Catholic school students prepare care bags for the needy

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These Father Judge students put filled bags in boxes and taped them for delivery to Martha’s Choice.
These Ryan students put filled bags in boxes and taped them for delivery to Martha’s Choice.
St. Dominic eighth-grade students
St. Anselm students with principal Seamus Mee
Archbishop Perez with Little Flower students
Maternity BVM and Christ the King students with BVM principal Sally Unger
Students from St. Albert the Great and St. Martha
St. Hubert president Lizanne Pando and students with Archbishop Perez
St. Matthew students with Archbishop Perez
St. Jerome students with Archbishop Perez
From left: St. Albert the Great eighth-graders Ryan Tait, Julia Drysdale and Emily Hawkinson and seventh-graders Cassidy Geer and Dylan Auty.

Archbishop Nelson Pérez was recently at Father Judge for a service initiative that served as the keystone event for the celebration of Catholic Schools Week in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Students from 29 schools packaged 1,500 care bags with non-perishable items for individuals served by Martha’s Choice. Handwritten notes with prayerful encouragement were included in the bags.

Perez was joined by officials from the archdiocese and the Norristown-based Martha’s Choice food pantry. Father Judge senior Bobby Clark, who has received an appointment to West Point, led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Participating schools included Judge, Archbishop Ryan, St. Hubert, Little Flower, St. Dominic, Maternity BVM, St. Jerome, St. Anselm, Christ the King, St. Martha, St. Matthew, Blessed Trinity, Our Lady of Calvary, St. Albert the Great and Presentation BVM.

The bags consisted of pretzels, raisins, applesauce, nutri-grain bars, sunflower kernels, toothpaste, toothbrush and more.

“It can be the difference between making ends meet at the end of the month,“ said Eli Wenger, director of operations at Martha’s Choice. ••

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