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These people who give so generously of their time are truly Christ's hands
and feet. They make Sister BJ's Pantry a place where many homeless may come
and find peace and love. 
Author Unknown
Making a Difference
A woman was walking along a
beach filled with starfish.
As she walked, she would
stoop down, pick one up at random, and throw it back into the ocean. A man
came upon her and asked why she was bothering with throwing some back when
there were so many - how could it possibly make a difference?
She
picked up another starfish, threw it back into the ocean, and said, "It made
a difference to that one." |
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Christ's Hands
and Feet |
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April 2008 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help -
The count for our tennis shoes collection was a whopping 181 pairs. In
addition, 24 cans of food and more clothes were donated. The school
colored many food bags with bright and cheery pictures and words of
encouragement and love. |
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March 2008 -
Church of the Epiphany, St. Vincent De
Paul
$1500.00
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Youth Group
$535.00 - Super Bowl of Caring
St. John the Baptist, Knights of
Columbus
$400.00 - Pancake Breakfast |
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March 2008 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
donated 4918 granola bars; 10 cans Vienna sausages; 10 packages crackers
and cookies; 9 shirts; 2 skirts; 3 coats; 17 pants. Special thanks
to Celia Yen, who is now coordinating collections at Bishop John
Carroll. With her efforts the school brought in 1000 of the 4900 granola
bars! Also, special thanks to Chris Wright who oversaw the
collection drop off to Sr. BJ’s in DW’s absence. |
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February 2008 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
donated 2563 Vienna Sausages, 334 Fruit Cups, 59 Dry Noodles, 5 Peanut
Butter, 55 Soup, 60 Miscellaneous Canned Foods, 2 Jars of Apple Juice, 1
Sack of Fortune Cookies, 7 hats, 2 gloves, 1 blanket, 2 hoodies for a
total of 3091 items. |
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January 2008 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
donated Hats: 661; Scarves: 290; Gloves: 503; For at total of 1,454
items |
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December 2007 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
donated 356 total items including 220 hoodies and another 136 non hooded
items including sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets, gloves and hats,
blankets and Vienna sausages. |
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November 2007 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
donated 387 blankets. |
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October 2007 -
Sunday Undy - Our Lady of Perpetual Help donated 3,069 items of
men’s, women’s and children’s underwear, socks & undershirts. |
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September 2007 - 3,000 granola bars and
over 3,800 servings of apple sauce/fruit cups were delivered! |
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August 2007 - Our Lady of Perpetual
Help - delivered 3,035 cans of Vienna Sausages! |
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July 2007 - Our Lady of Perpetual Help -
delivered 5,002 bottles of water!
see photos |
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Jan and Ernie Pierce delivered 127 wrapped
Christmas gifts for the homeless. The project was dedicated to their
nephew "Spencer" who was killed in a car crash at age 19. Each gift had
on the top of it, "Spencer's Christmas Spirit". |
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The "Just Faith Group" from Catholic
Charities came and donated their Saturday Morning working in the pantry. |
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Pam from "The Edge" Church came and
delivered items collected by their church for the pantry. Blankets,
coats, clothes and shoes. |
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St. John's Middle School "The Edge" made over 120 Christmas in a Shoebox
for the Homeless. |
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St. John the Baptist, Classic Singles -
They made over 50 tins decorated for Christmas filled with cookies. |
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November 2006 - McGuinness Delivers 1,200 cans of Vienna Sausages |
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Sacred Heart School, El Reno 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grades - collected
breakfast bag items - October 12, 2006 |
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Our Lady's Cathedral Youth Group -
collected new underwear - November 2006 |
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St. Mary's School, Guthrie - Grade K -
collected $25.00 from bake sale - September 10, 2006 |
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St. John the Baptist Youth Group, Edmond, -
worked the Pantry - September & October 2006 |
Villa Teresa School, OKC - colors breakfast
bags
Every week |
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Elizabeth Ann Seton School, Pre-K - Miss
Nan's - collected. Over 50 boxes of granola bars |
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Rosary School, OKC - Kathy Goett, Library
Service Project - collected 100 Breakfast bags - November 2006 |
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St. Joseph's Youth Group - Minco, OK -
$200.00 proceeds from a Halloween Carnival. |
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Bishop McGuinness High School students
collect over 1200 cans of Vienna Sausage for the pantry. |
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Prayer from St.
Teresa of Avila
Christ has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth, but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which He moves
Compassion on this world.
Yours are the feet with which He walks
To do good.
Yours are the hands
With which He blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet.
Yours are the eyes; you are His body.
Christ has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth, but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which He moves
Compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth
But yours. |
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7th & 8th Grade Class from St. Peter &
Paul, Kingfisher come to the pantry and volunteered 2 hours. |
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Youth Group from Holy Trinity Church ,
Okarche, come to the pantry and volunteered 4 hours. |
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St. Marks, Norman, KOC Ladies Auxiliary -
22 Quilts & Blankets |
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6th
grade Girl Scouts Troop 237; St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School Food
items for the pantry & $20.00 |
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February 19, 2007 - Randy & Lynda Hearn gave four groups from St.
John's Youth Group $200.00 each to go shopping for the pantry. Two
groups returned on Saturday to unload the purchases they had made and
worked three hours in the pantry. What a great job they did!! |
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February 19, 2007 - Thanks to Gary and Sandy Guidry who donated and
made the Pasta-laya for St. John's Mardi Gras Event. All the proceeds
were donated to the Pantry for the Canopy in the Yard. Thanks to Sara &
Joe & Angela Lansdown and Randy & Lynda Hearn for working the booth. All
are "Pantry Angels". We raised $500.00. |
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March 21, 2007 - Christ the King Kids Club Delivered fruit cups |
March 21, 22, 23, 2007 - St. John's Nepomuk, Yukon
HS Youth Group Spent three days at the Pantry Sorting clothes, shopping
at Sams, Making bags, stocking the pantry |
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March 21, 2007 - St. Eugene's Held a reverse collection and
Delivered a Van full of pantry items |
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March, 2007 - St. John the Baptist HS Youth Group Shopped at Sam's with
donated Funds to stock the pantry. |
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