Our Third Annual Service Day will be on Saturday March 16, 2024. We have a team of wonderful parish volunteers who are working with various organizations to set up projects, schedules, and sites.
Following a breakfast and blessing in Jones Hall, parishioners will participate in projects, both on and off campus, culminating with the vigil Mass at 5PM! It is a day designed for the entire community to put our Catholic values into action.
For more information, contact Jessica Plaspohl at jplaspohl@saintjoe.org or 330-928-2173.
Help needed includes:
- Church - Pew Cleaning - Please bring your own cleaning bucket (Family Friendly) - 9 AM - 1:30 PM
- Church - Other Cleaning - Such as: High cleaning/dusting, Statue Cleaning, entrance doors/glass panes, Candles/stands - 9 AM - 1:30 PM
- Peter Maurin Center - 9AM-1:30PM - Spring Cleaning (ages 15+)
- Emergency Over Night Shelter - 9:30 AM- 1:30 PM - Clean up (ages 15+)
-
Glendale Cemetery 9AM - 1:30PM - Clean up at the Cemetery (Family Friendly)
- 40 Days for Life - 9AM - 12PM - Prayer In Front of Clinic (All Ages)
- Visit to Nursing Homes with Small Seed Ministry - 12:30-4 PM (All Ages)
- Haven of Rest - 9:30AM -2PM - Cleaning, folding clothes, making beds, making cards (age 6+)
- St. Bernard's Sandwiches - 9AM - 12:30PM - In Jones Hall: (1) Make bologna and mustard sandwiches to freeze; (2) Decorate bags. (Family Friendly)
- Neighborhood Trash Pick Up - 9AM -12:30 PM Meet in Jones Hall
- Mini Prayer Shawl/Card Making - 9-12:30 PM Meet Jones Hall
- Delivery - St. Bernard's Sandwiches 1-2:30 PM - Deliver Sandwiches to St. Bernard's from Jones Hall
- Delivery and Visit with Homebound of Parish - 12 - 4 PM
We are offering multiple service opportunities during the morning and afternoon. Sign-up and we will finalize team assignments as we know how many people are coming.
Donations
- St. Joseph Table: packaged baked goods, canned goods, non-perishable items, cash donations
- St. Bernard’s: bread, bologna, sandwich bags, paper lunch bags, monetary donation
- Prayer Shawl and Card Making Materials: Worsted Weight/4 ply Yarn (all colors, 60" wide), Fleece (various colors and patterns), Blank Cards w/Envelopes Suitable for Stamping, Faith-based Acrylic or Rubber Stamps, Ink Pads for Stamps(various colors), Card Making Markers, Tools,
Food and other in-kind donations can be dropped off at Nolan Hall on the following days & times:
- 6-8pm on Wednesday, March 13 during the Parish Adoration & Art Session Nolan Hall
- 5:30-7pm on Friday, March 15 at the Lenten Dinner, Nolan Hall
- 8-9am on Saturday, March 16 before Service Day begins, Jones Hall