Dear Saints,
Your All Saints staff, especially facilities manager Tyronn Wilkins, have all been busy these last two months, making great strides in clearing out, cleaning up, repairing and refreshing our building and grounds. We’ve had some great volunteer help, too. We’ve had one fall garden workday already and are looking forward to a more comprehensive parish work day on Saturday, October 8th from 9 to noon to pull weeds outside and clean windows inside. Please come if you can - even if just for an hour. There’s much to do (we have many windows and many weeds) and many hands make light work. Plus we’ll have some delicious breakfast treats to sustain you!
We also need your financial help. As we refresh and refurbish our spaces for children and youth on the second floor - spaces that have been closed and/or neglected for a long time - we’re picking up some new furniture, floor coverings, window treatments and doing some painting. While we have been able to find some great deals on good furniture, flooring and window blinds and paint must be bought new and our resources for this kind of expense have been stretched pretty thin. We’ve heard from many of you over the last couple of years that investing in spaces for children and youth is a priority, so we’re asking you to partner with us to accomplish this. We've opened up a special financial account to which you can make a donation to support this project. You can mail us / drop off a check (include “second floor fund” in the memo line) or transfer funds online (https://onrealm.org/AllSaintsRichmond/-/form/give/yrf). This is a short-term fundraiser, approved by your vestry, with a goal of $8,000, and we’d really appreciate your donation during the next couple of weeks in whatever amount you can offer. (Please note that we are not asking for items, just financial support.) So thank you in advance for your generosity - and come by and see what we’ve done so far!
All Saints is a big place with a big heart. Let’s keep up the good work!
Blessings,
Penny+
