Non-perishable food collection for local food pantry and children’s winter coats, gloves, scarves, and boots.

A new “FOOD DRIVE” banner has gone up, and grocery bags are being gathered. We will try something new this time and send some members into their own neighborhoods to drop off bags, at least for the first week of the food drive. This may actually involve something most un-Episcopalian: knocking on doors.

By my estimate, we need to gather about 20 bags or so, possibly more. This means that about 200 bags need to go out in the next 2 weeks, because our rate of return has been running at a pretty consistent 10 percent.

Also, new “welcome cards” have been done, some of which will be posted at area gathering places, bulletin boards, and grocery stores.