SHOEBOXES! SHOEBOXES! and MORE!
The Felician Sisters of Livonia and I are very thankful to all of you for your tremendous response to their annual request for shoeboxes, household items and more for the needy families of Appalachia, America. The good sisters are already preparing these special surprise packages to be delivered for Christmas presents. Although the holidays may seem to be somewhat distant with the warm and sunny weather we have been enjoying lately, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here before we know it. So please keep bringing your empty shoeboxes and any small household items or toys, toiletries, etc. that can easily be placed inside. All items and shoeboxes will be gratefully accepted. The sisters fill these boxes with donated items and wrap each one in holiday paper and they are transported via semi-truck to the mountain towns in Appalachia, U.S.A. We will continue collecting the boxes through the first week of November.
Thank you so much for your incredible response.
Sincerely,
Pat Knorp
The Felician Sisters here in Livonia have asked again for your help, please donate empty shoe boxes or boxes full of essential items, personal items, small useful household items or perhaps little gifts for the children. No candy or perishable food items. Many of these families receive little or no government assistance. Therefore, the sisters gather shoeboxes for this cause and fill them with items for the families.
The families look forward to receiving them. A little 8-year girl told the person who delivered the filled shoeboxes that “it made her so happy because that is the only Christmas gift she receives each year”.
A large box will be located in the gathering space for you to place your shoeboxes in after all masses beginning next weekend. The final deadline date for collecting these boxes is November 3rd. The boxes are filled and taken for distribution to these Appalachian families before Thanksgiving. So, if you can help, your assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Contact Pat Knorp for more information. Thank you!