Recognizing our covenant and a need to help our neighbors during this cold time of year, St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel and St. Mark’s are joining together to collect items for the  Windham Area No Freeze Hospitality Center. There is information posted in the Chapel and the Center. The Hospitality Center needs hats, gloves, scarves, socks, paper towels, toilet paper, razors, shaving cream, decaf coffee, cleaning supplies and volunteers. Bins will set out to collect items. Please consider making a donation to help a neighbor in need.  If you would like more information, please call 860-450-1436.

This is what happened when the St. Mark's parishioner who's heading up the drive brought the first collection to the No Freeze Shelter.

Normally, I guess the people are not there on the day I was there but, with these cold temperatures the doors were open to those who needed to come in out of the cold. I wish you could have seen the faces as I emptied the bags of clothing! People came over to the table and ask if they could have the gloves, hats, etc. One lady's eyes grew wide and said, "oooh, socks! May I have a pair"? They were so excited and appreciative.