Sodality Supports the Community Through New Monthly Charity Focus
Blessed Sacrament Sanctuary Sodality has postponed the Annual Bazaar for 2020 and instead we will highlight a Monthly Charity Focus all year long. Our units have been asked to nominate local charities to support and each month we are soliciting donations to the selected organization. Normally we would donate 50% of our Bazaar proceeds to these worthy organizations ($40,000 in 2019), but due to the current pandemic our fundraising has taken a new form. We welcome support of all Blessed Sacrament parishioners for this effort to help those in need in our community.
Iona House provides home bound older adults in the DC area with nutrition supplements, shelf-stable food, and other everyday home supplies they may have difficulty accessing now more than ever because of COVID-19. Please visit Iona.org/donate-now to learn more and join Sodality in supporting Iona House.
September Charity Focus – St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families
St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families, providing housing and support programs for infants, children and young women. In September Sodalists responded with several carloads of supplies and made financial donations to St. Ann’s after their Spring fundraiser was cancelled due to the pandemic. Donations are still being accepted at https://e.givesmart.com/events/hlU/.