Mary Costello and Marilyn Burke attended the December 1 membership meeting with Mary giving an informative presentation about the origin and mission of Helping Hands, a Sacred Heart of Jesus volunteer organization.  Currently there are more than 90 volunteers, including 13 Knights, who help fellow parishioners with a variety of services including: 1) transportation; 2) care-giver relief ; 3) shopping assistance; 4)  meal preparation; 5) visitations; 6) contacting those on the prayer list; and, 7) buddy phone system.

Mary Costello (left) and Marilyn Burke

While more volunteers can always be used, just as important, however, is for everyone to help identify people in need and to report them to either  Mary or Marilyn at 922-3915 and 915-8833 respectively, so appropriate services can be offered.  In addition to weekly notices in the Bulletin, there are sign-up and information forms  in the Narthex.