Since this effort began in March, St. Mark PADS has provided 5381 meals to guests through December.

Due to the ongoing health guidelines, we will not be hosting guests each Monday night. The guests will remain sheltered in the hotels at least through March.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT YOU CAN HELP NOW

1. The PADS Sites have been asked to continue to provide the meals. St. Mark PADS will be providing hot dinners for 50 people one night each week. Our teams which usually prepare and serve the dinners for the St. Mark guests on Monday are organizing to provide this support. If you would like to assist this effort by baking or preparing portions of a dinner meal, please contact Maura Reschke mhreschke@icloud.com.

2. We also will be packing 5 Meal Boxes each week. Each meal box will provide breakfast and lunch for 2 people for the week. We are asking for donations to provide the food for these meal boxes.

If you are interested in helping, we use an application called Sign Up Genius. Via this tool, we have prepared a list of the food items which are needed to prepare the meal boxes. It is an easy way to see what is needed. You can choose what you want to contribute and drop off at St. Mark. This is the link to the Sign Up Genius for the Meal Boxes.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040844ABAC22A4F58-stmark

Drop-off of the food will be at the St. Mark Center on Saturday afternoons 3:00 - 5:00pm or Monday afternoons between 4:00 and 5:30pm.

If you have any questions about the Meal Box program or would like to contribute but cannot access the Sign Up Genius, please contact Mike Mokate - mike.mokate56@gmail.com or 847-846-6576.

Thank you for your generous support of this ministry for some of our most vulnerable neighbors.