St. John's Health/Hygiene Kits Project - St. John of Damascus Church

St. John’s Health/Hygiene Kits Project

St. John’s Health/Hygiene Kits Service Project

St John’s Health/Hygiene Kits Service Project, through the International Orthodox Christian Charities, (IOCC), is to make Health / Hygiene Kits to be sent to those in need throughout the world. In 2023, IOCC has shipped thousands of hygiene kits to Georgia and Armenia and in 2024 to Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Another shipment is under preparation for Ukraine.

Our goal is to raise $6,000 to make 300 kits

So far we have raised $5,362 towards our $6,000 target! That‘s 89% of the total!

Please help us reach our goal for St. John's Lenten project. Donate online today by completing the donation form on this page or sending a check to St. John of Damascus Church, 300 West Street
Dedham, MA 02026 and mark the check "Health/Hygiene Kits".

The deadline for donations is May 25, 2024.

You can also support our upcoming fundraising events noted below:

Bake Sale on Palm Sunday April 28th
Save the Date for April 28th, directly after Divine Liturgy. Volunteers are needed to bake and to help on Palm Sunday. Please reach out to Liz MacNeil at lizmacneil5@gmail.com or Nadine Adams at nbeshere@yahoo.com. Or sign up online to volunteer via Sign Up Genius at https://bit.ly/stjohn-bake-sale.
Sports Tickets Raffle, Drawing on May 26th
2 Celtic tickets in the Boardroom with buffet, for a game next season, date TBD or 2 Red Sox tickets for the Saturday, June 29th at 4:10 pm game against the San Diego Padres. Cost $10 per raffle ticket. Deadline for raffle ticket purchase is May 25th and drawing will be on Sunday, May 26th! Visit our Sports Tickets Raffle page for more information and to purchase raffle tickets.

Donate to our Service Project

Please donate today to help us reach our goal to raise $6,000 to make 300 kits. The deadline for donations is May 25, 2024.

About the IOCC

The International Orthodox Christian Charities, or IOCC, is the humanitarian aid and development agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the US established to support various humanitarian projects.

The IOCC works in cooperation with the Orthodox Church and other partners to serve people in need, in the spirit of Christ’s love. By God’s grace, IOCC strives to equip those we serve to continue to improve their own lives and communities.

IOCC works in partnership with Church World Services (CWS) to handle the processing and shipments of humanitarian aid kits that volunteers assemble and ship to the CWS warehouse in Maryland.