Good Works: Don't Stop Trying

24 of the 40 items were bought at Costco

Charitable organizations have been just as affected, if not more so, by the pandemic as any institution in society. The 30 Peninsula churches and synagogues which comprise Home and Hope can no longer provide temporary family shelter on their premises. Housing is being furnished on a limited basis at hotels, and churches, rather than serving meals, have been asked to fill requests for food and supplies.

Our Episcopal congregation joined with Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church to complete the list for a total of four families, each church taking two.

On Friday we dropped off our purchases at Hope Lutheran, which made the deliveries.

Our friend at Hope Lutheran wrote:

This is the combination of groceries and supplies donated by St. Ambrose and Hope that we brought to 4 homeless families at Home & Hope this morning!

Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness for our neighbors. I had the opportunity to meet a couple of the lovely families, and they are so grateful and excited to have your care. The program manager also told me of an incredible single father with 3 small children in the program who relies on the city bus for transportation, so they were delivering his supplies to him later today. These families face substantial and heart-breaking challenges in their lives. With your gifts, you made a big difference for many people today!

It's discouraging: we have to put more money and time into doing good works, and the impact is not as great as it used to be. But that doesn't mean we stop trying.