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Ongoing Activities

Adoration at Saint Michael Adoration Chapel

Help for Childrens Hospital

A lot of miscellaneous things such as school supplies and fleece blankets are always needed at Children’s Hospital. For more ideas and information, please visit www.nationwidechildrens.org/gd/templates/pages/pfv/PFV.aspx?page=3755

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Delaware Humane Society Pet Outreach program

The Humane Society of Delaware County has a Pet Outreach program. This program lets you (once you’ve been through a training/orientation process) take specific dogs or cats to nursing homes for a visit. To learn more and sign up, visit www.hsdcohio.org/volunteer.html. If you decide to try this, please let me know how it goes.

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Baking for Ronald McDonald House

The Ronald McDonald House is in need of cookies/ baked goods that need to be home made, contain no nuts (because of potential allergies), and need to be easily held, such as cookies, rice crispies treats, unfrosted brownies, chocolate covered pretzels, etc. They place a goody tray near the doors so that family members can grab a treat as they walk out to go to the hospital. This is an all year round need. Please deliver your goodie donation to the Ronald McDonald House at 711 Livingston Ave. (just south of Children’s Hospital)

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Cooking For the Holy Family Soup Kitchen

The Holy Family Soup Kitchen greatly appreciates donations of home made casseroles of any kind, as large or as small as you care to give them. To donate, please take your casserole(s) to 57 S. Grubb St. any time between 6:00am and 3:00pm, (Since the children are not allowed to work in the soup kitchen, this is as close as they are going to get to see it)

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Babysitting for Catholic Social Services

The Catholic Social Services of Columbus is in need of babysitters for the parents attending parenting classes offered by CSSC. There would be up to 6 children, and they ask that you provide for them a healthy snack, such as a juice box and raisins or graham crackers. The babysitters are needed in their facility at 197 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio 43215. The hours are on Mondays from 4:00pm-6:00pm, and on Thursdays from 4:00pm-5:00pm (beginning Jan. 2009). Please sign up for any given Monday or Thursday.

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Volunteering at the Laurels of Norworth,

Is an ongoing event, You pick the date and time.

The COL are asked to spend time with Seniors by bringing an activity such as a craft or board game.

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The Children of Light is a group originally designed for grade school aged children and their parents (although all ages are welcome), to come together and do charitable and faith based activities. Some of these activities include helping out with Special Olympics, visiting nursing homes, putting together activity kits for Children’s Hospital, helping provide food and clothing for the poor, going to Adoration, etc. This is a great opportunity for parents to live by example – an opportunity for children to see their parents living the way Jesus instructed us to live, doing the kinds of things Jesus told us to do. Parents, this is your time to shine!

Before joining the Children of Light, all adults must have completed the Protecting God’s Children class and have their fingerprints on file with the school. As a member of the Children of Light, you will not be “required” to participate in a set number of activities. You will simply have access to the schedule of activities that the Children of Light will be attending, and you are free to sign up for as many or as few events or activities as you wish.

To join the Children of Light, contact the church office for further information.

Special Events

Meals for Ronald McDonald House

The Ronald McDonald House has asked us to provide a meal for 80 people on Friday, May 15th. Six or seven families are needed to participate. The participating families need to provide the “groceries”, and then prepare the meal in their facility. They have 4 fully equipped kitchens (as far as pots and pans, etc. go). To participate, please sign up ASAP.

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Special Olympics

The Special Olympics is having two Track and Field events. The first one will be on Saturday, May 9th from 12:00 until 4:00pm at Whetstone High School. The second will be on Saturday, June 6th at the Delaware Buckeye Valley High School. (specific times yet to be provided) Please indicate which event date you want to participate in when you sign up.

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