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Collaborative Food Drive


Beginning November 9th, Catholic Sisters in western Pennsylvania will kick off the Catholic Church’s Year of Consecrated Life by joining forces on their 4th collaborative food drive to help families in need.  Those wishing to join the Sisters in this charitable endeavor may bring a non-perishable food donation to one of several collection sites listed below. Suggested nonperishable food donations include: canned vegetables, soup, beans, tuna, etc; pasta (mac & cheese, hamburger helper), rice, baby food, formula, cereal, peanut butter, jelly/jam or sauces.

Sisters’ Food Drive Donation Sites

 

Felician Sisters of North America – Coraopolis, PA

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Convent, 1500 Woodcrest Avenue; Coraopolis, PA 15108

Sunday, November 9 – Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Donations go to Our Lady’s Pantry at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School

For more information, please call 412- 264-2890

 

School Sisters of St. Francis – Pittsburgh (Bellevue)

Mount Assisi Convent; 934 Forest Avenue; Pittsburgh PA 15202

Sunday, November 9- Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Donations go to Prince of Peace Parish and St. Paul Cathedral food pantries

For more information, please contact Sister Jeanne Marie Ulica, OSF at 412-761-6004 or jeanne_ulica@yahoo.com .

 

Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill – Greensburg, PA

Caritas Christi, motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity

129 DePaul Center Road; Greensburg, PA 15601

Donations go to Rendu Services.

For more information, please call 724-836-0406, x 613 or x622.

 

Sisters of Divine Providence - Pittsburgh (North Hills)

Sisters of Divine Providence; 9000 Babcock Boulevard; Pittsburgh, PA

(Please use collection bins outside Motherhouse)

Sunday, November 9 – Saturday, November 15

Providence Heights Alpha School will also be collecting this week

Donations go to North Hills Community Outreach

For more information, please contact Sister Betty Sundry at bsundry@yahoo.com

 

Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (Pittsburgh)

Holy Family Manor, 301 Nazareth Way; Pittsburgh, 15229

Monday, November 10 – Saturday, November 15 from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Donations go to FOCUS Pittsburgh

For more information, please contact Sister Maria Kruszewski, CSFN at (412) 216-1594 or srmariak@yahoo.com

 

Sisters of the Holy Spirit – Pittsburgh

Sisters of the Holy Spirit ask that donations be given to St. Maria Goretti Parish’s collections sites in Bloomfield, Garfield and Friendship. For more information, please contact the parish at (412) 682-2354 or parish.secretary.smg@gmail.com.

 

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Pittsburgh (Oakland)

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas will host food collection bins at their various ministry sites throughout the region, including Carlow University and Campus School. The Sisters have also requested that 23 parishes where they have served ask parishioners to extend their vow to “serve the poor” through a food collection.  Exact dates and times will vary.  Collections from Carlow will benefit The Intersection in McKeesport, PA.  For more information, please call (412) 578-6202.

 

Sisters of St. Basil – Uniontown, PA

Sisters of St. Basil Religious Gift Shop; 500 West Main Street; Uniontown, PA

Sunday, November 9 – Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Donations go to Rendu Services

For more information, please contact Sister Ruth Plante at 724-439-6180 or  srplante1@verizon.net

 

Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities – Pittsburgh (Millvale)

Mt. Alvernia; 146 Hawthorne Road; Pittsburgh, PA 15209

Monday, November 10 – Saturday, November 15 from 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Donations go to the Millvale Food Bank

For more information, please call (412) 821-2200 or maufheil@osf.org

 

Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God – Pittsburgh (South Hills)

Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God Motherhouse (Main Entrance)

3603 McRoberts Road; Pittsburgh, PA 15234

Sunday, November 9 - Sunday, November 16 from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

The Franciscan Child Day Care Center will also be collecting this week

Donations go to St. Winifred’s Food Pantry in the South Hills of Pittsburgh

For more information, please call (412) 885-7232

 

Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden – Beaver County

Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden; 1020 State Street; Baden, PA 15005

Sunday, November 23  from 9 a.m. – noon

Donations go to The Ladle in Ambridge, Beaver County

For more information, please call 724-869-6566

 

 

Earlier Event: June 6
Summer Convent Crawl