St. Francis of Assisi-Meadowvale Outreach Every year we take on projects relevant to the current need in our community. Eden Food for Change: Every week food is dropped off in a collection basket at the altar and blessed. It is placed in a bin in the foyer where it is taken to the food bank on a weekly basis We are also a pick up site for the Fresh Produce Box program. Every Friday afternoon, 100 families in the neighborhood pick up pre-ordered produce boxes. We provide this space free of charge as part of our community outreach. For more details about the Fresh Produce Box program see: https://edenffc.org/fresh-produce-box Community Ministries: We offer low cost classes on a drop in basis to our community: $5 per class for Zumba Gold, Yoga, Line Dancing, etc. Call the church office for our current offerings: 905-821-2752 Christmas Hampers: Every year we coordinate with local agencies to assist families in need. As a parish, and with the help of the local Scouts, we supply grocery gift certificates for Christmas Dinner, gifts and boxes of tinned goods to local families. Those who deliver the hampers can attest to the appreciation and gratitude of the receiving families. This is a way we continue to God’s work in our own community. Living Water: In 2017 during our Vacation Bible School and as a Fall mission we supported a PWRDF (Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund) mission project, Water for Pikangikum. Here is an excerpt from the PWRDF website: “Across Canada, Anglicans are supporting interim solutions for safe and accessible water in the First Nations community of Pikangikum, Ontario, through PWRDF. Give towards a living gift: clean water! • Join a national movement to ensure everyone in Canada has access to clean water. • Watch this small sacrifice multiply into Christ’s True Presence: water and life.” For more information, please see: http://pwrdf.org/our-work/advent-conspiracy/