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Activities
Volunteers can choose to help with any of the following:

• Donate clothing.
  St. Francis Borgia has an ongoing clothing drive for men, women and children. Parishioners should pack their donated clothing in bags labeled for men, women or children. The bags are to be taken to the garage/drop-off center at the back of St. Francis Borgia School. Enter through the side door, and place the bags on the labeled shelves.

• Weekday pick-up and delivery of food and clothing to north side of Milwaukee.
  Volunteers pick-up and deliver donated clothing and leftover pastries on weekdays. The clothing pick-up is from the garage/drop-off center at the back of St. Francis Borgia School. The food pick-up is from a local convenience store. Delivery is to Repairers of the Breach and the House of Peace on the near north side of Milwaukee. Volunteers are scheduled approximately twice per month.

• Weekend pick-up and delivery of donated food to north side of Milwaukee.
  Each weekend, volunteers pick up donated food and pastries from Piggly Wiggly, Panera Bread and a local convenience store. Delivery is to Repairers of the Breach and the House of Peace on the near north side of Milwaukee.

• Food and Clothing Drives
  • Used coats, hats and mittens (Fall)
  • “Pocket food” for the homeless (Lent)
  Food and clothing drives are publicized in the parish bulletin and in parish website news.

• Loading and distributing unsold parish rummage sale items.
  The rummage sale is usually held at the St. Francis Borgia parish festival.

• Pre-Christmas new and used toy drive and delivery to the poor and homeless.
  Toy drives are publicized in the parish newsletter and parish bulletin.

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Time Commitment
The time commitment is dependent on what you choose to do and how many persons volunteer to help. Those scheduled for weekday pick-up and delivery of food and clothing are typically scheduled twice per month. The commitment for Saturday pick-up and delivery is about once a month.

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Newsletter Article
Inner City Ministry: Donations & Deliveries (Advent/Christmas 2005)

Additional Information
For more information, please contact the Inner City Ministry Coordinator.

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