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Auxiliary Services
“Serving in Love”
The Auxiliary of Lockport Presbyterian Home supports the residents of the Home in many ways. For example, on a regular basis, the Auxiliary hosts a number of events for the residents, including an annual picnic, various holiday celebrations,
birthday parties, spiritual life planning, and teas. They also sponsor an annual Christmas Mini-Bazaar and monthly mending. The Auxiliary meets quarterly on the first Thursday of March, June, September, and December as well as for special events.
Yearly Projects:
- Welcome gifts for residents
- Holiday corsages
- Christmas gifts and stockings
- Cable radio in dining room
- Ice cream trips
- Luncheons
- Outings
Enhancing the Lockport Presbyterian Home surroundings through special projects, the Auxiliary has provided:
- Items for new resident kitchen
- Chairs for the new activity center
- 30’ flag pole
- Time capsule
- Silverware, dishes, and linen tablecloths and napkins for the new dining room
- Memory Garden and Courtyard
Why become an Auxiliary member?
Serving in love as an Auxiliary member:
- Helps you extend the ministry of Lockport Presbyterian Home to the aging
- Keeps you in touch with the reality of aging
- Helps you accept myself and others as they are
- Helps you feel needed
- Helps you to share and develop my own talents
- Offers you satisfaction I might not otherwise experience
- Offers you the opportunity to participate in decision-making of the Auxiliary
- Offers you the chance to work within a Christian setting
Ways and Means
Ways in which we raise funds for carrying out projects . . .
- Memory/Honor stones for the garden
- Spring Dinner and Bake Sale
- Spring and Winter Flower Sale
- Harvest Time Bazaar
- Individual and group donation
- Life Membership donations
For more information on the Auxiliary and how to become a member, please contact Gladys Newton at (716) 285-0894.
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