Vitamins!

Background: Every year, NATIVITY:NIGERIA organizes a Vitamin Drive for the parishoners of Church of the Nativity. A little background first: due to current airline regulations, each minister who will be traveling to Nigeria this August is allowed to bring two pieces of checked baggage with them. As in the past, these ministers will only be checking one personal bag and then will check a 50 lb. box of vitamins, which will be transported for Faith Alive Hospital in Jos. Over the past two years NATIVITY:NIGERIA has collected, transported, and donated hundreds of pounds of vitamins to Faith Alive Hospital. The only completely free hospital in Nigeria, Faith Alive Hospital uses these vitamins to aid in the recovery and treatment of patients.

This Year: Beginning this weekend, July 10/11, and continuing through July 19th the NATIVITY:NIGERIA ministers will be collecting vitamins in the Narthex before all weekend Masses. This means multivitamins, children's vitamins (please stay away from the gummy ones as they melt), supplemental vitamins (calcium, vitamin B, etc.). Also, feel free to drop them by the Parish Office throughout the week.

Rules: While we would love to take any and everything, there are some rules that we must follow for the safety of future patients as well as due to customs regulations. All items must be factory sealed (no opened bottles or leftover pills). All items must have an expiration date of Dec. 2009 or later.

Each year, this has been an awesome way for Church of the Nativity to get involved on a very real, grassroots level. Parishoners have always been extremely generous and we look forward to providing this much needed donation to Dr. Chris and Faith Alive Hospital each year. Thank you in advance for your continued generosity and support of this ministry and those whom we serve.