WINTER 2014
AID F OR F RIENDS
page 4
Aid For Friends
40th Anniversary FUNDRAISER
ALDIE MANSION
85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, PA
Live Performance by duo from
CURTIS INSTITUTE of MUSIC
Catered by Moonstruck Restaurant
Thursday, May 15, 2014, 6 PM to 9 PM
Elegant Buffet, Silent and Chinese Auction
Tickets $65
use order form on page 3 or
call AFF at 215-464-2224 to order
(Continued from page 1)
I felt like I fell down a notch when I stopped visiting
them, but working most evenings and many weekends at AFF required a break. Tom and Marge Price,
an older couple from Our Lady of Calvary, took over.
After Ms. Sooy passed away in 2005, they continued
to visit the daughter.
Looking back 40 years, I remember going to
with piles of papers and stuff. The inside of her
house was almost as cold as the winter day outside.
She was totally unable to cope. The poor woman
had been isolated for years and was very vulnerable.
She did not bathe nor cook because she had many
phobias. But dear Dorothy had neither food nor
money. She received no support from her neighbors.
She was utterly reliant on Mom for her physical and
mental survival. The rat poison was on the table.
Dorothy told Mom she was ready to end her life. The
distressed elderly woman needed much more than
meals. She taught Mom how important friendship
was to an isolated homebound person and showed
Mom the great impact Aid For Friends can have on
a homebound person’s life. The lessons learned from
Dorothy and other shut-ins shaped Aid For Friends.
Everyone should have a friend.
The personalities and situations of our cliour visitors what to expect. They decide whom, and
where, they visit. For the past 40 years, our visitor
volunteers have provided precious human contact to
more than 14,000 isolated homebound persons. If
you have never visited a shut-in, please consider it.
just need food and friendship. It’s a good thing to do
for humanity and it is a rewarding experience. Our
homebound friends really do need your help!
Steven M. Schiavone, Executive Director
Thanks to all who
helped with and attended (200 people) our
2013 Christmas/Holiday Party. The balloons
were festive, the auctions were fun, the food
was excellent, and the
people were wonderful!
www.aidforfriends.org
Winter 2014
AID F OR F RIENDS
Steven M. Schiavone, Executive Director
12271 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
215.464.2224 Fax 215.464.2507
VERY DIFFERENT CLIENT/FRIENDS
While looking through a collection of Aid For
Friends photographs on my computer, I came across
pictures of an elderly woman I visited, Mrs. Sooy
(and her special daughter). My mother was giving
her presents as part of Aid For Friends’ 10 millionth
Meal Celebration in 2001. I am sure Aid For Friends
made a difference in their lives. Ms. Sooy’s chronic
illnesses, including a severely under-active thyroid,
had taken its toll on her body. The delicious homecooked Aid For Friends dinners made by our volunteer cooks were very important for the maintenance
of her health.
Mother and
daughter were needy
in some ways, but
you would never
know it. I enjoyed
going to their home
for visits. Their row
home in Wissinoming
was not in very bad
condition. I remember a section of wall
in the dining room
covered with newer
sheet rock. Ms.
Sooy’s various health
Rita Ungaro-Schiavone Awards
Aid For Friends is a collaborative effort of many
churches, synagogues, organizations; and many many
teers at the 2013 Christmas Holiday Party. They are:
Agnes Cifaldi – 25 years of
volunteer service
At the beginning of Aid For
Friends, in the trailer at St.
Jerome parish, she assisted
Rita Knight in coordinating all AFF activities at St.
Dominic’s in Holmesburg. Agnes has been preparing
issues, family history, area history,
distant relatives,
prior jobs, and
prior homes were
topics of conversation. The good
people of Wissinoming Presbyterian
Church were a
frequent topic too.
They provided
moral and material
support. Despite
being frail, Mrs.
Sooy was never at
a loss for words. I
am more of a listener, so it worked well.
Visiting the homebound gave me a newfound
appreciation for being able to get up, walk, and generally move about. It made me realize that not everybody has this gift and what a great gift it is. Helping
others who can’t get around seemed like the least that
I could do. But I got more than do-good feelings.
The Sooys made me feel important, accepted, wanted
and needed. They never knocked me in any way.
They always made me feel welcome. Who received
more from the visits? In this case that was an open
question. (Continued page 4)
dinners with group cookings at St. Dominic parish
for the past 17 years. For many years, St. Dominic
had two cooking groups each week. Last year they
prepared more than 12,000 dinners for the needy
homebound.
