Compassion

MCC School Kids
Collection Date: Sunday Aug 30 | Website

Notebooks and pencils are treasures for families who struggle to access or afford school supplies. MCC school kits are often requested after disasters as they help bring a sense of normalcy to children whose families have been forced to flee their homes.

Please assemble kits in reusable grocery bags and bring to church on Sunday Aug 30! Or, you can give online here. Your shopping list for exactly what goes in a kit can be found here. Please get the specific items as others will be wasted. 

MIND Program
Moving In New Directions | mindprogram.org

MIND Program is a Toronto-based charity that brings together rescued food, home-style cooking, and warm hospitality to ensure neighbours facing poverty, food insecurity, and isolation are seen, nourished, and not forgotten.

They provide access to healthy, dignified, barrier-free meals through trusted partnerships with frontline medical, mental health, and social service organizations across the city. Through nutritious food and compassionate neighbourly care we aim to break cycles of poverty, reduce isolation, and restore dignity.

Out of the Cold
East End United | Website

OOTC is a volunteer-run program providing a hot meal, shelter from the cold, clothing, basic needs, warmth, dignity, and kindness to those in need in our community on Friday evenings from November to March.

Their program is organized and supervised by a dedicated group of volunteers comprised of 120+ church and community members, that prepare and serve nutritious meals, snacks and take-out lunches, distribute clothing and provide supports for fellow members of our community that need it most.

El Nido, Columbia
BIC Canada Global | Website

El Nido addresses the problem of teenage pregnancy by working to improve the living conditions of young mothers and their children through programs that promote comprehensive development and social non-exclusion in Armenia, Quindío, Colombia. They are a non-governmental, social non-profit program that works to promote the dignity and solidarity of all people with a specific focus on teenage mothers and their children, who suffer from poverty, exclusion, and inequality. Through an intervention that allows comprehensive support during the pre and postnatal periods, they invest in the development of their physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual capacities, as well as their parenting skills. 

You can get updates from El Nido by emailing jacobleidyupdate@gmail.com and asking to be added to the list! 

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
mcc.org

MCC is a global, nonprofit organization that strives to share God’s love and compassion for all through relief, development and peacebuilding. They have been empowering communities to meet local needs and build peace for over 100 years. Together, we are transforming lives.