church clothes the poor
Cleaning out your closet? Spring cleaning?
The Episcopal Church of the Atonement, located at 36 Court St., has extended an invitation to the public, seeking clothing donations.
“Americans discard clothes at an enormous rate,” Episcopal Church of the Atonement Rev. Nancy Webb Stroud said. “People need these clothes all around the world…Instead of going into a landfill, these (items) are going to people who need clothes.”
Episcopal Church of the Atonement is currently accepting clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, drapes, linens, pillowcases and stuffed animals. Donors are asked to place their donated item or items into a tied plastic bag and put it into the clothing shed opening in the parking lot off of Pleasant Street. A box on the shed contains receipts for tax deductions. […]
Muskogee Phoenix
Muskogee, OK
Churches feed the hungry
Cherie Walker could relax for a little while now.
As workers loaded boxes of fresh produce and dairy products in the trunk of the Muskogee woman’s car, she felt relieved. Walker was among the residents who were helped at three Muskogee churches on Tuesday.
“This is just a huge blessing,” she said. “I actually need to get some food. I was going to the grocery store, but this actually helps out. I have four kids. This helps quite a bit.”
Walker drove through the parking lots used by Grace Episcopal Church and Antioch Missionary Baptist Church at Sixth Street and Broadway. A third church, Divine Love Christian Fellowship Church, 500 N. F St., was also handing out food and milk to those residents who needed it, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Prince William Living
Dale City, VA
Boxes of Basics is Growing with New Location in Old Town Manassas
Boxes of Basics has been serving Prince William County youth since September 2018. The non-profit, created by Haymarket resident Sarah Tyndall, provides seasonal wardrobes to local children in need. In less than two years this organization has provided clothing to 400 local children in need. […]