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First Day School children to host Bake Sale for Cradles to Crayons
Melinda Yin • Oct 14, 2019
Sale to take place October 20, 2019
As part of First Day School this year, the children held a Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business and decided to embark on a service project for Cradles to Crayons, a non-profit that partners with Philadelphia-area social workers and provides needed clothing, shoes, books, and health supplies to children aged 0 through 12.
On Sunday October 20th, the First Day School will be selling baked goods at the Meeting house from 10:30 - 11 am before Meeting for Worship.
They will also be setting up a table in front of the RiteAid Pharmacy at 640 Montgomery Avenue at the rise of Meeting.
FDS children and families are baking for the event, and other Meeting friends are invited to contribute bakes goods as well. Everyone is invited to make a purchase!
All money raised is going to Cradles to Crayons.
If you have any questions, please contact First Day School teacher Caroline at carolinesteliotes@gmail.com
Digital Epistles from Merion
Silent Vigils held to honor the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and the countless known and unknown victims of injustice were organized by Laura Jackson and Melinda Yin. Members, attenders, and allies have been standing in front of the Meeting House from May 29 to June 13, from 30 to 60 minutes in groups of 2-16. The Sisters of Mercy and their friends, joined in the second week. Their spiritual mission encompasses a commitment to social justice, with 5 interdependent critical concerns. These are: non-violence, the earth, immigration, anti-racism, and the condition of women.
Sasha Chavchavadze, 65, worships from Wellfleet, Mass. .