Garage Sale
May 8-11, 2024

Volunteer

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Garage Sale
Our Annual Garage Sale is a lot of fun! Clean out your closets, donate what someone else could use, come back to shop, and help your community too! Half of the proceeds will be donated to ministries serving those in need in our larger community, and the other half will stay here at Saint Bonaventure.
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​When: May 8-11
Where: Activities Building

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Social Justice and the Garage Sale
Our Saint Bonaventure community is committed to reaching out to those in need, and in that spirit, half of the proceeds of $13,276.21 will stay with the parish, and the other half will be distributed as follows:​

• Aid to the Church in Need—$1,000 Aid to the Church in Need is a Pontifical Foundation of the Catholic Church, supporting the Catholic faithful and other Christians where they are persecuted, oppressed, or in pastoral need. Learn more at churchinneed.org. 
• Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis—$1,000 Catholic Charities is the largest social service nonprofit in Minneapolis-St. Paul, their mission is to serve those most in need and to advocate for justice in the community. Learn more at cctwincities.org.
• Feed My Starving Children—$1,000 Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) believes hope starts with food. As a Christian nonprofit, FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. Learn more at fmsc.org. 
• Sharing and Caring Hands—$1,000 Sharing and Caring Hands helps with whatever needs are not being met while providing these needs with dignity and affirming God’s love for all people regardless of their circumstances. Learn more at sharingandcaringhands.org.
• St. Vincent de Paul Society—$1,000 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor. The St. Bonaventure SVdP conference offers a variety of outreach programs to address local needs through personal relationships with and service to people in need.
• VEAP—$1,000 VEAP: Volunteers Enlisted to Assist People provides a range of programs to help low-income individuals and families meet their immediate needs and move toward stability. Learn more at veap.org.
• Friends of the Poor (Sister Rose Vu Vietnamese Mission)—$600 Friends of the Poor nonprofit organization, supported by the Center for Mission in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, is devoted to helping people in Vietnam become self-sufficient so they can have a brighter future. ​