St. Michael the Archangel

Thirty care bags were assembled and donated to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and fifteen nurse appreciation bags were assembled and donated to nurses at the cancer center at Cape Cod Hospital. The care bags included a handmade card (made by the children at the St. Nicholas Homeschool Community), a prayer book, a hat, warm socks, a box of tea, unscented lotion, a puzzle book, ginger chews, peppermints, a high protein snack, a pack of pens, a pack of tissues, and a t-shirt. The nurse appreciation bags included a handmade thank you card (made by the children at the St. Nicholas Homeschool Community), a prayer book, a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card, lotion, snacks, pens, tissues, chocolate, compression socks, and a t-shirt. Thank you to everyone who donated items and who helped assemble the bags. A special thank you to the Chatelains for delivering the bags to Cape Cod Hospital!

Thanks to a few friends of St. Michael, we were able to hang over fifty handmade (and a few more store-bought) scarves, hats, and mittens along Main Street in downtown Hyannis. In addition to the knit items, we distributed twenty-five “care bags”, which were filled with items such as socks, personal care items, snacks, and a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card. The care bags had been assembled on Friday by St. Michael’s homeschool meet-up group, and a crew of nineteen were gifted a balmy day on Sunday, February 5 to spread warmth to those stuck out in the cold. Thank you to all who made this project possible!

“On the coldest of days in the midst of winter, I walked out of our office on Main Street in Hyannis and found this lovely, handknit scarf – patiently waiting for the right person to come claim it, wrap up, and be that much warmer. This was placed by St Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church. What a gesture of love, understanding and hope.”
– Edye Nesmith, Executive Director, Cape Cod Council of Churches