IT'S TIME TO MAKE PLANS
For Christmas in the Island Missions
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Fergal Redmond of Ireland, of course, is the real island Santa.
However, he will be assisted again this year by his trusted assistant from the United States who now has a matching beard.
A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS FOCUS ON
SAINT BENEDICT HOME FOR CHILDREN
In speaking to (Carmelite) Sister Nyra Anne (left) about the orphans she cares for at the Saint Benedict Home for Children and what we might do this coming Christmas. we came to an agreement.
Instead of toys, she asked if we might help furnish the new extension for boys with needed items. I agreed to see what we could do to help. (We have already purchased the needed bunk beds, mattress covers and bath towels.) Besides furnishings for the house, I told her that I thought we needed to give the kids something for under the tree as well. I tried to come up with something creative. He is what we agreed on together.
We will give each child $25.00 USD. Out of that, each child will make a donation to the parish Christmas collection where they go to church. We want to teach them to be givers, not just receivers. Out of what's left, they will go shopping for their own Christmas present in Kingstown and have lunch at the Kentucky Fried Chicken. Sister will teach them something about Kentucky and where their gift came from in the USA. (I have provided a world map, a United States map and a Kentucky map and some pictures of famous Kentuckians and places.) If they have any change left over, it will go into their personal savings accounts that we are setting up for each child.
The savings accounts are a new idea, but a very important one. In the past, when and if it was time to leave the home they had nothing to begin a new life outside the home. We will continue to put small amounts into their savings accounts as we go along.
IMPORTANT QUESTION
Does anyone out there have any connection with the
management at Kentucky Fried Chicken or Yum Brands?
Maybe they would be willing to help with this project or feature a story about in their business publications?
I have personally promoted their franchises on several occasions
when I have volunteered down there, as well as in Trinidad and Barbados.
If you have any connections. maybe you can get them to call me?
Father Ronald Knott
502-303-4571
One of the two KFC locations in Kingstown, SVG
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
OPTION ONE
If you would like to sponsor one of the twenty-one children for their Christmas shopping trip, their donation to a charity, their lunch to Kentucky Fried Chicken and to help launch their savings account, a donation of $25.00 USD for each child would be wonderful. Sponsor one or as many as you like.
OPTION TWO
If you would like to help furnish the new extension for boys (Unit Two), we would be happy to accept your donations toward the needed major appliances, kitchen utensils, second floor balcony safety enclosure, propane gas tanks for the kitchen and a generator when the electricity goes out (as it often does, which scares the kids at night).
WRITE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:
St. Bartholomew Church - SVG Mission Fund
MAIL CHECKS TO:
Rev. Ronald Knott
Catholic SECOND WIND GUILD
1271 Parkway Gardens Court #106
Louisville, KY 40217
WAITING FOR SANTA
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