Be generous with your donations
To the Interfaith Food Pantry
The Food Pantry's
most urgent needs now are:
Parmalat and evaporated and powdered milk
Soup of all kinds
All canned fruit and low/no sugar fruit
Whole grain cereals
(such as Raisin Bran, Cheerios, Wheat Chex, Shredded Wheat)
Peanut Butter
Sandwich and quart size zip-lock baggies
All canned beans (i.e., black, red, kidney, etc. - not green beans)
Pasta
Tomato sauce/product
Meats and meals (canned pasta, spam, chili, stew, etc.)
Ensure and Boost
Side dishes, i.e. macaroni and cheese
Baby wipes, diapers and pull-ups
Baby formula
Stage 1 baby food
Laundry detergent
Low salt and low sugar foods
Many thanks from the Interfaith Food Pantry!
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St. Peter's exists to celebrate our Christian faith through
worship, fellowship and the demonstration of Christian love.
This mission statement for our parish concludes by stating that to
accomplish this purpose we must "Reach out to the world around us
and demonstrate Christian love, sharing our gifts and talents with
our neighbors and those most in need of them. "
In support of this purpose, each year we budget significant dollars
for outreach from St. Peter's to help the needy in the larger
community outside our parish.
Our outreach goal, as well as that of the larger Diocese, is 50% of
our budget. This includes our Diocesan contribution and outreach
monies donated by the Outreach Committee, the ECW and other parish
groups. We work hard each year to increase the percentage of our
budget that we donate to outreach.
Generous parishioners support many St. Peter's outreach efforts
which help those in need:
The Men's Breakfast Group regularly prepares and serves lunch
for the St. John's (Boonton) lunch program.
Confirmation
classes and young people in the parish often participate in service
projects
The annual DYFS Easter Basket collection and the
Back-to-School project gather gifts and school supplies for many
needy children.
The Committee has worked hard to increase individuals'
contributions of food and grocery items which are donated to the
Interfaith Food Pantry.
The Outreach Committee collects Christmas gifts from generous
parishioners and donates them to Boonton Health Services, Hope
House, Lake Drive School and other social service agencies
Advent outreach for several years has raised scholarship money for a
student at St. Philip's Academy in Newark. Individual parishioners
donate generously and Outreach Committee and ECW funding have
supported this project.
Contributions have been made to the Episcopal Relief and
Development Fund to help the victims of disasters around the world,
including the tsunami and hurricane Katrina. Outreach funds have
supported the Diocese's Prison Ministry, and other worthwhile
outreach projects are often undertaken when a need is seen.
It is also important to remember that many individuals in our parish
also give freely of their time, energy and financial resources by
serving individually in charity and volunteer efforts to reach out to
those in need.
Our commitment to serving those in need continues
to grow. New members are always welcome on the Outreach Committee, and
donations to outreach projects are always welcome. Our congregation's
generous support of parish outreach and our parishioners' individual
efforts to serve others strengthen our faith, our parish and our
communities.
In 2007 St. Peter's Outreach Committee donated funds to the
following organizations:
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St. Philip's Academy
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Medical Needs Foundation
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North Porch Women & Infants' Centers
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Episcopal Relief and Development Fund
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St. John's (Boonton) CDC
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Hospice of Morris County
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The Interfaith Food Pantry
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The Convent of St. John the Baptist
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Homeless Solutions
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Birth haven
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The Interfaith Council for Homeless Families
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St. John's Lunch Program
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Mountain Lakes Project Graduation
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Boonton Kiwanis Ambulance Service
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The Morristown Community Soup Kitchen
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Haven of Hope for Kids
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Mountain Lakes Volunteer Fire Department
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Jersey Battered Women's Services
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Prison Chaplaincy Program of Morris County
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The DYFS Backpack Project
ECW monies from past fund-raising activities
have gone to: