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We are planning to open St. John the Divine’s “Blessings Boutique” on January 10 2022. It will be open Mondays 10am to 2pm. It is meant to be a blessing for all. It provides kitchen and housewares, clothing, bedding, and toiletries at no cost. Every item at the Blessings Boutique is free to anyone, regardless of their need. Any cash donations made by those who choose to do so will be graciously accepted and used to buy items for the boutique.

To support this outreach program, please bring your donations of CLEAN, GOOD CONDITION items to the Church during regular office hours (Tuesday to Friday 9am to 12 noon). We will accept almost anything USEFUL that is in good condition - please nothing purely decorative, broken or outmoded. Items must be small enough to be carried away! These items are to bless others, so we want to GIVE GOOD like our FATHER GOD does!

Our aim with your donations is for zero waste. The Boutique aims to contribute to the environmental challenge by providing a means to recycle perfectly good items which are no longer needed by their original owners. If you donate items that are outside the remit of the Blessings Boutique, we may redirect your donation to be used in another way. This might mean donations will be sold to help fund the costs of our program, or they may be donated to Thrift Stores.

Items will only be thrown away if broken, damaged, stained, outmoded or otherwise unusable.

If you prefer your donations not to be used in these ways, please let us know when you bring them into the office. We will then return to you any items the Blessings Boutique cannot use.

We are asking for donations from the parish and from our community. We also will need clothing racks and shelves for display.

We also need volunteers! If you would like to help with the Blessings Boutique, please contact Marion Edmondson via email dmedmondson@telus.net or leave a message with the office 250-334-4331 or admin@sjtdcourtenay.ca.