Midnight Run

December 2019 brought us together in service with St. John’s University  Vincentian Institute for Social Action as we prepared for our first Midnight Run. Midnight Run coordinates over 1,000 relief missions per year, in which volunteers distribute food, clothing, blankets and personal care items to the homeless poor on the streets of New York City. 

Ladies of Charity preparing for Midnight Run

The late-night relief efforts create a forum for trust, sharing, understanding and affection. That human exchange, rather than the exchange of goods, is the essence of the Midnight Run mission. One team of our Ladies prepared sandwiches and put other nutritious items like juice boxes, hard boiled eggs and string cheese, in to 70 food bags that were handed out to the homeless in NYC.  

New York City Streets.

 

 

 

 

Our second team sorted personal items, underwear, socks, jeans and jackets for distribution.  Once intransit in a St. John’s van, Ms. Lucy Pesce, of the SJU Mission Office,  led the effort of distributing food bags and clothing to our brothers and sisters on the street. One of our Ladies commented, “The Midnight Run provided as much for me as it provided for the people I met.  It was truly an amazing experience.”