Seasonal & Holidays
Letter: Supporters Helped to Make Portsmouth's Caritas Fund Holiday Season a Success
More than 55 families and 250 children were helped this year.
To the editor:
The Portsmouth School District’s Caritas Fund is wrapping up an immensely successful Holiday Season of giving. This holiday season, with the help of the organizations below, the Caritas Fund has been able to provide winter jackets to children, food for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday and an abundance of gifts to children in the Portsmouth community. This year we helped over 55 families and over 250 children.
The Caritas Fund provides financial assistance to the families in need in the Portsmouth community. This fund was first established in 1990 and has provided families with an array of support, including helping to fund children’s after school activities, financial support, clothing and shoes as well as the items mentioned above. This fund is solely supported by the generosity of donations from our community. If you would like to make a donation to the Caritas Fund, checks can made out to “The Caritas Fund” and mailed to Linda Pendleton, 125 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI 02871.
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On behalf of the Caritas Committee and the families who received such overwhelming support this Holiday Season, we would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their heartfelt generosity.
The Portsmouth Abbey School
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Raytheon
The United Methodist Church
The Portsmouth Lions Club
The Portsmouth Portuguese American Citizens Club
The students of Portsmouth High School
The teachers and staff of the Portsmouth School Department
The Melville, Hathaway and Portsmouth Middle School Food Drives
The Portsmouth Police Department
The Portsmouth Fire Department
Atria Aquidneck Place
Kristen Correia from Renaissance Fitness
The Town Hall Union
Chris Herren
The Portsmouth Public Library
Newport County Regional Special Education Program
The Knights of Columbus
Bay View Estates/ Chesterfield Reality
Private Donations from Portsmouth community members
Signed,
Nicole Pascoe, LICSW
Portsmouth Elementary School Social Worker
Newport County Regional Special Education Program
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