To The Editor:

St. Peter’s Outreach Ministry extends our heartfelt thanks to the entire community for support of our 2023 Christmas Program. Your generosity enabled us to provide food to 352 families and gifts to 449 children ensuring a brighter holiday for those in need.

Thanks to all those who donated financial support and purchased gifts for the children. We are so grateful to those who volunteered their time to pack food boxes and assist with our distribution.

Thank you to Dollar Tree for the donation of toys. And we are most grateful to McDonald’s for their donation of hundreds of boxes. Our food boxes literally would be impossible without their generosity.

We thank the parishioners of St. John’s Episcopal Church and St. Peter’s Parish who purchased gifts; Arconic for their Action Grant donation and their team of Tammy Lakins, Susan Hauer, Ken Hurlbut and Eowyn Doud who assisted with the Christmas Distribution; the Knights of Columbus, Massena Fire Department, AmVets Post #4, AmVets Ladies Auxiliary, Moose Lodge, Massena Figure Skating Club, IBEW, Italian-American Club Association, Italian-American Club Ladies Christmas Dinner, Local 1822 International Laborers Union, Hoot Owl Enterprises, Laughing Hyena, Johnson’s H2O, JC Towers, Dufresne Real Estate, Rochester Regional HealthMassena Hospital, Community Bank, Twin Rivers Federal Credit Union, NBT Bank, Massena Savings and Loan, Paul Post Realty, Edmund Zysik DDS, Moser’s Trim, Carl Scruggs DDS, Stubbs Printing, Mark Bogdan CPA, Frary Funeral Home, Bears Den, Corner Convenience and Mart, Arconic, Joel Nezezon DVM, and Vanguard for their financial assistance.

We are most grateful to those who responded to our Christmas Letter with donations, offers to volunteer and prayers. Every donation enabled us to make Christmas merrier for so many in our community. Your generosity was remarkable and most appreciated.

Our gratitude is extended to Border Patrol Agents Sean Fay, Andrew Lawall and Mat Miller, and State Trooper Mike Roman for assistance with deliveries. We thank Pizza Hut and Subway for providing food for our volunteers as well as Alex’s Ice House for help with storage. Without the efforts of cart pushers Doug Premo, Mike DeRosie, Larry French, Dave Gerace, Jerry Manning, Steve O’Shaugnessy, Dave Gagne, Jim Deshaies, Vance Fleury, and Matt Beard our program wouldn’t have run as smoothly as it did. Thank you to North Country Now for advertising and communicating information about our program.  

St. Peter’s Outreach Ministry’s 2023 Christmas Program was successful because of all those who gave so selflessly of their time, talent, and treasure. May God bless you all in 2024 and beyond.

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Kitty Samuel, Elaine LaPage,

Carole Toomey, Beverly Robinson,

and Marylou Francia

Christmas Program Chairs

On behalf of all the members and benefactors of St. Peters Outreach Ministry