A container packed with blessings

For some months now three parishes in Auburn, Sacred Heart, St. Alphonsos, Holy Family; and St. Catherine of Siena in Ithaca, as well as many friends of the foundation, have been collecting items to send to support the foundation in the DR. The parishes have collected school supplies, furniture, medicines, school desks, clothing, and medical equipment, as well as many other useful things. A generator was sent for me to use when there is no electric for two to four days. 

 Enough materials were gathered to fill a forty-foot container.

 Originally the container was supposed to arrive on the 18th of June, but it did not arrive until the 20^th. Luckily the driver arrived early and tired on the 20^th. The driver napped, but left the doors open, so five firemen and other volunteers, under the leadership of Ed Galka could begin to pack it.

 You have only two hours to pack a container; it is $95 for each additional hour.

 The container is now on board a ship that has sailed and is due to arrive this coming Saturday. Then the work begins of getting it through customs, unloaded, and its many blessings distributed to many, many welcoming hands.