The OLMC community joins together to feed Bergen County’s most vulnerable citizens through the Family Promise Walk-in Dinner Program. Our next service date is Sunday, September 10th to prepare for the Walk-in Dinner on September 11th. There are specific menu guidelines that we follow. If interested in helping, please contact Elliot Guerra at guerra@nullacademyolmc.org.
Remaining Dates for 2023
October 10, November 13, December 11
Over 20 years ago OLMC parishioners cooked meatloaves and potatoes in their homes and delivered them to a small group of homeless and un-housed neighbors at the Bergen County Center for Health and Human Services shelter in Hackensack as part of the Family Promise Walk-in Dinner Program. In the years that followed, dozens of parishioners, teens, and staff members would cook and serve the meal at the shelter to about 125 guests. We saw the small number of mostly street-bound homeless stay about the same, but during the opioid crisis, more and more young people who, while most likely had homes, were not in them due to addiction. We also saw an increase of fixed-income elderly people receive meals. If the OLMC community wants to continue this fruitful partnership with Family Promise, we need more families to volunteer in this ministry! We serve the meal once a month. Let’s feed our neighbors in Bergen County and show our kids what it means to be an OLMC parishioner.