Conference President Jack Harris Chaplin Deacon Robert Lemay Food Pantry Dick Reilly Needy Cases Don Chabot Thrift Shop Mary Daly Hospital Visits Norm Laroque Noah Shelter Pat Hurton Lorraine Ghibaudi Friendly Visits Pat Henry Treasurer Charles Feeney Secretary Marty Henry Membership Dotty Hiltz

St Vincent DePaul Society “No work of Charity is foreign to the Society”   MISSION STATEMENT The Mission of the Christ the King Conference is to help the needy within our parish boundaries regardless of race, creed, political standing or origin. One of the basic tenants of the society is to meet face to face with those in need and help with food, clothing and charitable aid.

St Vincent DePaul ~ Housing With Love Walk

"Celebrity Walker" Msgr. Hoye and Don Chabot Thursday, July 15 Cape Cod Canal

Conference President ~ Jack Harris

Christ the King Conference of St. Vincent DePaul Society was founded in 1984 almost
simultaneously with the CTK Parish. It has grown in size from12 members to 296
volunteers working in five ministries. The St. Vincent DePaul Society is a lay Catholic
organization founded in 1833. Its purpose today, as in 1833, is to help the needy.
The Society was founded by Fredric Ozanam, a student at the University of Paris, to
help the poor in Paris. It was named after St. Vincent DePaul who was known for
helping the poor in the 1600’s.

Our Conference is part of the Cape & Islands District, comprised of 17 Catholic
Parishes committed to serving those in need. We in turn are connected to the State,
National and International Vincentian community, again with the sole purpose of
following in the footsteps of St. Vincent DePaul and his mission.

GROWTH
In the early eighties the society, with 12 members, visited the sick in local hospitals, visited the shut-ins, those in need of a friendly face and met with needy families. In 1987, in conjunction with the NOAH Shelter in Hyannis, a fourth ministry was formed to assemble and cook meals twice a month. That program was expanded to supply clothing. That year we started collecting money for Christmas gifts. In 1989 our own Food Pantry was established by an expanded membership of 23! By 1991 it grew to 58. In 1996 a clothing center was opened on Route 28, again with the mission of helping the needy with a now astounding 100 members. From humble beginnings we have grown today to 296 members and we still need more. As you will read below the Pantry has seen a growth from 25 families a week to 95 families. We expend $70,000 worth of food a year. The clothing store has grown to three buildings providing clothing to the needy and also the astute shoppers. We now have 10 Needy Case Workers who meet with clients in their home to assist with financial issues which have only grown worse due to our faltering economy. We spent about $4000.00 a months in housing, fuel and energy assistance.

This past Thanksgiving, Christ the King Parishioners participated in assembling, purchasing a non-perishable Thanksgiving dinner, with all the fixings, and the society added a family sized turkey and vegetables for over 180 families who use our pantry. It was a colossal success.

The Parish community continued to support the Parish and the Society‘s efforts to bring Christmas to those in need. $14,000.00 was raised to give a Christmas dinner, Gift Certificates for children and Food Gift certificates to supplement the Christmas dinner. We received many “thank you” notes from families and children thanking us for their gifts.

I join the Board of Directors and all the volunteers in thanking the Christ The King Parish for your continued support.
Jack Harris, Conference President

Food Pantry ~ Dick Reilly

THE FOOD PANTRY

The Food Pantry is open every Wednesday between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon; as well as the second and last Wednesday of every month between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. Our goal is to provide food supplies for a five-day period to those families in need. Approximately eighty-five families are served each week, assisted by our seventy-one volunteers.

We receive food supplies from the Greater Boston Food Bank, which we rely upon to furnish quality and varied foods. We are also the recipients of the Federal Government USDA and State MEFAP programs. We have 3 major grants we received monies from in 2009 FEMA, Kelley Fund and Project Bread. We purchase food from food wholesalers as well as local supermarkets. Both Roche Bros. and Stop & Shop very generously donate items from their Bakeries each week. Roache Bros. also provides damaged and discontinued canned goods to the pantry. All 3 stores donate a significant amount of dollars they collect specifically for our pantry the 2010 dollar amount was $5,500.00. We also received $6,000.00 in each of the past 2 years from the New Seabury Women's Club. Parishioners donate food on a regular basis in response to appeals made through the weekly Parish Bulletin for certain items. We benefit from a number of Food Drives such as the USPS Mother’s Day Drive, Foxboro Food Terminal, local schools, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and local Banks, to name a few.

Parishioners participate in “Fill a Bag” Program every Thanksgiving which provides a traditional Thanksgiving meal complete with turkey and all the trimmings. Last year over 267-families benefited. A similar program is provided at Christmas when either a ham or turkey dinner is provided. This Easter we collaborated with St. Barnabas Episcopal Parish to provide dinner for 150-families.

However, our costs have increased to over $50,000.00 per year; which is being sustained by the generosity of the parishioners of Christ the King.

Needy Cases ~ Don Chabot

NEEDY CASES

St. Vincent De Paul, through its Needy Case Ministry, provides emergency assistance to those, who because of sickness, injury, job loss, or other situations, require help in meeting their bills. Emergency assistance may include helping to pay a utility bill, rent/mortgage, or for another of life’s necessities. A home visit is required where the SVDP Case Worker team would assess the needs and means of the client and work out a help plan – this is done on a confidential basis and sensitive to the dignity of the client. In addition to financial assistance the plan may include providing food and clothing through SVDP’s Pantry and Clothing Center.

