FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2018
VIENNA, Va. – Volunteers
at Our Lady
of Good Counsel (OLGC) Catholic Church and School in Vienna assembled 755 “power packs” for needy children
in Fairfax County schools, through a program called ‘Food for Others’. The
power packs are crucial in helping children, who have very little food or no
food at home, to get through the weekend. Each power pack provides children
with three meals for Saturday, and three meals for Sunday, plus snacks and
drinks. An estimated 2,723 pounds of food was donated to the church for these
power packs.
This was made possible with the support of not only
the parishioners and school families who donated food before the event, but
also the Santa Maria Council of the Knights of Columbus, which contributed $200,
and the parish’s Fish Fry patrons, who collectively donated $817 through a
50/50 raffle, the proceeds of which purchased items needed for the “power packs.”
The OLGC youth group, 7th graders and staff carried
and collected the items so that the packing could occur, and a few moms
delivered the bags to ‘Food for Others.’
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