Christ Church Greenwich (CCG) hosted its second Emergency Packathon with 200 volunteers who gathered in the Parish Hall to pack 35,000 meals for Ukrainian refugees on the border of Poland. People drove from around the tri-state area to help with this effort. To date, the Packathon has raised $27,200 and packed 72,000 meals with 425 volunteers.
Co-chairs and parishioners Dan Broderick and Melissa Redmond organized the volunteers, logistics, packing, food deliveries and training of volunteer packers as they arrived. Lisa Tebbe, a parishioner whose parents were Ukrainian refugees, has been an integral part of the Christ Church Ukraine relief efforts. “Everyone”™s been so aggrieved by the Russian invasion,” said the Rev. Marek Zabriskie. “Someone once said, ”˜Look for the angels.”™ Well, the angels are here.”
The first CCG Packathon shipment is scheduled to arrive very shortly in Poland. A New Jersey shipping company donated its services free of charge.
You can also donate to help fund Ukraine relief by going to christchurchgreenwich.org https://onrealm.org/ParishChristChu/-/form/give/now.