Margaret Kratowicz - 14
years of volunteer service
Peg has supported Aid For
Friends as a dedicated visitor
volunteer to many shut-ins,
bringing them meals and offering them compassion for years.
unteer and donor. She and her
daughter-in-law have donated many beautiful dolls to
our Silent Auctions over the years.
Many charities spend large percentages of donations on administration and fundraising and
less on their program services. At Aid For Friends, 93 percent of each dollar donated is used
to serve the needy frail elderly and disabled homebound. If you can give without hardship,
please send a donation so that we may continue our free meals and services.
AID F OR F RIENDS
FOUNDER’S COLUMN
“I looked up in wonder at God’s wonderful ways
and thought how little we imagine what may be the
result of listening and acting on a desire God puts
into the heart.”
St. Katharine Drexel
Dear Friends,
When I had started writing the column for this
newsletter, I was really feeling good. The previous
week my oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center
had given me the news that there were no remaining traces of cancer from the Stage IV metastasized
lymphoma. I believe God still wants me to serve.
I said I was feeling good, but it was one of
my “pain days” from arthritis and the injuries from
the 15 falls I had experienced over the past several
years. But I know I am blessed that every day is
not a “pain day”, and my faith in Our Lord has
taught me “to accept the things I cannot change”.
(St. Francis of Assisi) I thought of the book I had
ago, Faces on My Journey. I vividly remember the
chapter I wrote after reading Dr. Victor Frankl’s
book, Man’s Search for Meaning, which detailed
his life while he was incarcerated for 2 ½ years in
Auschwitz and three other death camps during WW
II. During his imprisonment, this Austrian psychiatrist counseled other prisoners and gave them
a “why” to live. (“He who has a ‘why’ to live can
bear with almost any ‘how’”.) This brilliant Jewish man who led a “saintly life” had maintained
faith and hope, and was an admirable, compassionate person who offered himself and his talents to
the other prisoners in the concentration camp. He
taught his fellow prisoners to courageously sublithe other prisoners - or for their religious beliefs.
Just after WW II Frankl began using the nomenclature “self-transcendent” for the ability of an
individual to rise above and beyond one’s self and
commit one’s being in love to the service of others.
I believe that during the seasons of Hanukkah and Christmas Dr. Frankl’s book is appropriate
because theology tells us that God’s will is man’s
wellbeing. If we choose to reach outside of ourselves and perform good works, perhaps we can
turn our own misfortunes into something positive.
I have often thought about this as a part of Aid For
WINTER 2014
page 2
AID F OR F RIENDS
WINTER 2014
Aid For Friends
2014 Lottery Calendar $25
Friends philosophy
we have all experienced
– in some manner – the
depth of human suffering. Because of this,
we can empathize and
identify with the pain of
others. And because the
remission of our pain is
so gratefully received,
with God’s Grace, we
can be motivated to
mitigate the suffering of others. That is my philosophy and really, what Aid For Friends is all about.
I looked through the different chapters of
my book, each preceded by an appropriate quotation that related to the story of the homebound
men and women I had visited. They have all gone
home to God now. They were hungry and sick but
through the Grace of the Lord, Aid For Friends,
with the help of so many volunteers and donors,
brought change to their lives. Home cooked dinners…weekly friendly visits…I really did learn to
love each of these needy shut-in men and women
I visited. I thank Our Lord and His Miracle of Aid
For Friends’ free outreach services. Now…our
charity is the only one that will provide free daily
dinners to the disabled and frail elderly homebound
at no cost for as long as needed – usually until the
end of their time of earth - which is why we MUST
continue to reach out to those who have no one.
They…the homebound men and women NEED US
– NOW AND TOMORROW - until their Father in
Heaven calls them home.
I pray for each of you: “May the Lord bless
and keep you, The Lord make his face to shine upon
you and be gracious to you, The Lord look upon
you kindly and give you peace.” Numbers 6: 24-26
Rita Ungaro-Schiavone, Founder, Chairman
A recommendation: If you have not done so already, you may want to purchase a copy of the
book, Faces on My Journey or my second book,
Please Remember Me, as gifts. Please help spread
Aid For Friends story.
Donation: $7.00 each or two books for $10.00.
