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St. Stephen parishioners contribute 500 pounds of food to pantry

| 12 Feb 2014 | 04:03
    Photo by Mary Ellen Kerr The seventh-grade students at St. Stephen- St. Edward School delivered more than 500 pounds of non-perishable food to the Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry. Pictured from left to right are students Eric Bodeker, Paul Eugenio, Julia Mahoney, Caitlyn Tashman, Erin Kerr, Erin Flannery, Will Percarpio, and Stephen Kunzweiler. Adults pictured are Charlie Carter, volunteer with the Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry, and Lydia van Duynhoven, coordinator of the St. Stephen's Religious Education program.
    Photo by Mary Ellen Kerr The seventh-grade students at St. Stephen- St. Edward School delivered more than 500 pounds of non-perishable food to the Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry. Pictured from left to right are students Eric Bodeker, Paul Eugenio, Julia Mahoney, Caitlyn Tashman, Erin Kerr, Erin Flannery, Will Percarpio, and Stephen Kunzweiler. Adults pictured are Charlie Carter, volunteer with the Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry, and Lydia van Duynhoven, coordinator of the St. Stephen's Religious Education program.

WARWICK — The children and parishioners of St. Stephen Parish participated in the Catholic Charities food drive, "Feeding Our Neighbors" campaign, last week.

The campaign was an Archdiocesan-wide effort to replenish food pantries, Catholic and non-Catholic alike.

Seventh-grade students at St. Stephen- St. Edward School delivered more than 500 pounds of non-perishable food to the Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantry by the as a culmination of their efforts to celebrate Catholic Schools Week as a "Community of Faith, Knowledge and Service."

Children of the parish school were awarded a "pajama day" if they brought in either a canned soup or breakfast item.

Other food staples were brought in during the week by students of the religious education program or by parishioners who attended weekend Mass.