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MANVILLE: Children lead effort in caring

They organize food, monetary donations for Caritas

   Children from three Manville churches and the Catholic elementary school led efforts to collect food and gift cards for families assisted through the Caritas organization, which is headed by borough resident Barbara Demchak through Christ the Redeemer Parish.
   Caritas is the Latin word for “caring and sharing” and the children worked together to collect 32 large deliveries of food, Easter treats and more than $1,300 in grocery gift cards to be distributed this week through Caritas.
   Additional donations arrived after the bags were assembled and these will be used to help stock the organization’s pantry for future needs. The children from Christ the King School, Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Holy Ghost Carpatho Orthodox Church, and St. Mary and St. Athanasios Coptic Orthodox Church enjoyed participating and coming together to make new friends from different churches.
   The delivery bags were assembled at Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church by an energetic group of kids, who were assisted by several adults and teens.
   A goal of the project was to help the children perform service during the Lenten season that would reinforce the teachings of their church in a meaningful and tangible way. The project was deemed successful and enjoyable, and should lead to future joint projects.