All Among Us Event – January 21st

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Come and participate in a special event and service opportunity at Trinity on Sunday, January 21st from 5-7pm. Our new friend, Cathryn Shaw, from All Among Us, will be coming to talk about the mission of her organization, which seeks to serve the needs of the homeless in St. Louis. This is an opportunity for us to learn more about our neighbors in our city and also serve in a way that meets a great need.

The evening will consist of hearing from Cathryn, asking her questions, eating free pizza, and then stuffing backpacks with donated items. These backpacks will include clothing, special food goods, and toiletries. 

Leading up to the event, Cathryn has provided us a list of needed donations for her homeless friends (see list below). We would like to invite you all to consider donating or purchasing items from the list below. If you have children, think about involving them by bringing them along to the store and discussing what you’re buying. This could also be an opportunity to look through your closet for items you’d like to give away. If you would like to donate clothing that has been used or lightly worn, please make sure those items are clean and in good condition to give away. If you would like to purchase items, please consider giving various sizes from child to adult.

There will be a table in the main hallway where you can drop off donations through Sunday morning of Jan. 21st (you can always drop off during the work week when the church office is open: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm). Even if you can’t make it to the event, please consider participating by donating items.

This event is open to all ages. In fact, we’d love it if we had a good inter-generational representation at this event. 

Winter Wish List 2018

Clothing – think 10 degrees

• Warm Socks

• Winter boots

• Thermal Underwear

• Warm coats

• Hats, gloves, scarves

• Underwear

• Bras

• Hot Hands!!!!!

 Personal Items

• Toenail clippers

• Baby wipes

• Lip balm

Bedding

• Warm blankets

Food (preferably with pop-top)

• canned stews, pork and beans, hearty soups, nutrition bars, cookies, crackers, water, coffee, creamer, sugar, nuts, canned tuna/chicken), beef jerky, peanut butter, jelly

Gift cards

Schnucks, Dierbergs, Aldi’s, Walmart, Target

McDonald’s, St. Louis Bread Co, Rally’s