St. Raymond Lenten Alms
You are humbly invited to minister to the guests of JOURNEYS | The Road Home and PADS.
During these 40 days of Lent, St. Raymond is being invited to support two major JOURNEYS Programs: their On-Site Shelter and their PADS Sites. JOURNEYS is a community-based non-profit organization that provides shelter and services to prepare people experiencing homelessness or who are at risk of losing their housing. Both of these programs offer a safe place to sleep, warm meals, counseling and workshops. JOURNEYS needs our help!
PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter)
Our Savior Lutheran Church (OSLC) in Arlington Heights is the PADS Site we have chosen to support. This Site has absorbed many guests from St. Mark’s PADS Site which our parish has generously supported for 35 years! OSLC now serves over 50 guests weekly! For our Lenten Alms, we will prepare and donate food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to be served on Monday, March 30 & Tuesday, March 31. Please click on this SignUp Genius link if you would like to contribute by March 14. (All food donations will be collected at St. Raymond on March 29 & 30.)
JOURNEYS | The Road Home
The JOURNEYS On-Site Shelter Program is in need of new cots, pillows, and pillow protectors.
Pillow protectors need to be waterproof so they can be sanitized after each use. The Walmart link below is the type of pillow protector needed by JOURNEYS. If you choose not to buy them at Walmart, please ensure you purchase a similar type made of the same materials.
NEW PILLOWS: Standard-size, hypoallergenic pillows. Click here for Walmart link.
NEW WATERPROOF PILLOW PROTECTORS: Click here for Walmart link with details on the required type of pillow protector.
