One of the first sleeping bags our Golden Bees made - 28 years ago!
For the year 2023, we made and gave out 307 sleeping bags and health kits. Each bag comes with a small pillow, hat, scarf and mittens or gloves, along with a throw for extra warmth. Bags and kits were given to:
Rhode Island – John 15
Southbridge, MA 65
Webster, MA – Cabinet in Courtyard of Church 42
Worcester, MA – Salvation Army 84
Worcester, MA - Mustard Seed 101
Total 307
We would like to thank everyone who donated their time, talents, items and finances to our ministry.
Members of this Ministry are: , , , , , , and
The Golden Bees:
Edna Patri Avis Brady Alice LeBoeuf Susan Schade
Regina Kontoes Donna Marie Plummer Patti Davis Sylvia Gamache
Sandy Snider Charlene LaChapelle Betty Esposito Jeannette Palazini
Marcine Byczko Richard Byczku Kay Lanciault Arlene Gaudette
Cindy Denson Mary Chabot Carol Beauchesne Lorraine Ferrai
Theresa Smith Jeannie Nawrocki Judy Ziemski Carolyn Duffy
Rhode Island – John 15
Southbridge, MA 65
Webster, MA – Cabinet in Courtyard of Church 42
Worcester, MA – Salvation Army 84
Worcester, MA - Mustard Seed 101
Total 307
We would like to thank everyone who donated their time, talents, items and finances to our ministry.
Members of this Ministry are: , , , , , , and
The Golden Bees:
Edna Patri Avis Brady Alice LeBoeuf Susan Schade
Regina Kontoes Donna Marie Plummer Patti Davis Sylvia Gamache
Sandy Snider Charlene LaChapelle Betty Esposito Jeannette Palazini
Marcine Byczko Richard Byczku Kay Lanciault Arlene Gaudette
Cindy Denson Mary Chabot Carol Beauchesne Lorraine Ferrai
Theresa Smith Jeannie Nawrocki Judy Ziemski Carolyn Duffy
SLEEPING BAG MINISTRY
Our Ministry is to make sleeping bags and health kits for the homeless, whether through circumstance or natural disaster, near and far.
Our sleeping bags have gone to the Dominican Republic; Albania; New York; Bridger and Spencer, South Dakota; Moore, Oklahoma; Maine; Rhode Island; Putnam Danielson, Woodstock, Bristol, Moosup and Vernon, Connecticut and Brookfield, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Auburn, Webster, Oxford, Leominister, Worcester, Boston, Dudley and other area towns in Massachusetts.
We meet weekly to make the sleeping bags and health kits at:
The United Church of Christ, Federated
4 Church Street
Webster, Massachusetts 01570
Each sleeping bag contains a small pillow, hat, scarf, and mittens or gloves secured with neckties. The health kits contain a washcloth, hand towel, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, bible or inspirational book plus extra items such as shampoo, hand lotion, tissues (small package), etc. We depend on donations of these items and it is greatly appreciated.
Any donations may be dropped off at the church office Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM or you may call the church office or Edna Patri.
Church Office: 508-943-0061
Edna Patri: 508-832-0392
Our sleeping bags have gone to the Dominican Republic; Albania; New York; Bridger and Spencer, South Dakota; Moore, Oklahoma; Maine; Rhode Island; Putnam Danielson, Woodstock, Bristol, Moosup and Vernon, Connecticut and Brookfield, Southbridge, Sturbridge, Auburn, Webster, Oxford, Leominister, Worcester, Boston, Dudley and other area towns in Massachusetts.
We meet weekly to make the sleeping bags and health kits at:
The United Church of Christ, Federated
4 Church Street
Webster, Massachusetts 01570
Each sleeping bag contains a small pillow, hat, scarf, and mittens or gloves secured with neckties. The health kits contain a washcloth, hand towel, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, bible or inspirational book plus extra items such as shampoo, hand lotion, tissues (small package), etc. We depend on donations of these items and it is greatly appreciated.
Any donations may be dropped off at the church office Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM or you may call the church office or Edna Patri.
Church Office: 508-943-0061
Edna Patri: 508-832-0392