S&H: $2.00 each: $2.50 for 2 books
(100% of sales goes to Aid For Friends)
A UCTION I TEMS N EEDED
Aid For Friends Cooks’ Seminar
that you no longer wear? Are you downsizing your
home and have valuable artwork, vases, china, or
silverware that you really don’t want or need? Their
value could help Aid For Friends continue our free
services to hungry, isolated homebound people. Do
you have a vacation time-share or event tickets from
a subscription that you can spare? These items can
320 East Swamp Rd., Doylestown, PA 18901
Chef Karen McGinn and Nutritionist (in clinical rotation) Felicia Porrazza will discuss ways to prepare
tion, and lower salt content for our client/friends.
Contact Karen at [email protected] or
Tuesday, April 8th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Doylestown United Methodist Church
215-766- 0372 for details.
page 3
126 chances to win (March - December). Where else can you can
get that? Choose a 3 digit number. PRIZES RANGE FROM $25 TO $300.
Winning numbers are the PA Daily Number Lottery (7PM), straight. The days
you can win are marked with a prize amount. If your number matches the Daily
Number, you win that prize. Make your donation check payable to “Aid For Friends.” Credit Cards: call Tina
at 215-464-2224 ext. 14.
. Reserve your lucky number NOW!
Name:
Send to: Aid For Friends, 12271
Townsend Road, Phila, PA 19154
Address:
City:
Phone:
I want
Calendars @ $25 each: $
Email:
Four alternate numbers:
State:
. Requested Numbers:
Tickets For Aldie Mansion Fundraiser, May 15th, 2014:
I want
Zip:
AFF 40th Anniversary Fundraiser Tickets @ $65 each: $
Rita Ungaro-Schiavone Awards (from page 1)
. (see pg. 4)
the gift room (to be given to other homebound) before
each holiday.
Evelyn Rogers – 30 years of volunteer service
Evelyn has been coordinating Aid For Friends’ activities at St. Vincent de Paul for more than 30 years. St.
Vincent’s parish now serves
as an Urban Meal Center
and Evelyn continues to
Marianne McGuire - 20+ years of volunteer service work at serving the needy,
Marianne began by visiting shut-ins in the Kensington disabled and frail elderly
area, driving there from her home in Conshohocken,
homebound in the Germantown area. Evelyn has
often took her young daughter along on these voluncoordinated various means
teer visits. Marianne is a Special Education teacher
of support and activities for
and brings her class of mentally challenged students
Aid For Friends’ ministry
to the Aid For Friends production kitchen (pictured
in her parish and the two other local parishes that
above) to help prepare and package dinners for our
have closed and merged with St. Vincent. Evelyn
needy shut-ins.
graduated from college with a degree in Social Work,
Dori & Jesse Michalak –13 yrs of service
enabling her to work well with our shut-ins.
Dori and her husband, Jesse, have championed Aid
Al Savoni – 20 years of volunteer service
For Friends’ activities at St. John Cantius
Al (pictured with Rita)
for many years. The parishioners at St. John Cantius, at Aid For Friends 20 years ago, when he retired from
under the leadership of Dori and Jesse, have been
his job. Al was an extraordinary volunteer visitor
very active in serving the homebound in the entire
who was a “jack of all trades”. He not only delivBridesburg area (where Dori also does evaluations for ered their dinners weekly but also cooked soups for
possible new client/friends). She has organized group
them, shopped
cookings at her parish – which was featured in the
and did cleaning
Philadelphia Inquirer. Since the neighboring parish,
and maintenance
All Saints, closed, Dori has undertaken to serve those
jobs in their
needy homebound who had been served at the former
house and yard,
parish as well.
and also took
Ruth Polchek- 31 years of volunteer service
home and did
the laundry for
Friends. She helped Rita when visiting one of the inisome shut-ins.
tial shut-ins, Dorothy. Ruth traveled from her home
He visited a total
in King of Prussia into the Frankford area of Philaof seven shut-ins
delphia to visit Dorothy.
for many years, until they went home to God. Al reShe often purchased
members a shut-in’s comment, “Aid For Friends and
warm nightwear for her
in addition to bringing
as a visitor volunteer to the homebound as virtually
the dinners to her. Ruth
a full-time job. Al no longer volunteers regularly
brought bags of items for because he is a devoted caregiver for his wife.
