“We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.”  
- Dorothy Day

TOILETRY COLLECTION UPDATE - Starting in August, St. James Social Justice Network will again have  an on-going collection of toiletries for two local groups. 
On the third Friday of each month, St. Mary's distributes toiletries and personal care items to guests at the Community Meal who have difficulty providing these items for themselves.  Donations of toilet tissue, tissues, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, deodorant, shampoo and feminine hygiene products are needed and would be greatly appreciated.  
 
The Good Samaritan is a local group that distributes basic supplies to homeless women with children as they are helped to transition into permanent housing. These items include the above toiletries as well as paper towels, cleaning supplies, shampoo, and  school supplies. 
 
 There will be a bin in Our Lady’s Center to collect these items. Items collected will be split between the two groups on alternating months. These are full sized products, not to be confused with the smaller sized products that are still collected for Water Street Mission.  
 
So if you have a coupon or see a sale on these items, please remember our neighbors in need.  If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Cardos at kvdunn51@gmail.com or 627-1201

CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE SOUP KITCHEN COLLECTION UPDATE - St. James Social Justice Network would like to thank you, St. James parishioners, for your generosity in donating the needed items for the Catholic Worker House soup kitchen collection this summer.  We don’t know what we do without the kindness of our fellow parishioners to assist in our projects. Gratefully, SJN