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March 3, 2016Thank you to the entire SJS community, and to our Girl Scouts for their leadership and coordinaton, makeing the SJS "Feed a Family" Lenten Service Project a success. Together we collected nearly 500 lbs of food, enough for 145 Meal Kits that the Girl Scouts assembled. The Girl Scouts also made 15 fleece blankets for the patrons of the "St. Lucy Project" in Leesburg, in honor and memory of Kristen Cubbage.
By celebrating community and packaging dinners for the needy, our students are living the Gospel.
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SJS teams up with Catholic Charities to participate in a Lenten service project called, " Feed a Family." We welcome your donations through Monday, February 22nd!
Each grade level is requested to bring the following items:- K-2nd grades for one can of tuna (5oz) - in great need!
- 3rd-5th grades for a box of dry pasta (preferably elbow macaroni)
- 6th-8th grades for one can of cream of mushroom soup (or any cream soup) - in great need!
What are the meals?
The meals will include a recipe and all the ingredients needed to cook a hearty tuna casserole that
will amply serve a family of four. The ingredients are nonperishable and can be stored for over one
year.Why Tuna Casserole?
Tuna is high in omega-3 fatty acids which help fight heart disease and other inflammatory diseases. Eating two servings of fish weekly, as recommended by the American Heart Association, can be difficult for many people. A can of tuna contains just under two servings of fish (one serving of fish = 75g). Tuna is low in calories and fat, with half a can of tuna (packed in water) containing only 60 calories, 0.5g of fat, and 15g of protein!To whom will the dinners be provided?
The dinners will be provided to the poor in the Diocese of Arlington through the three pantries Catholic Charities operates in Alexandria, Leesburg and Front Royal. Most of Catholic Charities' clients are seniors on fixed incomes, the disabled, the unemployed, single parent families, and those who simply cannot make ends meet. Last year, Catholic Charities served more than 8,000 people at the pantries. We will also provide the dinners to the rural pantries of Virginia. Last year, through our mobile Christ House on Wheels Program, we delivered 55,000 pounds to these pantries. These pantries often run low on food. They depend on our support in order to feed the many people in the rural counties who don’t know where their next meal will come from.