AID F OR F RIENDS
FOUNDER’S COLUMN
“I looked up in wonder at God’s wonderful ways
and thought how little we imagine what may be the
result of listening and acting on a desire God puts
into the heart.”
St. Katharine Drexel
Dear Friends,
When I had started writing the column for this
newsletter, I was really feeling good. The previous
week my oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center
had given me the news that there were no remaining traces of cancer from the Stage IV metastasized
lymphoma. I believe God still wants me to serve.
I said I was feeling good, but it was one of
my “pain days” from arthritis and the injuries from
the 15 falls I had experienced over the past several
years. But I know I am blessed that every day is
not a “pain day”, and my faith in Our Lord has
taught me “to accept the things I cannot change”.
(St. Francis of Assisi) I thought of the book I had
ago, Faces on My Journey. I vividly remember the
chapter I wrote after reading Dr. Victor Frankl’s
book, Man’s Search for Meaning, which detailed
his life while he was incarcerated for 2 ½ years in
Auschwitz and three other death camps during WW
II. During his imprisonment, this Austrian psychiatrist counseled other prisoners and gave them
a “why” to live. (“He who has a ‘why’ to live can
bear with almost any ‘how’”.) This brilliant Jewish man who led a “saintly life” had maintained
faith and hope, and was an admirable, compassionate person who offered himself and his talents to
the other prisoners in the concentration camp. He
taught his fellow prisoners to courageously sublithe other prisoners - or for their religious beliefs.
Just after WW II Frankl began using the nomenclature “self-transcendent” for the ability of an
individual to rise above and beyond one’s self and
commit one’s being in love to the service of others.
I believe that during the seasons of Hanukkah and Christmas Dr. Frankl’s book is appropriate
because theology tells us that God’s will is man’s
wellbeing. If we choose to reach outside of ourselves and perform good works, perhaps we can
turn our own misfortunes into something positive.
I have often thought about this as a part of Aid For
WINTER 2014
page 2
AID F OR F RIENDS
Friends philosophy
we have all experienced
– in some manner – the
depth of human suffering. Because of this,
we can empathize and
identify with the pain of
others. And because the
remission of our pain is
so gratefully received,
with God’s Grace, we
can be motivated to
mitigate the suffering of others. That is my philosophy and really, what Aid For Friends is all about.
I looked through the different chapters of
my book, each preceded by an appropriate quotation that related to the story of the homebound
men and women I had visited. They have all gone
home to God now. They were hungry and sick but
through the Grace of the Lord, Aid For Friends,
with the help of so many volunteers and donors,
brought change to their lives. Home cooked dinners…weekly friendly visits…I really did learn to
love each of these needy shut-in men and women
I visited. I thank Our Lord and His Miracle of Aid
For Friends’ free outreach services. Now…our
charity is the only one that will provide free daily
dinners to the disabled and frail elderly homebound
at no cost for as long as needed – usually until the
end of their time of earth - which is why we MUST
continue to reach out to those who have no one.
They…the homebound men and women NEED US
– NOW AND TOMORROW - until their Father in
Heaven calls them home.
I pray for each of you: “May the Lord bless
and keep you, The Lord make his face to shine upon
you and be gracious to you, The Lord look upon
you kindly and give you peace.” Numbers 6: 24-26
Rita Ungaro-Schiavone, Founder, Chairman
A recommendation: If you have not done so already, you may want to purchase a copy of the
book, Faces on My Journey or my second book,
Please Remember Me, as gifts. Please help spread
Aid For Friends story.
Donation: $7.00 each or two books for $10.00.
S&H: $2.00 each: $2.50 for 2 books
(100% of sales goes to Aid For Friends)
A UCTION I TEMS N EEDED
Aid For Friends Cooks’ Seminar
that you no longer wear? Are you downsizing your
home and have valuable artwork, vases, china, or
silverware that you really don’t want or need? Their
value could help Aid For Friends continue our free
services to hungry, isolated homebound people. Do
you have a vacation time-share or event tickets from
a subscription that you can spare? These items can
320 East Swamp Rd., Doylestown, PA 18901
Chef Karen McGinn and Nutritionist (in clinical rotation) Felicia Porrazza will discuss ways to prepare
tion, and lower salt content for our client/friends.
Contact Karen at [email protected] or
Tuesday, April 8th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Doylestown United Methodist Church
215-766- 0372 for details.
