Social Workers from Porter Elementary School pick up donated turkeys in 2020. Donations were also collected to supplement the turkey dinner with $25 gift cards from Wegman’s. Thank you to Wegman’s who donated $100 toward the project!
If your situation allows you to contribute, please send a check earmarked for THANKSGIVING BASKETS to the church at 1612 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13204. Due by Nov. 20. Thank you!
Since our beginning 25 years ago, we have provided Thanksgiving Dinner Baskets to families of Porter students and now, more recently, Frazer school as determined by their school social workers and nurses. We also have some for parish and neighborhood families.
Each year, a team of parishioners met at Wegman's Onondaga the Monday evening before to shop and bring to the church for sorting and distribution the following morning.
When this labor-intensive ministry ran smack into the COVID epidemic, we had to come up with an alternative solution. So instead, we now seek donations from parishioners and friends of St. Marks to purchase $35 gift cards from Wegmans, who has already graciously provided support as in past years. Our goal is to provide 25 cards however, we will provide more if contributions allow. We ask that donations be made by Sunday, November 20th.