WINSTON-SALEM — Members of the St. Monica Guild of St. Benedict the Moor Church and the St. Theresa Guild of St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem recently held a baby shower to benefit the Wee Care Shoppe at the Winston-Salem office of Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte.
Pictured are (from left) Charlesetta Taylor, president of the St. Monica Guild; Becky DuBois, director of the Winston-Salem office of Catholic Charities; and Marguerite Clark, president of the St. Theresa Guild.
The volunteer-run Wee Care Shoppe provides infant and toddler clothing to parents in need.
It is currently closed to in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is still providing diapers, wipes and other much-needed supplies for clients to pick up when arranged in advance.
Donations of diapers and baby wipes are always needed, as well as financial donations for Catholic Charities to meet the specific needs of families in all the regions it serves.
For details, go online to www.ccdoc.org.
— Photo provided by Mary Carter
MURPHY — Parishes did not stop their almsgiving this Lent, despite the pandemic.
Knights of Columbus Council 14087 collaborated with members of St. William Church in Murphy and Hiwassee Community Center to assist in distributing food from a Manna Food Distribution truck March 25.
Volunteers distributed food to 56 households serving 169 people.
In addition, 10 cases of clement oranges were donated to the Hiwassee Dam High School for its lunch program.
Volunteers wore face masks and protective gloves to place boxes of food and produce in clients’ vehicles as they drove up to the distribution point.
Volunteers distributed every item that Manna had loaded onto the truck – nearly 2,400 pounds of non-perishable dry goods and fresh produce.
The next distribution is scheduled for April 22.
— Mark March and Phil Roch, Catholic News Herald