Warm Nights

Items needed by Warm Nights will be collected on Sunday,
February 28th & Sunday, March 7th.  You can bring the items with you to our 9:30 am and 11:30 am Public Masses or Drive-up Communion.  You can also bring them to the SPX School Entrance from 12 – 2 pm.  Look for the Warm Nights Drop-off Sign and vehicle in front of the school.  This will be a touchless drive-by opportunity to help. 

In addition, to make helping even easier, you can also purchase off our Amazon Wish List which will allow you to purchase items on-line and have them sent directly to us for easy transport to the shelter.  If you choose to ship to the Wish List address (Maureen Mulroy),items need to arrive no later than Friday, March 12 to be included with the other donations.  You may also choose to ship the items to your home and then bring them to the drop-off location at Church on February 28th or March 7th.

You can access the Wish List HERE.

Non-perishable Food Items
Items should be individual size and commercially wrapped.

• Cereal – individual sized boxes/cups and Oatmeal
• Pastries – pop tarts, sweet rolls, donuts, breakfast bars, and similar
• Peanut Butter or Jelly
• Fruit in cups/small pop-top cans – applesauce, peaches, pears, mixed, etc.
• Juice – small boxes, plastic bottles,  assorted varieties
• Bottled water, Hot Cocoa, Gatorade
• Milk  (chocolate or white) – shelf storable only (no refrigeration available)
• Cup of soup and / or Macaroni and Cheese in individual cups
• Salty treats- individual sized (chips, popcorn, pretzels, PB crackers, cheese crackers)
• Sweet treats – individual sized (cookies, granola bars, brownies, candy bars)

• Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• Dental Floss
• Bar soap
• Shower gel
• Clothes washing Soap (pods preferred)
• Female hygiene products

Since refrigeration is limited at the hotel, they need 100 fresh lunches each day.  Our SPX week to provide lunches is March 14 – 20.  If you’d like to volunteer to help provide bag lunches, please send an email to Sally Hein at hein1@verizon.net with the number of lunches you can provide (in multiples of 10 – 10, 20, 30, etc) and your preferred drop-off date.  You will be contacted with a drop-off time and location here in Bowie.  Please do not bring bag lunches to the church.
 

Bag lunches should include:

• Sandwich (lunchmeat and cheese or PB&J are great options) – Please take extra care to use good hygiene when preparing sandwiches.
• Beverage (water, Gatorade)
• Fruit (can be fresh or fruit cup – please include a spoon if a cup is used)
• Bag of Chips (must be commercially packed)
• Cookies (or other sweet – must be commercially packed)

Bag Lunch Packaging
Please pack lunch in a plastic zip-lock bag (gallon) and label the bag with sandwich type (Ham & cheese, roast beef, Turkey & swiss, PB&J, etc.) Stapling an index card to the bag works well.