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Parish Social Ministry
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hello, and Welcome!
Scott Wright, Director
Social Ministry PROJECTS

See a List Sorted by Catagories
at:   indexgroups.htm

This list includes projects that are past and/or seasonal.

  • AIDS Survivors get Help
  • Advocates for Justice - Legislative Alerts
  • Affordable Housing Task Force 
  • BUDGET COUNSELING - BUC$
  • Belarus, Host a Child
  • CATHOLIC LEGISLATIVE DAY - April
  • Car Donations 1-877-788-4623 
  • Cell Phone Donations
  • Christian Service & SVdP joint Committee Group
  • Christmas Dinner Party for Perry Nursery School
  • Christmas in Action - Home Repair in April
  • Christsmas Regift Box
  • Chore Day Nov. -Neighborhood Senior S.
  • Clothing Drive - Poland & Ukraine
  • Coalition Against Violence
  • Community Kitchen @ St. Francis PAC, a bulk-buying club. 
  • Counseling Assistance Program 
  • CROP Walk - October 
  • DIABETES Walk -Sept 
  • Disarmament Project
  • Disaster Relief (& CRS) Task Force
  • Donations of Any Items
  • Elizabeth Ministry for Household Help
  • Emergency Assistance 
  • Fair Trade Shopping
  • Food/Grocery Drives
  • Foster Parenting
  • Garden Project, Sustainable 
  • Giving Tree for Christmas
  • Habitat for Humanity 
  • Health Ministry
  • HEART WALK - October
  • Help Stop Abortion With Your Signature
  • HIV - AIDS Walk - Sept 
  • Holy Family Camp Alabaré Campo Familiar
  • Home Bound Ministry
  • Horseback Ride-A-Thon-Oct 
  • Housing Foreclosure Prevention
  • Hunger Coalition -Serve Supper
  • India - Home of Hope - Orphanage
  • Jail & Prison Ministry
  • Jubilee USA Network
  • Juvenile Detention Center
  • Kenya Help...
  • Leadership Formation
  • Lenten Service Projects
  • Life Chain - October
  • Mentoring
  • Migrant Ministry
  • N. Senior Services Chore Day-Nov 6
  • NonViolence Training - Peace Team
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer for Life
  • Project Rachel
  • Pro-Life Committee
  • Rebuilding Together
  • Respect Life Issues
  • Rice Bowl for CRS
  • Safe House Christmas Dinner Party - Dec
  • St. Vincent de Paul STORE
  • SEEK CHRIST, SEEK Simplicity for Christmas
  • Serve a Meal for the Hungry
  • Service Projects, EXTRA-Parish List
  • Shelter Programs
  • Shopping Fair Trade
  • Sister Parishes with whom we Twin
  • Sister Parish at St. Benedict, Highland Park 
  • Sister Parish at Corpus Christi, Detroit 
  • Sister Parish at Saint Paul the Apostle, New Orleans
  • Sister Parish International
  • Special Collections - Disaster Relief
  • Stephen Ministry Group
  • Tax Assistance 
  • Tele-Care Ministry
  • Transportation Ministry
  • Veterans on MEMORIAL DAY
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  • Past & Seasonal Projects (Previous Links)
  • Notes
  • Weekly Bulletin Forum
    NEW, 
    past and/or seasonal:
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    SACK HOMELESSNESS!!!
    Join our discussion about homelessness on our blog

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    Lenten Project
    SACK HOMELESSNESS!!!
    Have a Heart For Those Without A Home
    IN WASHTENAW COUNTY!

    March 6 - April 17, 2011 Calendar
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  • Spirit of Assisi 
  • Peace Concert:
    featuring Song & Spirit
    Sun, March 20

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    ENERGY EDUCATION
    Monday, March 22

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  • Grow Your Business with Online Marketing:
  • FREE Seminar
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    Sign-up Here
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  • Pro-life Events

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  • How to Start A Business Tues, Feb 15 at 7:00PM 

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  • Job Fair Oct 22 @ 4-8PM
  • Power of the Purpose
    Career Network

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  • Career Network - Power of the Purpose Event:
  • For All ENGINEERS
    February 22.
    Learn more & Sign-up

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  • St. Francis' Career 
  • Transition Workshop 
    with Careers Through Faith
    begins Jan 14th. 2010. Register!

