Dear Families,
The following describes an initiative in which St.Gabriel participated last year. If you are interested in providing a lunch for someone in need, please read on.
Welcome to our Double Lunch Day Initiative. St. Isidore, St. Gabriel and Georges Vanier have joined together to help those less fortunate in our community. We are joining together to help The Ottawa Mission by providing lunches for their back to work and back to school programs. For the month of November, each school is designated a day to bring in a second lunch. These lunches not only help many valuable members of our society, but they also lessen the load of The Ottawa Mission.
How can you participate?
On your designated day, we ask that you send your child to school with an additional lunch. The lunches can have perishable and non-perishable items, such as sandwiches, fruits and vegetables, etc. We ask that they are healthy lunches and that they be packed in a bag that will travel to The Ottawa Mission (brown bag, Ziploc bag, etc.). Feel free to include a thoughtful, spiritual message and/or a hand drawn picture that will be collected separately and sent in their own special container. The lunches will be transported to The Ottawa Mission after the children enter the school. Upon their arrival at The Mission, the lunches will be distributed to the various programs in need. Please see their website for further information http://www.ottawamission.com/
The Mission has asked for a few special requests and additional items in need:
-please do not include mayo on the sandwiches
-winter clothing suitable for adult males (gloves, hats, etc)
-socks
Your support in this initiative is truly appreciated by the patrons of The Ottawa Mission. The staff also sends their thanks.
