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posted 06/21/2009 St. John's is a partner church for a very important diocesan summer program for children and youth living in violence 'hot spots.'
B-SAFE (Bishop's Summer Academic and Fun Enrichment) serves over 500 young people in Boston over the course of six weeks. It gives them a safe place to spend their summer days and a full schedule of academic and cultural activities, all with the help of volunteers from urban and suburban Episcopal churches who make and serve lunches and snacks and organize field trips every Friday to beaches, farms, parks, and museums.
St. John's is scheduled to
make lunches on Monday July 20th and Tuesday July 21st at St. Stephen's Church in Boston's South End. Volunteers are needed to cook (recipes are provided), deliver and serve on those two days. Please call Allison Marshall at (781)749-5456 if you can help out.
On Friday, July 24th, we will entertain a large group of children here in Hingham. We will start at Weir River Farm, where the kids will learn about the farm animals there and do a craft. After lunch at the church, we then head on to Wompatuck State Park for outdoor games. We need many volunteers of all ages to make this a successful B-SAFE week. Bring your children along and involve them in this vital - and fun! - outreach ministry at St. John's. Sign up sheets will be on the Narthex table; please call Nancy Goldthwait (781)826-4545 for more information.
One more request: we like to have lots of fun toys available for the kids during their time at Wompatuck.
On Sunday, June 28th when we say goodbye and thank you to Father Peter, please bring donations of jump ropes, whiffle balls, sidewalk chalk, etc. Thank you!!
