June 25, 2020

St. Paul's Weekly Happenings and Outreach

Thursday June 25,  2020

Sunday June 28, 2020
Fourth Sunday of Pentecost
 

Many of you may remember Dick Wyche, who died last week. He and his family were long time members of St. Paul's from the late 60s to early 80s. 

Obituary of Richard S. Wyche | William J Leber Funeral Home

This Week 

Sundays @  10am Sunday Worship


Sunday Coffee Hour: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3070105526 


Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 12noon Noonday Prayer
 

Zoom Hangout: text Rev. Ellen (973) 452-2496 for details


Wednesdays @ 7pm Children’s Chapel and Compline Children's Chapel 

From our inbox

From: Joann Carroll <gjcarroll@optonline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 4:01 PM
To: Parish Administrator <office@stpaulschatham.org>
Cc: gjcarroll@optonline.net
Subject: WEEKEND MEALS FOR CHATHAM STUDENTS IN NEED & WEDNESDAY FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS
 
Dear Friends,
We are writing today to update you or notify you if you are not aware of our initiative with Weekend Meals for Chatham Students in Need. First, thank you once again for donating to this fundraiser to those who have! And for the many families at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chatham for your food donations and volunteering your time.   Over the past 7+ weeks, we have given out 606, $25-gift cards to Shoprite for families on the free/reduced lunch program. That's absolutely incredible! We are so incredibly grateful for the support, and we know what a difference it makes to the families who receive the gift cards.  Over the past three weeks, we have had food distribution events at Chatham United Methodist Church, each week the need has increased and each week we have run out of food to give to cars driving in. 
This Chatham fundraiser benefits families in town whose kids receive free/reduced lunches from the School District of the Chathams.  The fundraiser's purpose is to buy Shoprite gift cards for families in the free/reduced lunch program so that they have funds to buy food for lunches over the weekend. Each child (not each family, but each child) who picks up lunch receives a $25 gift card every week. As the quarantine has gone on and more parents are losing income, more kids are coming to pick up lunch -- it's gone from about 65 kids the first week to 81 recently. The organizers of this fundraiser have said that the grocery gift cards make a huge difference to the families who are receiving them.
Unfortunately, Chatham does not have funding from the state to provide lunches over the summer, which makes the gift card program even more important for the families that are food insecure. The organizers are trying to raise an additional $30,000 to give out $25 gift cards to families every week for the 11 weeks of summer break. That's a lot to raise, and every little bit counts. Almost all of the fundraising to date has been done through Facebook and I wanted to make sure you knew about it. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone you think would like to donate!
 
You can learn more about the fundraiser by going to our Facebook page linked below. 
DONATE TODAY: Venmo - @JoannCarroll 201-988-9070
QuickPay with Zelle - redroad14@optonline.net - mailing address for checks/cash below.
 
Gargiulo Produce – Buy One Donate One (Wednesday Food Distribution Events here in Chatham)
https://platform.boxcarapp.com/listings/320/reserve?fbclid=IwAR3t5zKdKmrgi91kaO9u_L-7ITnCnPRGGU3zHsB4Q3FGyeqsigysFH3PQWI
 
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Joann Carroll at gjcarroll@optonline.net, 201-988-9070.
Thank you for considering!
 
Joann Carroll
14 Red Road
Chatham, NJ 07928
gjcarroll@optonline.net
201-988-9070
Web: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChathamWeekendMeals/