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St Nicholas online Auction

Take-A-Tote
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05
December 2020
08:00 AM EST
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12
December 2020
08:00 AM EST

St Nicholas online Auction

The St Nicholas Fair has been a part of Grace Episcopal Church of Concord, NH for many years. The fair has been a primary fundraiser for the Take-A-Tote program and in this unusual year of COVID, the donations and money raised is even more important to help keep the shelves filled with food to fill the totes.


About Take-A-Tote

Grace Episcopal Church‘s “Take a Tote” outreach program was created in 2010 to address the issue of physical hunger at our city schools. When Vestry leaders learned that many of the children who qualify for free or reduced lunch at school often do not receive another nutritional meal until they return to school on Monday, they formed a committee to develop a list of food items that could be packed and delivered to a near-by school that would supplement a child’s weekend meals at home.

Our main source of support comes from parishioners who bring in food items each week for the worship offering basket. We shop for whatever else is needed to complete each bag. Cash donations from members, community friends, and grant resources as well as various fundraising events.

This year, the need for students in our community has grown as the cost of food has risen. In effort to be able to help more families, we are providing supplemental foods to Mill Brook School along with resources they receive from the NH Food Bank. Take a Tote welcomes all forms of aid and participation in order to run its outreach ministry.

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