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The Outreach Team is sponsoring this year's Lenten Collections, to benefit Grace Crossing Food Pantry and the Food Pantry Van for the Community Youth and Women's Association (CYWA). The collections will run through  Sunday, March 22. You can place food items in the bins inside of the Narthex before Sunday Worship, in the CLC, or in the bin on the Church Office porch.

To give financially, go to www.stmatthews-church.org/give select "Give Online Now," and in the drop-down menu on the next screen, select "Outreach." You can also drop any donations in the collection in an envelope marked for Grace Crossing or the CYWA.

 

Grace Crossing's most needed items include:

  • Large Sweet Potatoes (40 oz. size, only need 9)
  • Canned Pineapple (sliced only, need 26)
  • Canned Green Beans
  • Canned Mixed Vegetables (any brand is fine)
  • Canned Pears
  • Boxed Mac and Cheese
  • Cookies (VARIETIES OTHER THAN CHOCOLATE…NO CHOCOLATE CHIP)
  • Cereal (other than Cheerios or cornflakes - they receive these from Food Bank) 
  • Jelly (strawberry and grape, and glass jars OK) 
  • Salad dressing of any flavor 

Items will be used as sides for Grace Crossing's Easter Meal.

Community Youth and Women's Association (CYWA) is a non-profit social services agency in Coatesville providing Homeless Shelter, Addiction Rehabilitation and a Food Pantry. The Food Pantry Van picks up donated food every day from our partners, such as Wegmans, Giant, Acme, Walmart, and several others to provide food for over 500 families a month, delivering about 1 million pounds of food a year to the most needy. 

The operation of the van costs CYWA about $10,000 annually, and the cost of gas alone is about $4,000 of that total. Please consider a monetary donation or a donation of gas gift cards to help offset the gas costs. 

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