Saint Charles Parish, Imperial Beach, San Diego, CA

Dear Friends of Saint Charles Caritas, Charity on the Border:

Greetings to all!

Last Saturday, Feb. 9th was a wonderful day for all the volunteers. These volunteers were the angels of mercy. They worked hard to prepare, cooked and served hundreds of plates of spaghetti/hot-dogs, juices and cake for the orphan children, 2 home for girls and home for the elderly at the Casa de Cuna. The children sung several songs of prayers and thanked and hugged us. We did not expect being hugged by the children. We were all delighted by their appreciations and some of us had teary eyes.

Volunteers were from Oceanside, Escondido, North Park, Coronado, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach & San Ysidro: Michael Ross, Margie Benzie & Susan Fields, Mary Wilson, Jack Stroh, April Stewart, Beth Wellner, Belia Ocampo, Marena Vera, Lupe Zamora & Elain Rechs.

February 16 & 17, Saturday & Sunday is Saint Charles Caritas Day. All the nuns and volunteers are at the exit doors waiting for your help. 100% of your donations will go to buy basic food, cleaning products and basic necessities for 8 charities, 2 in San Diego and 6 in Tijuana.

Caritas Schedule:

March 1, Saturday is the buying and bagging of food for Project# 12, for 250 poor families in the TJ dump site. We need volunteers in all ages at 9:30am garage#1 at St. Charles. We need baby food, bars of soap, shampoos, canned/dry food and etc.

On the 3rd weekend there is No Caritas Day in observance of the Holy Week and there will be no Costco buy.

March 29, Saturday is Project# 12 Distribution of Food at the dump site TJ. We need volunteers!

I hope to see you next weekend!

Warm regards,

Merlyn Baker
990 Saturn Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92154
tel# (619)428-0199
mbaker2020@aol.com
www.saintcharles.org