Thank You! On behalf of Franciscan Charities in Newark, I send a warm and sincere thank you to your congregation for collecting such an abundance of coats and toys for our neighbors in need throughout November and December! Your generosity was overwhelming and showed the love of your parish for the poor. We are most grateful! Franciscan Charities is a soup kitchen located in the Central Ward of Newark. We serve meals to as many as 225 people 4 days every week. Since the onset of CVID, we have served more than 100,000 meals and stayed open to serve this very needy community during a challenging two years. We also provide social services referrals, ID restoration, baby products such as diapers and wipes and distributed more than 1,000 coats and toys in the community. Thank you for being a part of our mission to serve this Newark neighborhood. If you would like to learn more about us, visit our website at
www.franciscancharitiesinc.org or email Melissa Hillier at
[email protected]. Sincerely, Melissa Hillier