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  • Pro-life Events- Jan

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    January 17, 2010
    Special Collection
    Haiti Earthquake Survivors - all funds go to Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
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  • a visit from
  • India - April 28th
    Home of Hope - Orphanage

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  • Frugal Francis: : ideas to cut costs

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  • Habitat for Humanity
  • 2009 Catholic Build

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    Go Deeper With God
    LENTEN
    Energy Fast to Sack Hunger!

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  • My Lenten Offering:
  • Build A House-
    Housing in Washtenaw County

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  • Health Fair !!!!!!!
  • Sun, April 26, 2009 
    (9am-2pm) in the St. Francis School Gym. 
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  • Housing Questions & Answers
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  • Housing Foreclosure Prevention

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  • Caring for Persons who are Divorced & Separated
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  • Migrant Ministry
  • May - October

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  • Mission Trip to 
  • Central America

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    Stephen Ministry
    Discernment Seminar
    Thurs, Sept 11 & Oct 16

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  • BLOOD DRIVE

  • at St .Francis on Sun, Sept. 14th  8 am - 2pm 
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  • LIFE CHAIN - Oct 3, 2010, 

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  • Sustainable Garden
  • Project &
    Organic Seed Sale

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  • CROP Walk -Oct 12

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  • Frugal Francis: ideas to cut costs

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  • Going South to New Orleans to Help Clean-up
  • Rebuild-a-Home
    with Catholic Charities
    New Orleans

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  • Justice for Immigrants:
  • A Catholic Perspective
    Thurs, Oct 2 EVENT

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  • Shelter - Oct 13-19

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  • Serve a Meal for the Hungry

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  • Community Kitchen @ St. Francis PAC, a bulk-buying club. 
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  • NSS Chore Day - 2008
  • Nov 8

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  • Food/Grocery Drive
  • November

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  • November 8, 9, 10, 2008, Sat, Sun & Mon / Morikawa Conference on Middle East Peacemaking / in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Southeast Michigan area to come together - 821-2121
    (with Elias Chacour, Noted Peace Activist, Named Archbishop in Israel also spending some time at St. Francis NOVEMBER 9 and /or 12 possible events at St. Francis -- ask Fr. Jim and/ or Marty Lucas to supply info…)
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  • Jail & Prison Ministry

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  • Jail & Prison Ministry

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  • Pregnancy Help - 
  • Oct - Special Collection

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  • Habitat for Humanity
  • 2009 Catholic Build

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  • Twinning in  
  • New Orleans
    with St. Paul the Apostle

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  • Twinning in 
  • Detroit
    with Corpus Christi Parish

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  • Christmas Giving Tree - Advent - December

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    Christsmas Regift Box

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  • Perry Nursery School Christmas Dinner Party - Dec 11, 2008

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  • TAX Assistance

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    Join us in commemorating the 
    Reverend Dr. 
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    on January 17 & 18, 2009

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  • Pro-life Events- Jan

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    Extra-Parish
  • Lent Service Projects

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  • Food Drive -February

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  • Shelter- February __-__

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  • Health Fair 
  • Sun, April 26, 2009 
    (9am-2pm) in the St. Francis School Gym. 
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  • Repair a Home with Christmas in ACTION Sat, April 24, 2010.

  • Christmas in Action - Home Repair in April

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  • Shelter - June 7-13, 2010

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    CLOTHES for DIGNITY
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  • Clothing Drives
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  • Clothing Drive - Poland & Ukraine
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  • Christmas Giving Tree - Advent - December

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  • St. Vincent de Paul STORE
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    SHELTER for REST
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  • Shelter- February 6-13

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  • Shelter - Oct __--__

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  • Shelter - April __-__

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  • Habitat for Humanity

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  • Christmas in April - Rebuilding Together

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  • Adopt-a-House
  • Rebuild-a-Home
    with Catholic Charities
    New Orleans

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  • Twinning in  
  • New Orleans
    with St. Paul the Apostle

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  • Going South to Help Clean-up

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    Mission Trip to 
    Central America
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  • NSS Chore Day - Nov __
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  • Affordable Housing Task Force 
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  • Housing Foreclosure Prevention

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    FOOD to EAT
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  • Fresh Water -
  • Drill a Well in Nigeria,
    Assist an Immigrant
     

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  • Serve a Meal for the Hungry

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  • Sustainable Garden
  • Project &
    Organic Seed Sale

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  • Food Drive -February

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  • Food/Grocery Drive June

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  • Grow Your Business with Online Marketing:  FREE Seminar
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    Sign-up Here
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  • Food Drive in June for 
  • Kids in Detroit
    at our youth camp where
    75% of Kids 
    Cannot Afford Meals.

