St. Vincent & Knights of Columbus Clothing Drive
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St. Vincent De Paul Society & the Knights of Columbus are holding their Annual Winter Clothing Drive on October 25th.Parishioners are invited to drop off clothes between 8am - 4pm in the St. Francis Room located inside the church. This year’s collection goes to the Calgary Drop In Centre , to assist the city’s homeless people, free of charge.Donations of winter type clothes are urgently needed for men, women & children. They are looking for "gently used" clothes of the following type: casual pants, jeans, cords, jogging pants, winter jackets, gloves, scarves, sweaters, plain T shirts, toques, running shoes, winter boots, new socks, the warmer the better, new underwear – both women’s & men’s - new towels & back-packs.Members of St. Vincent & the Knights will be on hand to accept your clothing donations. Please check your closets & bring down some warm clothes for the less fortunate in our community. Please pack the clothes in large garbage bags for ease in handling.The church cannot accept bags of clothing before October 25th due to lack of storge space.