Our first MercyCorps meal for ANEW Place is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21.
We will be cooking for 15 and the menu will be baked chicken, buttery herbed potatoes, green salad, and yogurt with berries. Can you help out and donate a dish? SIGN UP SHEETS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE RAMP ENTRANCE. Please, no food with peanuts, almonds, shellfish, or poppy seeds, and please have your food delivered to St John Vianney parish center between 9AM and 4PM, on June 21.
Questions? E-mail Connie: sjvgoodnews@gmail.com.

Many thanks to all those who joined us after Masses a few weeks ago and shared their ideas about partnering with ANEW Place to provide meals.
Here is a summary of those gatherings.
- Most were interested in having parishioners sign up to bring prepared food to the church once a month for someone to transport to ANEW Place.
- Though ANEW Place encourages folks to stay and share the meal with residents, most people said they did not have time and/or did not feel comfortable doing that.
- Past Salvation Army meal organizers have all said that finding people who were willing to deliver food was a pretty challenging part of their job.
- A suggestion was made that people who have experience with meal delivery be teamed up with folks who have never been, to ease discomfort.
- Another suggestion was to assemble two teams: one to provide food and another to deliver/visit with residents.
We have received confirmation from ANEW Place that our first meal will be provided on Tuesday, June 21. For more information contact Connie –
sjvgoodnews@gmail.com

MercyCorps will be walking as a Team in this year's COTS Walk, May 1 at 2:00 PM.  We will gather at Battery Park and walk the 3.5 mile loop back to the park (a shorter 1 mile route is also an option).  There will be Ben & Jerry's waiting for us at the end! 

We have a goal to raise $2500 for COTS.  Please consider helping us meet that goal.  Click here to sign up to join us and/or make your pledge today.  Or contact Connie in the office at SJVGoodNews@gmail.com  -   802-864-4166 x204