BLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS

Our thanks to all the people of the Trinity Family and the greater Astoria/LIC community for your generosity AGAIN with our annual Backpack and School supplies drive.

We were able to collect over 50 backpacks this year to help our children be ready for the start of the school year.

This year, in addition to some local children at area schools we were blessed to share our resources with some very worthy children from two different groups:

Immigrant Children in a Detention Center here in NYC- The Metro New York Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America provides a youth ministry for these kids, ages 7 to 17 years of age, getting them out of their facility for recreation and enjoyment. Trinity provided 50 backpacks filled with supplies for these children from other countries. What an honor to help them live with dignity as they begin school in their new country!

Children with the Hour Children program here in Astoria. This program provides housing, meals, job training & placement, counseling and life skills to mothers recently released from incarceration, so they can build healthy, independent and secure lives. Children live with their mothers and receive training, tutoring, and of course go to school in the local community. We are honored to help children in our community be ready for the new school year.

Trinity is so thankful to YOU for helping us in our community outreach. Without YOUR support, we would not be able to accomplish so much for our neighbors from near and far.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!

Please contact Luisana Santana TrinityLICOutreach@gmail.com for more information.