News - November 2021

For far too long, Dreamers, farm workers, TPS holders and many more immigrants have waited for Congress to pass a meaningful, permanent solution that provides a path to citizenship. Click above to learn more and consider urging the Senate to support a budget reconciliation package that includes a pathway to citizenship.

The Welcome Table serves lunch to neighbors in need in White Center every Saturday at noon at The Body of Christ Church (1320 SW 102nd St). In addition, snacks and clothing are handed out. Support the meal by donating non-perishable food (rice, shelf-stable milk, tuna, mac n cheese, coffee, etc.), hard-boiled eggs, and fresh fruit. They also need tp, kids’ clothing, toothpaste, deodorant, laundry and dishwasher pods, cleaning supplies, and first aid items (band aids, ointment, aspirin, antifungal foot care, etc.). Drop off donations between 11-11:30am in the back parking lot before guests arrive. Volunteers will unload it for you!

Title 42 continues to deny the dignity of migrants and their legal right to seek asylum. As Catholics, we are called to love our neighbor, accompany the vulnerable, and welcome the sojourner. Urge the Biden Administration to end this policy and restore asylum protections. Click above to learn more.

Thank you to the 58+ donors who gave to our turkey drive, benefiting patrons of the Latino Civic Alliance Center in Burien. Through your generous donations, and those of Leschi Market, we provided turkeys and Thanksgiving groceries for 150 families this season! Thank you for helping to make God’s love tangible for our neighbors in need.

Do you know a veteran who deserves a show of gratitude or needs a little encouragement right now? Sign them up with Soldiers’ Angels’ “Cards Plus Team” to receive cards for their birthday and more. Click above to learn more.

The Biden administration campaigned on the promise to fully eliminate capital punishment. They took a step by ordering an official moratorium on federal executions in July. Let’s keep urging to administration to respect the dignity of human life by commuting the sentences of all those on the federal death row and advocating to end the death penalty in law with Congress and the states. Click above to learn more and to act!

Bananas not only taste great, but they provide Jackeline Kwamboka with an income in Kenya. And thanks to new agriculture techniques she learned through the USAID-funded MWENDO project, her crops are producing more, which means more income for her! Click above to learn more.

COVID-19 will continue to spread and halt our lives until there is equal access to vaccines. As of this spring, in high-income countries, 1 in 4 people had received a COVID-19 vaccine. But that ratio dropped to 1 in 500 in developing countries. In addition, 82% of administered vaccines have gone to upper-income countries, while only 0.2% have been sent to developing countries. In order to end the pandemic, every country in the world needs equal access to vaccines. Click above for more information.

Our Safe Parking lot now has three guests for the first time! We are grateful to all those in our community who are supporting this effort by keeping the Hut clean and to our St. Vincent de Paul for providing food for our guests. Through your support we are able to offer a safe and hospitable place for people to get back on their feet.