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Social Justice
If you have an item for this community outreach page, please email the Webmaster. Thank you for your response to these critical needs in our community!
Health Care Reform from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge (formerly Catholic Community Services)
Connections for Life (http://www.connectionsforlife.net/)needs:
Sofas, bar stools, household supplies, toiletries, items to get needy women started in an apartment
These items can be brought to the Connections for Life Thrift Store in the shopping center at 3027 Nicholson Drive. Please call the store at 379-3640 prior to dropping off items.
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ReStore: Habitat for Humanity has opened a ReStore at 4301 Airline Highway (corner of Airline and Plank) which offers quality building materials at low prices. Proceeds from the store allow Habitat of Greater Baton Rouge build simple, decent homes for qualifying low-income families. We need your support to get the ReStore off the ground! It is open Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 8:30am to 5pm except holidays. We need volunteers to receive, sort, price and display merchandise. We are also looking for businesses willing to place a 8 1/2 x 11" display with basic information about the ReStore. If you can help, call 927-6651. ReStore needs donations of building materials.
St. Vincent de Paul: Enter their site to learn about opportunities for donations and volunteering. They especially need your help in this rough economy!
Our St. Vincent de Paul Stores need you! Please consider volunteering at our store at 1871 Staring Lane - 819-0460.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge (formerly Catholic Community Services):
Catholic Charities Foster Grandparent Program—Call 346-8712 for more information.
Catholic Charities is looking for a few good Christians. This Christmas we expect 200 families will come to us in need of assistance.. Our Adopt-A-Family program served over 300 families last year. During that time over half of the adoptions came from parishioners. We need help from you again this year. Catholic Charities works with entire families to enroll them in the assistance program. All individuals living in the household are eligible for adoption. For more information on how you can adopt a family, contact Sr. June at 336-8770 or jmeyer@ccsbr.org.
You may bring cash donations or gift cards to Catholic Charities, 1900 S. Acadian Thruway, or mail them payable to Catholic Charities, P. O. Box 1668, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 attention Wendy Hellinger.
The Pastoral Care Department of Our Lady of the Lake is seeking volunteers for two programs:
1. Volunteers to make Communion calls to patients, and
2. Volunteers for the Courtesy Visitors Program. Anyone interested in either of these programs may call the Pastoral Care Department at 765-8896.
Volunteers needed! Call Meg Perry, Volunteer Coordinator, 769-4810, for more information.
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On Saturday, Apr. 28th, 2007, our parish community participated in the “Gardere Lane Initiative Encounter,” a gathering meant to make a difference in the lives of the residents in that area. Our St. Jude Church Knights of Columbus cooked and served over 350 plates of jambalaya during the four-hour event. Our youth also sponsored a “face painting” tent, which seemed to be the busiest place during the whole event. The Gardere Lane Initiative is comprised of area faith-based organizations, which provided food, health screenings, a job fair, and networking opportunities for the Gardere Lane residents that day.
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