Mercy Associates Help at Readiness Center
Sisters of Mercy Associates and friends from Michigan and Chicago joined Sisters Paulita Walters and Sharon Wedig at the Readiness Center in Benton Harbor, MI, for a day of service and fun. They came on July 21 to cut out everything from pumpkins to Christmas trees. They stapled Mexican sombreros and fish and flowers. The seasonal projects provide Sister Paulita materials to offer lots of exciting “small-motor-skills fun” (pasting and coloring) for her 50 to 60 preschoolers throughout the school year. The Readiness Center, founded by Sister Paulita in 1980, is a pre-school program for children from the inner city of Benton Harbor. The center also provides an afterschool program called “City Kids” to give first through seventh graders a place to do their homework, use computers, and help each other out in a safe environment. More about the Readiness Center here: http://www.readinesscenterinc.org/ More good news came in July. |
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Sister Maria Campos recently spent two months working with a Mayan cooperative in Chiapas, Mexico. The cooperative was started two years ago thanks to a Mercy Action Grant.