Our guideline is to give a client financial help once in eighteen months. We network with other help agencies on the Cape and they participate in many of our financial packages.

Our Needy Case Ministry covers parish boundaries in the communities of Mashpee, Cotuit and Marstons Mills (West of Route 149).

Need help? You may reach us by calling the Christ the King Parish Office at 508- 477-7700 and follow the prompts to SVDP Help Line where you can leave a message.

Thrift Shop ~ Mary Daly

THRIFT SHOP

The Clothing Center, located at 4463 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, is committed to serving the needs of the community through the distribution and sale of used clothes and household items of good quality at very low prices. We also sell furniture at reasonable prices. Gently used clothing, as well as household items and furniture are accepted. Please call us at 508-420-0949 to talk about furniture.

The shop is open Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 3pm. All are welcome to come and shop and proceeds are used to support the works of our own St. Vincent de Paul Society in giving financial aid to the needy, maintaining the food pantry, and providing help wherever needed. We have 146+ volunteers who dedicate their time in a spirit of friendship and caring for one another and the community in which we serve.  We are very proud of our Center for the wonderful quality of clothing, the friendly atmosphere – and above all the FANTASTIC BARGAINS!

The Clothing Center ~ 4463 Falmouth Road, Cotuit ~ Tel. 508-420-0949 ~ Hours: Tues. – Sat., 10 AM – 3 PM ~ Director: Mary Daly Co-Directors: Pat & Maury Gifford

Hospital Visits ~ Norm Laroque

HOSPITAL VISITATION

Our ministry is to bring Christ’s love to ailing parishioners hospitalized at Cape Cod or Falmouth Hospital. We approach this ministry with a listening attitude, bringing a cherry hello assuring them that the parish cares and offers prayers for their speedy recovery. The purpose of the visit is explained and the current church bulletin is given. After a chat we offer to follow up with a home visit and a prayer card is left with each patient.

Training is done by the director and new visitors usually accompany the director on orientation visits. The visitors rotate over a Four month period and scheduled for one day a week. Local patients are gathered from the Hospital Chaplin. The visitors report their visits to the director as well as requests to have a priest or deacon visit at the hospital. A firm belief in “We are Family” guides the footsteps of each visitor in their hospital rounds.

Noah Shelter ~ Pat Hurton & Lorraine Ghibaudi

NOAH SHELTER MINISTRY

NOAH Shelter in Hyannis provides overnight housing for individual men and women as well as an evening meal and breakfast. The shelter relies on various churches and organizations to provide a dinner for eighty people each night. Christ The King SVDP Cooking Team has been cooking dinners for NOAH Shelter twice each month for over twenty years. With over sixty members we are able to divide the group into four teams so that each person cooks part of a meal every other month in their own home. We now cook for eighty people each time to cover some homeless people who are not able to stay overnight. Our members find this ministry very satisfying.

Several members of our Society have been volunteering directly at NOAH Shelter for many years. We sort and organize the clothing donations. Our SVDP Thrift Shop donates much of the needed clothing.

Our SVDP also provides a generous quarterly allowance to purchase items that are much needed at the shelter but not usually included in donations of clothing. This winter this allowance has enabled the purchase of underwear, socks, thermal underwear, sweat pants, warm caps, and gloves.

Friendly Visits ~ Pat Henry

FRIENDLY VISITORS

The friendly visitors’ ministry began just following the creation of the Society. Then Father Tosti wanted a group to visit parishioners who were homebound, lonely, in nursing homes or in hospital. Shortly after it started, the hospital visits was given to another group so that the Eucharist could be brought to parishioners in hospital. Lynne Waterman was the first chair, and she also functioned as the Outreach Coordinator for the Town's Senior Center. She still will send us names of people she comes across who are desirous of a friendly visit. The parish office also receives requests for visitors. Our volunteers are carefully screened before they are allowed to begin their ministry. We currently have 16 volunteers in our Friendly Visitors Ministry.

Treasurer ~ Charles Feeney

TREASURER

As a member of the Board of Directors, the Treasurer manages the finances of the Conference, ensures development and Board review of financial policies and procedures, as well as preparing the monthly financial report for Board Meetings. Annual reports are generated for submittal to the SVDP Cape Cod and Islands District Council. All donations, grants and disbursement monies are made along with providing required reports. The Treasurer assists with preparing the data for grant applications and also provides financial counsel to the Conference President and to the Pastor.

Secretary ~ Marty Henry

SECRETARY

The Secretary is responsible for keeping the records of the Conference. The minutes of the monthly Board of Directors are recorded and distributed for approval. All donations are acknowledged in writing with our heartfelt thanks.
The Secretary also acts as the conference historian.

Membership ~ Dotty Hiltz

MEMBERSHIP
As the growth of the conference continues to expand it has become necessary to record all of the 296 people who make the different ministries function. Each ministry tracks their volunteers and we record them by name address and contact information. The lists are updated quarterly.






AWARDS

The Town of Mashpee, Human Services Committee, awarded St. Vincent DePaul Society the “2009 Humanitarian Award” recognizing the work of our Vincentians which “goes above and beyond to make a positive contribution to the Town”. In these uncertain economic times there is a tremendous call to help those in need here in our parish.
We are pleased and humbled to receive this award and want to thank the 297 Vincentians for their hard work and dedication to the ministry. This award is also earned by all the parishioners of Christ the King Parish who continue to support the works of the St. Vincent DePaul Society.