I just wanted to thank everyone who came to last Wednesday’s Family Night potluck and who helped to assemble the donations for Street Level Health Project. What a great turnout! Putting together those hygiene packets and creating all of those packages of rice and beans was a lot of fun. The kids were especially helpful in making it a successful night. In a very short amount of time, we assembled 100 hygiene packets and measured out a total of 200 pounds of rice and 200 pounds of beans into individual ziploc packages!

In addition to the toiletry items that went into the hygiene kits, several of you donated articles of clothing. I know that Laura Lopez and all of the staff at Street Level appreciate your generosity so very much. .

We delivered the rice and beans to Street Level’s office last Friday afternoon, and I hope to deliver the rest of the items later this week.

All of the items that we’re donating will be distributed to the community members who are served by Street Level at their pre-Thanksgiving party in Oakland’s Fruitvale district on late Tuesday afternoon, November 22. If there are any of you who think you might be interested in attending, whether as an observer or as a volunteer, you certainly would be most welcome. I personally will probably not be able to attend as I am most likely going to be leaving town early that week to visit relatives for Thanksgiving, but if you think you might be interested, please let me know and I can provide you with more information.

Regardless of whether any of the Holy Innocents community can attend, I am hoping to be able to get some photos from their party so that you’ll be able to make a connection between the work that you’ve put into this project and the difference that it’s making in the lives of the immigrant and low-wage workers and their families who are served at Street Level Health Project.

In the meantime, we actually wound up with several extra toiletry items that we’ll be sending to Junie’s soldier friends in Afghanistan.

Thanks again for helping to make a difference!

Tom Logan