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Centre 440 Hawkesbury - Providing Lunch / Creating Community 

A reminder of our change of schedule : Starting October 1st, Centre 440 is changing its weekly schedule!  We are moving our community hot meal from Saturdays to Thursdays in order to ensure that we have consistent access to the space at Holy Trinity Hawkesbury! 

Join our kitchen team : Share your love of cooking!  With Centre 440 moving to Thursdays starting October 1st, our regular cook is no longer available, since she works during the week. Consequently, we are building a pool of volunteers to help support our weekly hot lunch program! Do you enjoy spending time in the kitchen or helping prepare delicious meals?   We are looking for friendly faces who would love to step in from time to time preparing a main course or helping with food prep in the kitchen on Wednesdays! You don't need to commit to every week: even helping out once a month or every two months makes a wonderful difference!  We will supply all the food: you just bring your culinary skills and your love of cooking and helping make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate in our community!  If you would like to share your culinary skills or lend a hand in the kitchen, or would like further information, please reach out to us personally (Penny, Ron, Carolyn) or contact us at centre440hawkesbury@gmail.com

World Homeless Day - On Friday, October 9th, Centre 440 will be co-hosting the community's recognition of "World Homeless Day" with United Counties of Prescott-Russell community service organizations.  We will be preparing and serving soup and sandwiches to all visitors and are appealing for donations of home-made muffins and cookies to serve! If you can help out with some baking, please speak with Penny or Carolyn for details, or contact us at centre440hawkesbury@gmail.com We are looking forward to an amazing day of participation with the UCPR community organizations and our municipal partners! 

One-Year Anniversary of Centre 440 - Almost a year already!! November 14th marks our very first anniversary!  Reaching this milestone feels incredible, and we can't wait to celebrate with you!  Stay tuned for all the details coming soon!

And don't forget to follow us on Facebook (Centre 440 Hawkesbury) and keep up-to-date on what's happening at Centre 440!  And if you would like to join our volunteer team, ask a question or leave a comment, please send us an email at centre440hawkesbury@gmail.com.  We would love to connect with you!

Please start to collect your milk bags again! Our parish collected over 500 before our summer hiatus!  These are a great help to Anne Kirby and her group at All Saints Anglican Church in Greely as they use them to weave into mats for the homeless!  A reminder that the milk bags (clean, flat) can be dropped off at St John's, VKH, Holy Trinity, Hawkesbury, or Centre 440 Hawkesbury.

Centre 105 Cornwall - We are ready to collect your empty plastic containers (with lids) again! Centre 105 is running desperately low on these containers!  They can be dropped off at St John's, VKH, or at Holy Trinity, Hawkesbury.  Other arrangements can be made by contacting Carolyn Coffin-Caputo at cccaputo@sympatico.ca or at 514-947-8919. 

St. John's Food basket is empty! -  Please remember to bring something to fill it. The local FOODBANK still needs our help.