St. Brigid's Out of the Cold Program

From the Out of the Cold Team: We wanted to share the following information with the St. Brigid’s Community. With the guidance of Fr. Carlos Sierra, the St. Brigid’s Out of the Cold program is back and has initiated a new “Take Away Hot Meals” program. This bi-weekly program will serve families in need by providing a hot meal, a snack, juice, or water between 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm at St. Ann’s Parish through the De Grassi Street entrance. This program started on Thursday, February 18th. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our parishioners and members of the community for your ongoing donations. They are going a long way to support this new initiative.

We would also like to recognize the outstanding and generous support of Trustee Angela Kennedy, her husband Al, Trustee Frank D’Amico, Dr. Brendan Browne, Principal Anna Garabotti and the students and staff at St. Gerald’s Catholic School, and Principal Anthony Pauk (former vice principal at St. Brigid’s School), students and staff at St. Denis Catholic School for all the fundraising initiatives for this program. Over 75 personal bags were assembled consisting of warm socks, toiletries, snacks, and food.

The hot meals are prepared and served by a wonderful team of volunteers: Jackie Rodriguez, Gino, and Edie Di Pede, Pearl Badali, Lucy Hugh Chin, Julie Barnes, Laura Colantoni, Ignacio Uriarte, Rick Nyman, and David Atwell. We would like to thank Steve McDonald and Jim Barnes for all their hard work and determination in ensuring that this program continues. May God bless you.