Easter Baskets for Those in Need
The tradition at Holy Cross has been to help others, especially at the holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. This year, we plan to help five or six families celebrate Easter by providing food for the families and Easter baskets for the children, giving them the opportunity to celebrate Easter in their tradition. We are in need of volunteers to shop for each family as well as to help distribute groceries and baskets on March 27, when the families come to Holy Cross to pick up their items. Please consider giving some of your time to help spread the joy of this season. Contact Mary Cocker or Virginia Haizlip if you have questions or are available to help, or contact the parish office.
Preparing Meals for the Homeless
On the second Tuesday of every month, a group of volunteers prepares meals for clients of Safe Haven homeless shelter. Holy Cross prepares approximately 120 nutritionally balanced meals each month. The meals are planned by a parishioner, and the food is purchased from funds designated for this ministry.
All are welcome to come at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday to help cook, or at 10:00 a.m. on the following Thursday to deliver the meals to Safe Haven and help serve.
Financial contributions to the program are also welcome at any time.
CHO Food Pantry
The Committee for Helping Others (CHO) is an organization that provides emergency and long-term assistance to those in need in the Merrifield, Dunn Loring, Oakton, and Vienna areas.
One of their services is a food pantry that provides food and other basic supplies to its clients. Holy Cross collects items on a weekly basis to help support this program.
You are invited to bring in items at any time and place them in the red wagon outside the sanctuary. You can also help by delivering the contributions to CHO as needed.
CHO Clothes Closet
The Committee for Helping Others (CHO) is an organization that provides emergency and long-term assistance to those in need in the Merrifield, Dunn Loring, Oakton, and Vienna areas. One of their services is to make clothes in good condition available to clients at no charge.
Holy Cross parishioners contribute to the Clothes Closet on an ongoing basis by bringing in gently used clothing and placing it in a hamper in the Narhtex. Volunteers deliver clothes to the closet as needed.
Holy Cross parishioners contribute to the clothes closet, which is open from September through June, on an ongoing basis by bringing in gently used clothing and placing it in a hamper in the Narthex. Volunteers deliver clothes to the closet as needed.