The mission of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church Family Assistance is to provide help to those in need within our community, and to serve Our Lord Jesus Christ by proclaiming His Good News through these acts of assistance.  The committee helps those in need utilize community resouces and provide direst aid whenever possible.

Our committee started this year with a $15,000 budget, and we received an additional $3,059 in donations from individuals and other sources.  To date we have spent $17,017.52, and have assisted 31 families, including 57 children. Twenty-one of these families were assisted with monetary help of some kind.  It may have been rent, utility help, food, medical bills or transportation assistance.  We were also able to help the other families receive assistance from other agencies or charitites.  In addition, we provided food with the family food boxes from Project Hope, helped families move, helped people locate needed furniture, and assisted in helping provide transportation.  In partnership with the Knights of Columbus, we provided two families with home construction needs.

If this activity looks interesting to you, just contact one of our members for more information as we can always use more help.  Our committee members are:  Tom Ament, Dick Hill, Pamela Cox, Sheila Harrison, Ed Keearns, Marvin Young, Wayne Kapple and Gary Wolfer.