William Penn Life, 2015 (50. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2015-04-01 / 4. szám
For Starters WPA's fraternal family answers call to fight hunger A few months ago, we put out a call to all members of our fraternal family to help us fight hunger, and, once again, you answered in the true spirit of fraternalism. We extend our sincere thanks to all the members, branches, employees and friends of WPA who donated so generously to our spring food drive. Because of you, food banks in more than a dozen communities will be better able to serve the needs of the hungry and less fortunate. The employees at WPA's Home Office donated 231 pounds of food (some of which is pictured below) and delivered it all to Northside Common Ministries, located just blocks away from the Home Office. Meanwhile, a total of 16 branches particiated in this effort, contributing a total of $851 to food banks in their communities. The branches and the food banks they supported are as follows: • Branch 8 Johnstown, Pa. (Mom's House for Underprivileged Children) • Branch 18 Lincoln Park, Mich. (Food Bank of Lincoln Park, Mich.) • Branch 27 Toledo, Ohio (Helping Hands of St. Louis) • Branch 40 Martins Ferry, Ohio (Friendship Warming Center) • Branch 51 Passaic, N.J. (Wayne Interfaith Network Food Pantry) • Branch 59 Windber, Pa. (Interfaith Community Food Pantry) • Branch 159 Phoenixville, Pa. (St. Paul's United Church of Christ) • Branch 216 Northampton, Pa. (St. Paul's United Church of Christ) • Branch 249 Dayton, Ohio (Northeast Dayton Emergency Food Bank) • Branch 296 Springdale, Pa. (Mount St. Peter's Food Pantry) • Branch 336 Harrisburg, Pa. (St. Francis Food Kitchen) • Branch 349 Steubenville, Ohio (Friendship Warming Center) • Branch 352 Coraopolis, Pa. (Northside Common Ministries) • Branch 590 Cape Coral, Fla. (St. Anthony Church Food Bank) • Branch 705 Mayville, Wise. (Shalom Center of the Interfaith Network) We also thank our fellow members and friends at J&R Unltd. for joining Branch 336 Harrisburg, Pa., in donating to the St. Francis Food Kitchen. JOIN HANDS DAY is a day of service which brings adults and youth together for the sake of improving the local community, in big and small ways. Although officially observed on the first Saturday in May, many groups aren’t able to participate on that date for a variety of reasons. For example, our own WPA Annual Bowling Tournament is held the first weekend in May, making it difficult, if not impossible, for our branches to hold Join Hands Day activities on that day. So, our branches and other groups have leeway as to when to host their Join Hands Day event. The important thing is that you partner with youth in your community and organize a project. Organizing a Join Hands Day project may seem overwhelming, but WPA can show you how easy it can be if you stick to it and stay organized. Just call Judit at I -800-848- 7366, ext. 149, for answers to any questions you may have. Whatever type of project you decide to do, please remember to celebrate your accomplishments when you’re done to reward all your volunteers for their hard work. Also, remember to share details and photographs of your join Hands Day project with us. We want to see you and your fellow fraternalists doing good works in the pages of this magazine! William Penn Life 0 April 2015 0 3
