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Lenten Food Drive
The St. Gerard's Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Knights of Columbus invite you to participate in a Lenten Food Drive running from Ash Wednesday (March 2) to Easter Sunday (April17).
We are requesting donations of non-perishable food items or grocery gift cards. Click here to view the list of needed food items, which will also be posted on the St. Vincent de Paul food bin located in the Narthex. Thank you for your support! -
Thank You Parishioners and Schools of St. Gerard`s
Thanks to all those who helped in so many ways over the Christmas season assisting us in our ministry for those in need.
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to deliver 119 food hampers which provided gifts and food to 202 adults and 142 children. We cannot thank you enough for your donations of food and gifts for our Christmas hampers and for your support throughout the year. We would like to thank Alison from Kingsland COBS Bread and Kevin from No Frills for their donations and support during 2021.
Special thanks to our parish schools, St. Catherine and St. Stephen, which provided gifts and food for our Christmas hampers. Thank you to Our Lady of the Rockies High School which surprised us with a busload of food that filled our empty panty for the new year.
St Gerard’s parishioners we cannot thank you enough! Whenever we ask you for assistance you never fail us and every year you help us to create a Christmas miracle of generosity and support for others. God bless you all and thank you.
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Donations for St. Vincent de Paul
If you have a monetary donation or gift card, please drop it off in the church mail slot on the office door or with the staff in the office.If you are unable to drop your donation off, please contact us at the phone number and/or email above (in the blue box) and we will pick it up from your home.
Non-perishable food and personal items can be dropped off at the church during office hours or in the bins before and after mass.
Thank you for your generosity and support.
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We Do What We Do, Because of YOU
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Gerard's Church is so grateful to our donors! It is because of you that we can help the needy in the following areas of Calgary:- Canyon Meadows
- Southwood
- Haysboro
- Kingsland (south of 75 Ave SW)
- Ramsay
- Albert Park
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A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors
Thanks to our local businesses who have helped so much with this year's hampers. Please support them in return:
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Did You Know?
In 2021 we:-
Donated 401 hampers to 762 adults and 472 children.
- Shared $ 21,435 in gift cards so that our clients could buy perishable food items.
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Distributed 9 books of bus tickets so they could get where they needed to go.
- Helped pay $ 6200 in rent and $4704 in utilities so those in need could stay in their homes.
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Helped many clients find the furniture and clothes that they needed for themselves and their children.
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