WINTER 2014
page 3
THERE ARE NO LOTTERY CALENDARS AVAILABLE
Aid For Friends
2014 Lottery Calendar $25
NOT AVAILABLE
126 chances to win (March - December). Where else can you can
get that? Choose a 3 digit number. PRIZES RANGE FROM $25 TO $300.
Winning numbers are the PA Daily Number Lottery (7PM), straight. The days
you can win are marked with a prize amount. If your number matches the Daily
Number, you win that prize. Make your donation check payable to “Aid For Friends.” Credit Cards: call Tina
at 215-464-2224 ext. 14.
. Reserve your lucky number NOW!
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
Name:
Send to: Aid For Friends, 12271
Townsend Road, Phila, PA 19154
Address:
City:
Phone:
I want
Calendars @ $25 each: $
Four alternate numbers:
Email:
State:
NOT AVAILABLE
. Requested Numbers:
NOT AVAILABLE
Tickets For Aldie Mansion Fundraiser, May 15th, 2014:
I want
Zip:
AFF 40th Anniversary Fundraiser Tickets @ $65 each: $
Rita Ungaro-Schiavone Awards (from page 1)
. (see pg. 4)
the gift room (to be given to other homebound) before
each holiday.
Evelyn Rogers – 30 years of volunteer service
Evelyn has been coordinating Aid For Friends’ activities at St. Vincent de Paul for more than 30 years. St.
Vincent’s parish now serves
as an Urban Meal Center
and Evelyn continues to
Marianne McGuire - 20+ years of volunteer service work at serving the needy,
Marianne began by visiting shut-ins in the Kensington disabled and frail elderly
area, driving there from her home in Conshohocken,
homebound in the Germantown area. Evelyn has
often took her young daughter along on these voluncoordinated various means
teer visits. Marianne is a Special Education teacher
of support and activities for
and brings her class of mentally challenged students
Aid For Friends’ ministry
to the Aid For Friends production kitchen (pictured
in her parish and the two other local parishes that
above) to help prepare and package dinners for our
have closed and merged with St. Vincent. Evelyn
needy shut-ins.
graduated from college with a degree in Social Work,
Dori & Jesse Michalak –13 yrs of service
enabling her to work well with our shut-ins.
Dori and her husband, Jesse, have championed Aid
Al Savoni – 20 years of volunteer service
For Friends’ activities at St. John Cantius
Al (pictured with Rita)
for many years. The parishioners at St. John Cantius, at Aid For Friends 20 years ago, when he retired from
under the leadership of Dori and Jesse, have been
his job. Al was an extraordinary volunteer visitor
very active in serving the homebound in the entire
who was a “jack of all trades”. He not only delivBridesburg area (where Dori also does evaluations for ered their dinners weekly but also cooked soups for
possible new client/friends). She has organized group
them, shopped
cookings at her parish – which was featured in the
and did cleaning
Philadelphia Inquirer. Since the neighboring parish,
and maintenance
All Saints, closed, Dori has undertaken to serve those
jobs in their
needy homebound who had been served at the former
house and yard,
parish as well.
and also took
Ruth Polchek- 31 years of volunteer service
home and did
the laundry for
Friends. She helped Rita when visiting one of the inisome shut-ins.
tial shut-ins, Dorothy. Ruth traveled from her home
He visited a total
in King of Prussia into the Frankford area of Philaof seven shut-ins
delphia to visit Dorothy.
for many years, until they went home to God. Al reShe often purchased
members a shut-in’s comment, “Aid For Friends and
warm nightwear for her
in addition to bringing
as a visitor volunteer to the homebound as virtually
the dinners to her. Ruth
a full-time job. Al no longer volunteers regularly
brought bags of items for because he is a devoted caregiver for his wife.
WINTER 2014
AID F OR F RIENDS
page 4
Aid For Friends
40th Anniversary FUNDRAISER
ALDIE MANSION
85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown, PA
Live Performance by duo from
CURTIS INSTITUTE of MUSIC
Catered by Moonstruck Restaurant
Thursday, May 15, 2014, 6 PM to 9 PM
Elegant Buffet, Silent and Chinese Auction
Tickets $65
use order form on page 3 or
call AFF at 215-464-2224 to order
(Continued from page 1)
I felt like I fell down a notch when I stopped visiting
them, but working most evenings and many weekends at AFF required a break. Tom and Marge Price,
an older couple from Our Lady of Calvary, took over.
