Shopping for Life - Helping Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Clean out your closets and attics! Recycle those gently used items that are so vitally needed by our local crisis pregnancy centers. Council of Catholic Women seeks savvy shoppers and bargain hunters every Fall and Spring to work our local community wide yard sale, finding those baby and maternity items that are so appreciated by JMJ Life Center, Cornerstone Pregnancy Center, and similar local crisis pregnancy outreach centers. We encourage our parishioners to pitch in by dropping off their donations in the parish lobby the same weekend of each community yard sale. We partner with volunteers from our parish to fill trucks and SUVs and then make the rounds to deliver donations to the crisis pregnancy centers, filling their supply rooms for pennies on the dollar. There is always a need for diapers (newborn to 24 months) and formula. Anyone wishing to donate directly to a center is encouraged to do so - http://jmjlifecenter.org/ or http://www.betacenter.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/Cornerstone-Ministry-Village-17912454447/timeline/
Spring 2016 Shopping for Life - Spring Blessings Shared! - March 12th
Council of Catholic Women thanks all those who helped shop, lift, move, and donate to yield an abundant harvest for the pregnancy crisis centers in Central Florida. Donations of $500 in cash, purchased over $8,000 worth of baby and maternity items!!! This means that every dollar spent was converted into over $16 dollars worth of needed supplies for the JMJ Pregnancy Centers and Beta House. We were especially blessed to be able to help a young mother who is expecting twins. She had chosen life for her unborn children after being rescued by sidewalk counselors during last fall’s 40 Days for Life peaceful prayer vigil outside of the Orlando Planned Parenthood. This young mother’s joy at receiving ALL of the items needed, not just for her twins about to be born, but also for her 1-year-old, could not be contained. She received $1,100 worth of necessities. Tears of joy abounded!
The 18 car seats, 14 strollers, 8 play pens, bassinet, changing table, booster seats, boppies, bouncies, activity centers, bags and boxes of baby and maternity clothing, etc., absolutely help mothers choose life for their babies. The full gallery of photos is available on our website at http://stmaxkolbeccw.weebly.com/. Please mark your calendars now! Orlando’s Largest Yard Sale returns to Avalon Park in late September or early October 2016. We REALLY, REALLY, REALLY need more savvy shoppers to help scour the many neighborhoods of Avalon Park for precious baby and maternity items in the Fall 2016 Shopping for Life weekend. Many bargains are missed simply because we do not have enough shoppers. Thank you and May God Bless you all!
The 18 car seats, 14 strollers, 8 play pens, bassinet, changing table, booster seats, boppies, bouncies, activity centers, bags and boxes of baby and maternity clothing, etc., absolutely help mothers choose life for their babies. The full gallery of photos is available on our website at http://stmaxkolbeccw.weebly.com/. Please mark your calendars now! Orlando’s Largest Yard Sale returns to Avalon Park in late September or early October 2016. We REALLY, REALLY, REALLY need more savvy shoppers to help scour the many neighborhoods of Avalon Park for precious baby and maternity items in the Fall 2016 Shopping for Life weekend. Many bargains are missed simply because we do not have enough shoppers. Thank you and May God Bless you all!
Fall 2015 Shopping for Life
Another Blessed Success!
Council of Catholic Women (under which Respect Life Ministry activities are now organized) wishes to thank all those who helped shop, lift, move, and donate to yield an abundant harvest for the pregnancy crisis centers, yet again. Donations of more than $450 in cash, bought over $5,550 worth of baby and maternity items!!! That’s over $12 dollars worth of needed supplies delivered to JMJ Pregnancy Centers, Cornerstone, and Beta House, for every donated dollar. 16 car seats, 11 strollers, a crib, a bassinet, a changing table, booster seats, boppies, bouncies, etc., will help mothers choose life for their babies. Start saving those baby and maternity items now for the Spring Shopping for Life weekend in 2016. May God Bless you all!