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            CLAIRE'S CARING COMFORTS
                                        Non profit Christian charity and Ministry that serves the homeless
                                                       and those in need in the Phoenix, Arizona area
 
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December 2009 Ministry Update

Dear Family, Friends and Website Visitors,

Let me begin this newsletter with a heartfelt thankful for all your love and support . Without it, My Ministry would never be a reality, which in turn allows me to help hundreds of people.

Now to the big event. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. It started out 2 days before when my son, pastor and church secretary helped me get more than 600 bags to the soup kitchen. On Thanksgiving Day, I was joined by family and friends to help make a difference in the lives of others. I hope that the pictures I sent out last week better expressed that day and what My Ministry is all about. If by any chance you did not receive them, I will be happy to resend.

I also wanted to inform all of you that I have extended the amount of people I will be serving this year. I have hooked up with another ministry that tends to the needs of others at one of the city parks. Once a week they bring them dinner and whatever else they have to share. So, sometime between now and Christmas I will be joining them to pass out the 210 bags that were leftover from Thanksgiving.

Please take a moment to read the article below from our local newspaper.

Until 2010, I leave you with Love and Blessings.

THY WILL BE DONE.

Lauren
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Volunteers spread holiday cheer at Thanksgiving

By Carolyn Dryer
It was a smaller crowd than expected, much smaller than the 670 people who showed up two days before for the regular Tuesday hot meal.

Wings of Peace volunteers served about 250 to 300 people Thanksgiving Day at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 49th and Northern avenues.

Wings founder Louise Pennartz and her crew were up at dawn to prepare for an overflow crowd. But, Pennartz guessed that many of the regulars who show up every Tuesday for a hot meal may have gone to relatives' homes for the holiday.
  

Mark and Rosie Chentfant and their family take their shift serving hot food at the Wings of Peace Thanksgiving dinner
Still, there were many who came to eat the only hot meal they would have last Thursday. And, there was enough food so that to-go plates could be piled high with all the fixins.'  
Several new volunteers mixed with those who have been coming for years to help serve the annual Thanksgiving meal.

And the Ellis family had prepared enough gift bags to hand out to each person who walked through the door. The gift bags contained crocheted hats (all sizes) and hygiene items, as well as small toys for toddlers.

Families took turns serving up the hot food, and even those who came for the food, like Artie Wallace, helped out by taking out the garbage bags as they filled up.

All in all, it was deemed a success. And there is one more holiday meal left in 2009.

Wings of Peace will be serving its Christmas dinner 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 22 at Knights of Columbus Hall.

To volunteer time or cash, give Pennartz a call at 623-486-1724.
 



 

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