The Social Concerns ministry meets on the second Tuesday of the month, September through June and strives to help those in need, especially those in our immediate community.
Our ministry also facilitates donations for the Mercy Center in Asbury Park. Containers are located at church entrances. Needed items include:
- diapers, size 4 and up and baby wipes
- coffee/tea
- mayo
- mustard
- ketchup
- deoderant
- toothpaste and toothbrushes
- soap
Thank you for your generosity.
Feed the Hungry
Are you looking for an easy way to help those in need? Here’s one way you can make a difference. St. Mark’s Social Concerns Ministry has resumed the Frozen Meals Program for the Center in Asbury Park which was discontinued due to the Covid pandemic. The Center in Asbury Park, Inc., is a volunteer-based New Jersey non-profit service organization, providing support services for people living with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers since 1992. The process is simple! Here’s what to do:
- Pick up food trays and lids next to the kitchen refrigerator in Fr. Child’s Hall (St. Mark’s Church basement)
- Fill the trays with generous portions of food
- Label the tray lids with the contents and date of preparation
- Return the meals to the freezer compartment of the refrigerator in Fr. Child’s Hall.
Please use only the trays provided.
St Mark’s volunteers will deliver the meals to The Center for distribution to their clients.
Please contact Marybeth or Joe Walsh at 732 449- 5656 with any questions. Your participation is greatly appreciated.
Collecting Travel Size Toiletries
St. Mark’s Social Concerns Committee is collecting travel size toiletry items (soap, shampoos, toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs etc.) for delivery by volunteers to those in need in the Asbury Park area. Containers are located at Church entrances. Thank you!
