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Caregivers Ministry |
Our Care Team:: Norma Turcotte, Paul Fontaine, Anne Cascio, Carol Fabrycki and Susan Amabile
The people of Saint David’s have a long tradition of supporting each other in times of need. This year, we reorganized this generosity into a more regular ministry. under the leadership of Susan Amabile. The mission of Caregivers is simple: to help fellow parishioners who could use a hand.
Often the help will be practical, things like a meal when people are not in a position to cook, or a ride for people who cannot drive. Other times the help will be simple encouragement, something like a puzzle book or the daily newspaper. Always the message will be “we’re from Saint David’s, and we hope you are doing well.”
If you are willing to offer fellow parishioners occasional help in any of these ways, please let Susan know. We would love to have a handful of names of people who are willing to offer rides, run local errands, and/or provide meals when people need that. If we get several volunteers for each kind of help, no helper will be overburdened, and people who can use a little help will get the help they need. We also need to know when parishioners could use the support of the Caregivers. If you would like help with something, or if you know someone who might, please let Susan know that, too.
Often the help will be practical, things like a meal when people are not in a position to cook, or a ride for people who cannot drive. Other times the help will be simple encouragement, something like a puzzle book or the daily newspaper. Always the message will be “we’re from Saint David’s, and we hope you are doing well.”
If you are willing to offer fellow parishioners occasional help in any of these ways, please let Susan know. We would love to have a handful of names of people who are willing to offer rides, run local errands, and/or provide meals when people need that. If we get several volunteers for each kind of help, no helper will be overburdened, and people who can use a little help will get the help they need. We also need to know when parishioners could use the support of the Caregivers. If you would like help with something, or if you know someone who might, please let Susan know that, too.
Do you enjoy helping others when they need a hand occasionally? This could mean something as simple as bringing some books to a shut-in to the more elaborate task of providing a few meals for someone who has just come home from a hospital stay. If you are able and willing to help out in any way big or small, please contact Susan Amabile. She is maintaining a list of parishioners who are available to help fellow parishioners. This ministry aims to meet needs from soups to getting manicures done and rides to appointments. Call Susan (519-7854) if you need anything. We also need to know who might need help. If that is you, or perhaps a fellow parishioner you know of, please let Susan know.
Together we can support each other. And that’s a big part of being a Church family
Together we can support each other. And that’s a big part of being a Church family
