We recently donated items to ladies collecting for St Claire's Home in Neptune, NJ. St Claire's Home is a place for children with AIDS/HIV Positive. Many of the children live there. The women that bring items to them, are Carol, Mary Ann and Betty from Whiting. Before recieving the donations, they had a meeting with Fr. John, explaining that although they only collect for the Holidays the need is there all year. Although they are not in our immediate area, often children from local counties wind up there. Keeping within our mission, it would be another way of helping the needy and sick children. We were told the majority of the children are ages infants to 12 yrs. Items donated for their Christmas are as follows-1 stroller, 1 big box of toys for infants and toddlers, 2 boxes of infant and toddler clothes for Fall. For Winter/4 coats for size 2t-4t, baby blankets, crib sheets, 20 bibs for boys and girls ,pacifiers, 10 pairs like new shoes for toddlers, baby wash cloths,1 pink bac pack for school age child, socks for infants to toddlers, 12 books for early teens, 4 books for toddlers, 1 walker, 2 new bottles and a brand new mobile activity game for a crib. There are a total of 3 St Claire Homes in New Jersey: one in Neptune, Elizabeth and Jersey City.
Our second donation to St. Claire's consisted of: 2 Swings, stuffed animals, toys for boy,2 toddler jackets, a small back pack for a boy, a laundry bag, slippers and more newborn t-shirts, bibs and infant wash cloths, a foam puzzle, regular puzzles, playing cards and some powder and tights for a 6 yr old girl
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