Once again, our committee has had a very busy and productive year.

 We continued our outreach with Flagstaff Shelter Services through-out the months of January and February. We collected much needed hygiene products, socks and gently used warm clothing items. We then deliver these items to the shelter. 

Starting in January and continuing through March we shared our Love, On The Fence. We collected donations of socks, scarves, gloves and hats from our parish and local Knit Wits; bagged them up and hung them up on the fence to be available to those in need of some warmth and love as they made their way down Beaver St. Our final tally was 220 items distributed.

We have an on-going monthly commitment to Flagstaff Family Food Center. This is beautifully chaired by Sara Skinner. She arranges to provide the volunteers needed for the dinner service. We provide this on the 4th Thursday of each month.

One of our new projects this year is C.A.Ts Community Assistance Teams of Flagstaff.  They operate an Outreach and Shower Bus for the unsheltered in our community. Sue Norris presented this to our committee and Wendy White, co-founder, spoke at one of our meetings. We have since provided, clothing, food and hygiene products.  We also prepared treats for their Christmas party.  We look forward to continuing our partnership with them and they currently have some exciting plans in the works.

 In September Martha Taylor graciously headed our Southern Dinner Fundraiser and it was a great success.  Many people helped to make this a very enjoyable evening of good food and wonderful community fellowship.

A few other miscellaneous activities included:

-Attended City Council meeting in support of fellow parishioners speaking on

 issues of justice/climate action

-Hosted Coffee Hour, and 2 dinners for Canterbury

-Supported Pride Parade attendees and participants with water and cheers

We brought the year to a beautiful end with our Christmas Giving Tree in support of the FUSD McKinney-Vento program.  They provide support for the homeless students and families in our school district.  Our very generous and caring parish community donated $3,851.00 in cash and gift cards. And an amazing amount of stocking and stocking stuffers.

We welcome any and all who would like to join us; we need you.

In Peace,

 Ann Blue, co-chair

Joan Lewis, co-chair