Local 33 members were at the Helping Hands soup kitchen in Toledo, Ohio, where they volunteered to remove an old stove from the basement and installed a new one in its place.
Helping Hands, a ministry of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Toledo, serves low-income and homeless families and individuals. The outreach center includes a soup kitchen, food pantry and clothing center. Additional services include providing hygiene packs to families, plus hot showers and hygiene and snack kits to the homeless. Since 1982, Helping Hands has served more than 1.5 million meals to people in need. An average of 250 meals are now served each day, Monday through Friday, through the generosity of the local community.
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