Gear including stoves, tarps, mats,
tents, personal care items, and non-perishable food on display at the March
Compassion For Campers distribution at Warp Corps in Woodstock.
Compassion
for Campers, the program that provides supplies and gear for
the McHenry County homeless who have
no steady shelter, will hold its last monthly distribution at Warp Corps, 114 North Benton Street in Woodstock
on Tuesday April 20 from 3:30 to 5 pm. Client
access to Warp Corps will be from the rear
entrance on Jackson Street.
Beginning in May Compassion for Campers will shift to a new warm weather schedule. “The weekly
lunches which the program used to host
will return in a way adapted to the continuing restrictions of the Coronavirus
emergency,” according to program coordinator Patrick Murfin. “We will be unable to serve hot meals
but will offer meals catered by local restaurants or box and bag lunches from local
churches and volunteer groups.”
The lunches will be distributed in Woodstock
along with camping supplies at a location
and on a schedule soon to be announced.
Groups that would like to provide a lunch
should contact summer program coordinator Sue
Rekenthaler at tomatos@mc.net.
Compassion for Campers is grateful to the Faith
Leaders of McHenry County, volunteers
from Ridgefield-Crystal Lake
Presbyterian Church, and Warp Corps for their invaluable support.
Contribute to the program by sending a check
made out to Tree of Life UU Congregation,
5603 Bull Valley Road, McHenry, IL 60050 with Compassion for Campers on the memo line. The donations are placed in a dedicated fund and not used
for any other purpose. Tree of Life also donates all of the administrative expenses of the program.
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