St. Basil Social Concerns October 2026 Newsletter Recaps Shoe Collection The last two weekends in August, Social Concerns collected shoes and socks for children at three inner-city Catholic elementary schools. People donated the following items: Over 50 pairs of shoes Over 300 pairs of socks Nearly $1,200 worth of gift cards to buy shoes for students Over $4,000 in checks to buy shoes for students The gift card and monetary donations combined with the donated shoes provided new shoes for 300...
16 days ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns August 2026 Newsletter Upcoming Events Back to School Shoe Collection: August 22-23 and 29-30 The Social Concerns Commission will be collecting new school uniform shoes, gym shoes, and socks for students at three Cleveland Catholic elementary schools (St. Stanislaus, Holy Name, St. Aloysius) the weekends of August 22-23 and August 29-30. Uniform Shoe Requirements All black or all brown shoes with dark soles Kids sizes 12-6 or adult sizes 7-10 The preferred brand is...
2 months ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns April 2026 Newsletter Upcoming Events Environmentally Friendly Gardening Techniques Talk on April 29 St. Basil's Social Concerns Commission invites you to a talk on Wednesday April 29 at 6:45 PM in the Family Life Center. Kate Valentine will talk about gardening and yard maintenance techniques that are consistent with Pope Francis's Laudato Si encyclical to care for the environment. Kate regularly speaks to local groups, providing simple, practical tips to properly...
6 months ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns March 2026 Newsletter Recaps Winter Warmup Collection The St. Basil Social Concerns Commission sincerely thanks St. Basil parishioners for their wonderful generosity and compassion for supporting our 2nd Annual Winter WarmUp for Cleveland school children. Parishioners donated over 800 hats and gloves and funds to purchase another 600 for a total of over 1400 hats and gloves. SCC thanks the St. Columbkille WarmUp America Group for their incredible donation of 100...
8 months ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns February 2026 Newsletter Recaps Advent Giving Tree This year's Giving Tree was a resounding success. We collected around 600 physical gifts and nearly 25 thousand dollars in gift cards and checks. Thank you to everyone who donated to this year's Giving Tree. Upcoming Events Winter Warm-Up Collection: February 7-8 and 14-15 The Social Concerns Commission is collecting new winter hats and gloves for students at Catholic elementary schools in the city of Cleveland the...
9 months ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns December 2025 Newsletter Recaps Veterans Collection This year's veterans collection was a resounding success. Donations this year were much higher than last year. Thank you to everyone who donated to the collection. Fair Trade Fair Our vendors are always happy to come to St. Basil’s FTF sale. They are pleased to donate beautiful items to our raffle. They asked about the condition of Holy Family Church during the ceasefire and requested an update on the amount...
11 months ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns November 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Events Fair Trade Fair The 21st annual Fair Trade Fair is Sunday November 9 from 8 AM to 1 PM in the Family Life Center. The fair has ten great vendors who are excited to be coming back to St. Basil. Vendors have told us how much they love our parishioners who are eager to hear the unique stories of our fair trade artisans and growers! Highlight FTF vendors from Holy Land Canaan olive oils and spices are back! One World has a table...
12 months ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns October 2025 Newsletter Recaps Shoe Collection The last two weekends in August, Social Concerns collected shoes and socks for children at four inner-city schools. People donated the following items: Nearly 100 pairs of shoes Over 550 pairs of socks Nearly $650 worth of gift cards to buy shoes for students Over $900 in checks to buy shoes for students Thank you to everyone who donated. Upcoming Events Veterans Collection Social Concerns is having a collection the...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns August 2025 Newsletter Upcoming Events Back to School Shoe & Socks Collection The Social Concerns Commission is sponsoring its 3rd annual Back to School Shoes & Socks Collection on the weekends of August 23-24 and August 30-31. Your generosity will help children at four inner-city Catholic grade schools: Metro Catholic, St. Aloysius, St. Stanislaus and Holy Name. Struggling families need help with this large purchase and their children appreciate and are excited to...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
St. Basil Social Concerns May 2025 Newsletter Holy Family Parish in Gaza Update The proceeds from the raffle during St. Basil's annual Fair Trade Fair go to help children at Holy Family parish in Gaza. Jeff Abood, who spoke at St. Basil in December 2023 about what was going on in Gaza, gave the following update on Holy Family parish: On April 5, Holy Family parish and school came under evacuation orders. This is generally a prelude to the IDF bombing something. Problem is they have nowhere...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read