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  • Catholic Social Teaching - Who Are The Poor;
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    Care for God’s Creation;
    Health Care;
    Workers' Rights;
    Human Dignity,
    Participation and
    Life Responsibilities...

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  • Food/Grocery Drive
  • November

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  • Perry Nursery School Christmas Dinner Party - Dec 7, 2006

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  • Safe House Christmas Dinner Party - Dec

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  • Operation Rice Bowl

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  • CROP Walk -Oct 8

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    ADVOCACY for POOR
    &
    VISIT with LONELY
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  • Emergency Assistance
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  • Jail & Prison Ministry

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  • Jail & Prison Ministry

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  • Elizabeth Ministry

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  • Stephen Ministries

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  • Tele-Care Ministry
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  • Home Bound Ministry
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  • Counseling Assistance Program
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  • TAX Assistance

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  • Budgeting Strategies by SVdP

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  • Frugal Francis: : ideas to cut costs
  • Frugal Francis is our list of ways to live frugally and faithfully during the challenges which the current economy posses.
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  • Transportation Ministry
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  • Our Parish Car Donation Program - Volunteers Needed

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  • Car Donations 1-800-309-2886 
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  • Disabilities Liaison

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  • Advocates for Justice - Legislative Alerts
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  • CATHOLIC LEGISLATIVE DAY - April

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    Faithful Citizenship
    Media Resources/Articles

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  • LIFE CHAIN -Sept 28

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  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer for Life Sunday, December

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  • Pro-life Events- Jan

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  • Pregnancy Help - 
  • Oct - Special Collection

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  • Baby Shower for Problem Pregnancy Help (PPH):

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  • Help Stop Abortion - Stop Injustice With Your Signature, That They Might HAVE LIFE:

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  • Catholic Teaching Applied on WAR & Poverty

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  • Migrant Ministry
  • May - October

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  • Immigration:
  • A Catholic Perspective

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  • Darfur - STOP the Genocide - act now! 

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  • ICPJ's Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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  • Catholic Campaign to
  • Ban Landmines

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  • NonViolence Training, Sat., June 4

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  • Special Collections - Disaster Relief
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  • Shopping Fair Trade
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  • SEEK CHRIST 

  •  SEEK Simplicity for
    Christmas

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    Join us in commemorating the 
    Reverend Dr. 
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    on January 19 & 20

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    VARIETY of
    SERVICE PROJECTS
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    Extra-Parish

  • Lent Service Projects

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  • Foster Parents-Oct 

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  • Twinning in 
  • New Orleans
    with Saint Paul the Apostle, New Orleans

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  • Twinning in 
  • Detroit
    with Corpus Christi Parish

    summer camp begins
    June 25
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  • Holy Family Camp
  • Alabaré
    Campo Familiar

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  • Remember Veterans on MEMORIAL DAY
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  • Cell Phone Donations
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    HEALTH Ministry
    &
    HEALTH Projects
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  • Family Caregiving Training Program; by
  • Health Ministry
    @ St. Francis

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  • Health Fair 
  • on Sunday, March 26, 2006, in the St. Francis School Gym. 

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  • BLOOD DRIVE at St .Francis on Sunday, May 21, 2006. 
  • Also, see other places & times to GIVE BLOOD at the 
  • American Red Cross
    Locations & Hours
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  • WALK to CURE DIABETES-Sept 

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  • AIDS Walk-Sept 

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  • Heart Walk-Oct5

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  • CROP Walk -Oct 7, 2007

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  • Leukemia - Transplant Patient & Family Needs You - mid-April through late May.

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  • Host a Child from Belarus this Summer

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  • Kenya Help...
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    St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Parish Social Ministry Office, 
    2150 Frieze Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104