For the last several years, the Clarke County School System has served its homeless students through the federally-funded McKinney-Vento Program. While these funds have helped ensure that homeless students received the same school supplies and other services provided for all students, there are many needs unique to this population that federal dollars won’t fund. For example, homeless students and their families often need clothes, food, personal hygiene items, etc. that are difficult to anticipate and plan for and are not on the list of items approved for federal expenditures.
To help address these often-unmet needs, St. Gregory’s Outreach Committee is asking for donations from our parishioners of $10 and $20 Walmart gift cards. We will collect these cards beginning July 20 through Friday, August 15. Staff of the Homeless Program will make good use of these, especially with unaccompanied homeless students as another school year begins. Please donate only $10 and $20 cards and only cards from Walmart. You may hand your donations to Gail Eilers on Sunday mornings between July 20 and August 10 or leave them with Kendall, our Parish Administrator. If you have any questions, please contact Gail at eilersgail@gmail.com or 904-333-8996. Thank you, in advance, for your generosity toward some of “the least of these.”