After Ms. Sooy passed away in 2005, they continued
to visit the daughter.
Looking back 40 years, I remember going to
with piles of papers and stuff. The inside of her
house was almost as cold as the winter day outside.
She was totally unable to cope. The poor woman
had been isolated for years and was very vulnerable.
She did not bathe nor cook because she had many
phobias. But dear Dorothy had neither food nor
money. She received no support from her neighbors.
She was utterly reliant on Mom for her physical and
mental survival. The rat poison was on the table.
Dorothy told Mom she was ready to end her life. The
distressed elderly woman needed much more than
meals. She taught Mom how important friendship
was to an isolated homebound person and showed
Mom the great impact Aid For Friends can have on
a homebound person’s life. The lessons learned from
Dorothy and other shut-ins shaped Aid For Friends.
Everyone should have a friend.
The personalities and situations of our cliour visitors what to expect. They decide whom, and
where, they visit. For the past 40 years, our visitor
volunteers have provided precious human contact to
more than 14,000 isolated homebound persons. If
you have never visited a shut-in, please consider it.
just need food and friendship. It’s a good thing to do
for humanity and it is a rewarding experience. Our
homebound friends really do need your help!
Steven M. Schiavone, Executive Director
Thanks to all who
helped with and attended (200 people) our
2013 Christmas/Holiday Party. The balloons
were festive, the auctions were fun, the food
was excellent, and the
people were wonderful!
www.aidforfriends.org
Winter 2014
AID F OR F RIENDS
Steven M. Schiavone, Executive Director
12271 Townsend Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154
215.464.2224 Fax 215.464.2507
VERY DIFFERENT CLIENT/FRIENDS
While looking through a collection of Aid For
Friends photographs on my computer, I came across
pictures of an elderly woman I visited, Mrs. Sooy
(and her special daughter). My mother was giving
her presents as part of Aid For Friends’ 10 millionth
Meal Celebration in 2001. I am sure Aid For Friends
made a difference in their lives. Ms. Sooy’s chronic
illnesses, including a severely under-active thyroid,
had taken its toll on her body. The delicious homecooked Aid For Friends dinners made by our volunteer cooks were very important for the maintenance
of her health.
Mother and
daughter were needy
in some ways, but
you would never
know it. I enjoyed
going to their home
for visits. Their row
home in Wissinoming
was not in very bad
condition. I remember a section of wall
in the dining room
covered with newer
sheet rock. Ms.
Sooy’s various health
Rita Ungaro-Schiavone Awards
Aid For Friends is a collaborative effort of many
churches, synagogues, organizations; and many many
teers at the 2013 Christmas Holiday Party. They are:
Agnes Cifaldi – 25 years of
volunteer service
At the beginning of Aid For
Friends, in the trailer at St.
Jerome parish, she assisted
Rita Knight in coordinating all AFF activities at St.
Dominic’s in Holmesburg. Agnes has been preparing
issues, family history, area history,
distant relatives,
prior jobs, and
prior homes were
topics of conversation. The good
people of Wissinoming Presbyterian
Church were a
frequent topic too.
They provided
moral and material
support. Despite
being frail, Mrs.
Sooy was never at
a loss for words. I
am more of a listener, so it worked well.
Visiting the homebound gave me a newfound
appreciation for being able to get up, walk, and generally move about. It made me realize that not everybody has this gift and what a great gift it is. Helping
others who can’t get around seemed like the least that
I could do. But I got more than do-good feelings.
The Sooys made me feel important, accepted, wanted
and needed. They never knocked me in any way.
They always made me feel welcome. Who received
more from the visits? In this case that was an open
question. (Continued page 4)
dinners with group cookings at St. Dominic parish
for the past 17 years. For many years, St. Dominic
had two cooking groups each week. Last year they
prepared more than 12,000 dinners for the needy
homebound.
Margaret Kratowicz - 14
years of volunteer service
Peg has supported Aid For
Friends as a dedicated visitor
volunteer to many shut-ins,
bringing them meals and offering them compassion for years.
unteer and donor. She and her
daughter-in-law have donated many beautiful dolls to
our Silent Auctions over the years.
Many charities spend large percentages of donations on administration and fundraising and
less on their program services. At Aid For Friends, 93 percent of each dollar donated is used
to serve the needy frail elderly and disabled homebound. If you can give without hardship,
please send a donation so that we may continue our free meals and services.