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M exico Mission is dedicated to lending a hand to the desperately needy South of the border. We help those who have far less than our own poor here in Los Angeles. Through the generous donations of our parishioners and parish school families, we feed and care for as many as we're able. For our first couple of trips in 2014, we visited the needy living in a dump in Tijuana.
The Mexican goverment periodically clears out its dumps, forcing those who live there to leave. After meeting with Fr. Nicholas Harding (Fr. Nick), who is responsible for the spiritual needs of the 250,000 people living in La Morita, the poorest community of Tijuana, we agreed to lend our help to supporting Fr. Nick's mission. We gather food and clothes for the desperate in Mexico. Come join us. Fill a Mexico Mission paper bag or two these coming months or donate what you're able. Cash donations help us buy much needed items that are rarely donated. God bless! Boxed non-refrigerated milk, cereal, pop-top lid canned food, flour, peanut butter, honey, toiletries, school supplies, diapers (infant & adult), baby formula, hospice needs (plastic mattress covers, 24-pc puzzles), tarps, rope.
You can volunteer to help with this Mission by filling out this Volunteer Form,
Or contact: Max Lowry at 818.519.7666(CHECK OUT OUR ALBUM IN THE PHOTO GALLERY)
Our next trip to Tijuana will be onSaturday, September 7th.
Friday evening, September 6th we will be in Sheridan Hall filling bags full of food for 400 needy families who live without electricity and running water. We need your support to help us fill those bags. You can contribute any monetary amount to the OLM Mexico Mission Fund. Or you can volunteer to help us fill those bags on the Friday evening before the trip.
In addition, at this time of year, we provide 200 back-packs filled with school supplies, so children are able to enroll in school. Every donation, no matter how small, makes a difference.
Once again we will have two 14 passenger vans leaving from OLM on the 7th at 6:00am, from the lower parking lot, thanks to one of our sponsors. These seats fill up fast, so, if you would like to join us, contact the parish office ASAP.
We also have a Mexico Mission Scholarship Fund to try to educate those less fortunate that us, who, because of their financial circumstances, cannot attend college, and we have seen, firsthand, how a donation of $400 can educate a student for one year and help them gain a better future ahead. If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact Max Lowry at 818-519-7666.