Social Concerns
"Putting our faith into action serving the needs of others."
It has been over 25 years since the Social Concerns Committee was formed as part of the CTK community. Since that time the group has grown and continues to grow, but the original mission remains much the same.
Social Concerns members are dedicated to expanding the awareness of how we can live the Gospel in our daily lives by becoming more service oriented and helping to meet the needs of our Christ the King family and reach out to our Quad City community and to others in need around the World.
As the years have passed CTK Social Concerns has grown to nearly 50 active members and the scope of our charitable outreach has grown to support not only our own parishioners but many local, national and world-wide programs.
Local Projects include providing backpacks and school supplies for Catholic grade school children in need, Elder Tree Gifts for homebound and nursing home patients, Thanksgiving/ Christmas food baskets and much more.
We cannot do this without your help. Various fundraisers are held each year like our huge Garden of Eden (yard) Sale. In recent months several area restaurants have generously donated a percentage of their day’s profits on a given day. (Watch for the coupons in the church bulletin) Other monies are derived though personal gifts and bequeaths
We need every member of Christ the King to help us reach out to all those in need. We invite anyone interested to come to a Social Concerns meeting at 1:00 PM on the second Tuesday of the month and see how you might be able to help us to help others.
Help Us With Our Upcoming Events:
Elder Giving Tree
The Social Concerns Committee is collecting small items for gift bags to be delivered to our
parishioners who are homebound or who are in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
If you would care to donate, please bring the item(s) to Church (not wrapped) THIS weekend...December 6th-7th.
Suggested gift items: Chap stick lip-balm, white socks for adults or socks with non-stick bottoms for women/men,
small lotion for women/men, small body wash for women/men, dry shampoo, Toothbrush/toothpaste, large print puzzle books, fat coloring pencils, purse-size Kleenex or small square box Kleenex, back scratchers, magnifying glasses, winter hats, gloves, shoe horns, room fresheners (no plug-ins or aerosol spray) and small Christmas decorations.
No candy, please.
Donations of medium and large-sized gift bags (approximately 10"x12" and 13"x15") would also be appreciated. Thank you for your generosity.
Christmas Angel Tree
This year we are shopping for students in four area schools, clients from The Center for Youth and Families, clients from ARC and several children whose names were submitted by Christ the King parishioners.
You can help by selecting one or more of our Angels to shop for gifts for them.
The Angel Wish Lists will be available on December 6th-7th in St. Francis Hall, and you will have 1 week to shop.
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Please do not wrap the gifts. Simply place them inside of a Christmas Gift Bag.
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Gifts must be dropped off at Christ the King Church on the weekend of December 13th-14th.
Please contact Cathy Williams with any questions. 309-269-6711