Contact: …..
Rose Chapman ….. 596-9306

The Greater Springfield Habitat For Humanity brings families who need housing together with people that can provide help. Volunteers help build or rehabilitate simple homes and then provide the financing so families can afford to buy their own homes. Habitat charges no interest and makes no profit. Our parish will join other churches in a circle of faith, to raise money and to build a home. The homeowner will put 250 hours of "sweat equity" into building their home. Contact: .. Peter Ablondi .. 596-6700 Wayne Thrasher .. 596-2612

The Greater Springfield Habitat For Humanity web site.

Heifer International is a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to ending world hunger and saving the earth. Heifer provides livestock, trees, training and other resources to help poor families around the globe become more self-reliant. Recipients of a Heifer animal promise to share an offspring of this animal to a neighbor in need thus extending the reach of hope. Through a variety of Heifer activities, funds will be raised to purchase animals that are given to impoverished families in any of 125 countries. This will start a chain of giving that often touches thousands of lives. Contact: .. Mary Manning .. 596-9483

The Heifer International web site.

Help For Haiti--- A desire was indicated in the parish survey to have an international outreach. In the spirit of HOPE, God has been planting the seeds for an involvement by the people of Saint Cecilia in Haiti. Haiti has been selected because it is the poorest country in the western hemisphere closest to the United States. Now more than ever, Haiti needs our help. By means of a core group, an ongoing study will research various ways of reaching out to our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Contact: .. Carol McMinn .. 596-8469

Crudem - Helping the People of Haiti web site.

Hope at Home --- assisting parishioners who find themselves in temporary financial difficulty. Hope at Home would be able to assist a parishioner in need of fuel, food, rent or medical expenses on a temporary basis. While we are aware of our responsibility to assist our brothers and sisters around the world, we are also called to work “at home” for the needs of our own brothers and sisters right here in the Parish. Donations are being accepted for this ministry if you wish to make a contribution. The allocation of funds to parishioners in need will depend on the monies on hand. We will use 100% of the money to help those among us who, especially in these difficult economic times, need a financial helping hand. Your support to our brothers and sisters in the Parish is greatly appreciated. All requests for assistance will be handled with confidentiality. Contact: .. Father Soranno .. 596-4232 ext 102

Reader to Reader, Inc. is an award winning public charity whose goal is to efficiently collect and distribute books to needy school libraries both in Massachusetts and across the United States. The need for books is critical, because 60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book. The program is in need of gently used and new books, covering a range of subjects from literary classics, popular fiction, mysteries, and science fiction, to science, history, mathematics, economics, psychology, education and other subjects from Kindergarten through the Junior High School level. Contact: .. Phyllis Ervin .. 596-8455

The Reader to Reader web site.

Gift Cards: A fund raising program has been established to support our HOPE Ministry. Gift cards for local businesses, such as Stop and Shop, Kohls, Home Depot, etc., will be available for purchase through St. Cecilia Church. A percentage of these gift cards will be given to St. Cecilia HOPE Ministry. Gift Cards can be picked up after the masses on the third weekend of each month or they may be received by mail. An order form is available on the web site. Contact: .. John and Sandy Gilbertie .. 596-4983

Gift Card order form.

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