The following is a recap that your conference was able to provide based on your monetary donations and food for our weekly food pantry. Food Pantry (Monthly Average) Total number of families – 53, Adults – 102, Children – 56. Your food contributions were valued at approximately $16,265. Your generous donation of gift cards for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas allowed us to provide a $20, $25 or $40 gift card to our neighbors to purchase a special item for their meals. You provided the following in total value. Easter - $1,455, Thanksgiving - $1,885, Christmas - $1,660. Rent and Utilities: Rent - $8,176.43, Consumer’s Energy - $659, DTE - $1,429.27, Beds - $1,359.41. Your monetary donations and contributions to our Poor Boxes made this support to our Neighbors in Need (NIN) possible. SVdP store vouchers are provided to our NIN to purchase clothing, household items and furniture. We receive unlimited $25 vouchers for hosting an annual Bundle Weekend. This past year we provided $2,750 in store vouchers. As President I am grateful for the strong conference we have here at St. Faustina. We have 14 active members. This past year they provided 2,397 volunteer hours. I would like to thank the following individuals who make our physical work possible: Joan Theisen, Bill Mullersman, Kristie Cholewa, Gail Badyna, Marilyn Cantalini, John Couture, Anita Daris, Hilda DeCroix, Noranda Gelardi, Larry Haggerty, Stan Kleszcz, Mary Lou Kryzminski, Edlynn Rehn, Dolores Schreiber, Suzy Szczerba and Linda Walny. We are grateful for your continued support. Please continue to pray for our conference and the neighbors we are helping. To make a donation to us please make your check out to St Faustina St Vincent de Paul. It can be placed in our weekly offertory in a separate envelope. Joannie Matiyow SVdP President