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St. Joseph School Avon Lake Organizes Candy Drive to Benefit Local Organizations
AVON LAKE, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2010 -- Students at St. Joseph School Avon Lakerecently organized a post-Halloween candy drive to benefit local nonprofits.
Through their candy drive, St. Joseph students donated approximately a couple hundred pounds of candy. The candy gathered will be distributed to Arrupe House at St. Ignatius for their Christmas Party for inner city children, as well as the West Side Catholic Center, the Catholic Charities Family Center in Lorain, and the food pantry at Mary Mother of God in Lorain.
About St. Joseph Parish Avon Lake
St. Joseph Parish Avon Lake (www.stjosephavonlake.org) is a Catholic community committed to celebrating the Eucharist and encouraging stewardship as a way of life. A member of the Diocese of Cleveland, it was founded in 1949 and has grown to its current enrollment of 1,750 registered families. St. Joseph Parish’s dedication to Catholic education is demonstrated through St. Joseph School, which serves grades K-8 and has been identified as a benchmark school for the Cleveland Diocese. The Parish is the only Catholic Church in Lorain County that currently offers a Sunday evening Mass at 5:00 PM, providing parishioners and the community with more options for attending Sunday Mass.
Pictured from left to right: St. Joseph students Raphael Almhana, Megan Ryan and Veronica Warren as they help organize the candy that was donated.