Wednesday, December 6, 2017

News for Amigos de Casa San José: December 15, 2017

Dear Casa San José Amigos,
Welcome back to our weekly message!  Here’s what’s new:

HELP:

  • We are working with the foster care services at Pressley RidgeThey are in great need of Hispanic or bilingual families that have room in their home and in their hearts to foster a Hispanic youth.  If you can do this, please call or email:  Gigi D'Amico, Pressley Ridge Treatment Foster Care - Hispanic Campaign - ldamico@pressleyridge.org - 412.583.2195. (More info. in letter attachment.) 
  • Volunteers needed!  On Sunday Jan. 7, the Feast of the Three Kings celebration will happen at St. Catherine's Church.  Bakers will work through the night to create the traditional Rosca de Reyes cakes for the event and we need help cleaning up before noon. If you can do this, please email Sister Valerie at srvalerie@casasanjose.org.  
ACTION:  
NEWS:  
  • On Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 a.m. we filled a bus with 90 demonstrators to be in the March on Washington for DACA and TPS.  We joined many, many others at the US Capitol Building to demand protection for Dreamers and immigrants with Temporary Protected Status.  Plus we had the most amazing signs (see above.)  A big thank you to the Fair Immigration Reform Movement for donating the bus!
  • Generous friends at St. Thomas More Church have donated over 100 individually selected gifts for the young people in our 3 youth programs:  Beechwood Elementary, Bridges to the Future, and Brashear High School.  They arrived beautifully wrapped!
SUGGESTED if you'd like to see or hear more: 


(Earlier messages can be found here.)

News for Amigos de Casa San José: new location!

Has moved to our website!  Please see more current posts here. Thank you for joining us!