FOOD COLLECTION WEEKEND- We will be collecting monthly for Loaves & Fishes and Micah’s Backpack.   If you would like more information, please contact the office 301-733-0410 x104.

• Loaves and Fishes—Please bring non-perishable food items to feed the hungry in our community. Monetary donations are also welcomed.
• Micah’s Backpack— Each month we collect  individual serving items needed for children at Jonathan Hager Elementary School. The items needed are listed in the bulletin monthly.

Donations to the Poor Box - Each month we donate the proceeds of the poor box to a local non-profit. July-Holly Place; August-Parishioners’ needs; September-Children in Need; October-Hagerstown Rescue Mission; Nov-Hagerstown Pregnancy Center; December-Loaves & Fishes food bank; January-CASA; February-It’s a Blessing to be a blessing; March-Salvation Army; April-STAR Ventures; May-Big Brothers/Big Sisters; June-Mary’s Center.

 Outreach activities include:

• Bereavement Committee -  provides refreshments for various events at the church. Contact Christina Doucette, cdoucette323@gmail.com.
• Catholic Golden Angels – make favors for residents of area nursing homes each Thursday morning from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Contact Emily Sodano.
• Christmas Giving Tree – provide Christmas gifts to area agencies. Please contact the Parish Office, 301-733-0410, for additional information.
• Haiti Outreach – provide parishioners of St. Ann in Hagerstown and St. Claire in Dessalines, Haiti an opportunity to experience the Universal Church and serve one another as brothers and sisters in faith. For more information, please contact the Jim Gullace, JGullace@gofirsthome.com.
• Homebound EM Visitors – visit those homebound and share the Eucharist. Contact Barb Mills, bmills@stannchurch.com
• Loaves and Fishes – collection of food for the local food bank. Contact Bill Nairn, Nairn.William@aol.com
• Micah’s Backpack – In partnership with Washington County Public Schools and the Faith Community and Community Organizations to provide backpacks of food for hungry students on weekends during the school year. St. Ann’s sponsors a total of 30 students each week. Assistance is needed with organizing this effort, food donations, stocking and maintaining the pantry, packing backpacks, and delivering them each week. Please contact the office 301-733-0410 ext. 104 for additional information.  
• Nursing Home EM Visitors – visit residents and share the Eucharist. Contact Angela Roberts, angrbr@aol.com.
• Parish Nursing Program – provide monthly blood pressure checks after Mass.  For info., please contact Mary Kay Gilbert, tartufo82@aol.com
• REACH Cold Weather Shelter – make and serve a meal at the shelter.  For info., please contact Lue Jardinier, luejardinier@myactv.net. St Ann volunteers help at the shelter one week in the winter.
• Shawl Shepherds – knit or crochet prayer shawls for those in need. Shawl Shepherds will meet the first Sunday of the month at 1:30 pm in the Library. All knitters and crocheters are welcome. For more information, call Marian Marshall at 301-739-8604.

Communion to the Sick/Homebound:  Please contact the Parish Office if you or someone you know is unable to attend Mass and wishes to receive the Eucharist at home or at a health care institution.

OTHER LOCAL OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES

The St. Vincent de Paul Society has placed two bins on our campus to collect gently-used clothing and shoes.  The mission of St. Vincent de Paul is to help those less fortunate.  Our prayer is to have ears to hear the “cries of the poor,”  to have eyes to “seek and find the forgotten, the suffering or the deprived,” and  to have hearts that “bring God’s love to the poor”.  Please only place clothing and shoes in the bins.