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Outreach at St. Anne's
The Belize Mission
Sixteen adults will travel to Belize January 23-February 1,
2010, for St. Anne's 3rd mission to work and build friendships with the people
of Belize. Our project this year is to help relocate and build a new
building for the country's only Maya language radio station, in the Toledo
district of Belize. Click on over to the
Belize Mission page for
full information and more links.
Saint Anne's is committed to joining the
Episcopal Church's support of the Millennium Development Goals.
Let's Make Poverty History
We are the first generation to have the means to end extreme global
poverty... Pray that we have the will.
OUR MDG PLEDGES ARE SUPPORTING KIVA, OPERATION BOOTSTRAP AFRICA,
AND HOLY CROSS ANGLICAN SCHOOL, BELIZE
Through
Kiva, St. Anne's is currently
providing support to:
 Ablossi Djissenou
(pictured to left)
lives in Togo, is married, and the mother of seven children. She
sells medicinal products to support herself and her family. Thus, she stocks up
on products when they are abundant and sells them when they are expensive. She
requested a US $475 loan from Kiva to improve her earnings and her living
standard.
Chim
Leang Sim
(pictured at right)
lives in Cambodia and sells vegetables in the local food market while her
husband, Yim Sophat, is a private doctor. She typically makes US $50 each day in
revenue, working as a middleman, purchasing vegetables from the growers and
reselling them in the market. Her husband makes US $15 per day of income and
they have six children who have all married and have started their own families
outside the home. She has asked for a loan of US $1000 to allow her to purchase
more vegetables to resell in the market. She has seen that there is client
demand for the goods, but she lacks the capital needed to expand
Operation Bootstrap Africa
Engaruka Primary School,
Engaruka Juu, Tanzania: St. Anne’s is continuing our support to Engaruka Primary School
in Tanzania, East Africa, through Operation Bootstrap Africa (OBA), through our Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) campaign. OBA had been working with this school for several years and has
recently funded four new girls dormitories with beds and mattresses and a new
latrine and bathhouse as well. OBA has also provided funds for desks and books.
Recently our "Saintly Sewers" made bookbags for the students at OBA. Our
Sunday Club students wrote notes to enclose in each bag.
The Outreach Committee is also exploring opportunities to providing scholarships
to students on behalf of each of the Sunday school classrooms, with the idea
that St. Anne’s youth could begin to communicate with the scholarship
recipients.
Holy Cross Anglican
School
In 2008 and 2009, St. Anne's sent mission
teams to help construct buildings and work in the classrooms of Holy Cross
Anglican School, in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize. In addition to
our labor and love, St. Anne's gave over $2,500 each year as well as school
supplies, clothes, shoes, books and kitchen items. Read all about our
adventures, and see pictures, at the blogs for each year:
2008 Mission Trip
2009 Mission Trip
Ongoing
Outreach includes:
Mission to Children
Angel Tree - Annual toy and clothing drive for area families
Mission to Children Reaches
Around the World Mission to Children was
started at St. Anne’s over 20 years ago, and continues to make a difference
to children around the world. One ministry they recently supported was to
help send a pediatric physical therapist and an occupational therapist to an
orphanage in China, through Red Thread Charities. These 2 women donated
their time, and took with them leg braces and other equipment. In her
request for funds from MTC, physical therapist, Kiki Dickinson, wrote:
Currently in China
most of the children from orphanages have been adopted or quickly are, and
those left are children with disabilities which include Cerebral Palsy and
Down Syndrome. Apparently they now have a lot of therapy equipment but do
not know how to use it. The organization has people hired that I will be
able to train as I assess the children, and that way there will be
significant carry over, hopefully. I will also be meeting with Chinese
physical therapists and giving at least one talk on the importance of
physical therapy. Currently these children are often left in cribs most of
the day and the staff needs education on the importance of activity and
stretching for these children.
Neighbors Food
Shelf
Hunger knows no season. This is an especially difficult time, and need is up
at all foodshelves. Please continue to bring in non-perishable food and
personal care items. Donations are
taken each week to our local food shelf at Neighbors, Inc.
2nd Sunday
2nd Offering
On the second Sunday of every month, St. Anne’s collects an offering for needs
outside our parish. Even dimes and quarters can make a difference when we all
give.
These offerings go to: Mano a Mano, Project Home, and Urban Homeworks.
Charity
Knitting Group Learn to knit, and
have fun making scarves, hats, baby blankets, and prayer shawls to be given
away. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 10:00 AM at church.
Open to all.
Intergenerational
Projects
Throughout the year there will be opportunities for families to work together on
mission & outreach projects, and peace & justice issues. Bear and
a Prayer, Lamb's Fleece Blankets, Feed My Starving Children.
Summer Stretch A
6-week program in the summer, engaging students age 10 and up in service through
different local organizations.
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