BACK-TO-SCHOOL OUTREACH--August 7 & 8

A reminder about one of the most important Outreach Appeals of the year. This weekend August 7 & 8, is our Annual Back-to-School Outreach. As the 2010-11 school year fast approaches, there are so many families who need the basics in school supplies to get their kids started for the new year. These items are not only needed tools to do the job in the classroom, they are also boosters of self-esteem. We can help make sure that kids don't have to worry that their backpacks are empty or missing, and they don't have to explain away that embarrassment to anyone.

Here's what's needed:

thin & thick line markers & erasers

pencils and pencil pouches & loose leaf paper

3 and 5-subject notebooks & pocket folders

marble notebooks (different colors) & binders

plastic lunch bags & scissors

pens (black & blue) & colored pencils

inexpensive calculators & backpacks

crayons - regular & “fat” (for small hands) & glue sticks

tissues (large boxes) & index cards

small notepads (for homework assignments) & rulers

Please bring these items

to any of the Masses this weekend.

And thank you for your generosity!!!