Youth Showing Support for People Experiencing Homelessness

The Interact students at Philadelphia’s Liguori Academy recently completed a service project of creating hundreds of cards of support and caring for the homeless clients of Philadelphia’s Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission. Three meals each day are served to the homeless each day by the Mission, one of the oldest and most reputable organizations of this kind in the USA.

Liguori Academy is one of two high school Interact clubs that Philadelphia Rotary sponsors. The other is at West Catholic Prepartory High School. Interact clubs bring together young people ages 12-18 to develop leadership skills while discovering the power of Rotary's motto, Service Above Self.

A cheerful grouping — Liguori students and their cards

Mary Theresa Martin, Workforce Program Manager at Liguori Academy, was a key force in making this happen. The cards were delivered to the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission of the Philadelphia Rotary’s youth service chairperson, Joe Batory.

These cards were designed to be distributed to homeless individuals at a meal to provoke a smile with a brief but meaningful message of caring and support.