As well as last year, the collection for "Drops in the Ocean" ended on Easter Sunday morning. Consequently, I briefly summarise below its concrete results.
We collected in total:
18 Kg and 850 g of pasta
600 g of "pastina"
12 Kg and 950 g of rice
17 Kg of wheat flour
16 Kg of sugar
5 Kg of salt
55 Lt of milk
5.5 Lt of juices
17 Lt of vegetable oil
7.1 Kg of tomato sauce
7 cans of corn
12 cans of beans
1 can of lentils
4 cans of chickpeas
6 cans of peas
1.1 Kg of dried beans
500 g of dried lentils
200 g of dried chickpeas
500 g of dry wheat
3.5 Kg of polenta
10 bags of dried mashed potatoes
500 g of couscous
19 packs of biscuits
41 soup-bags
1 pack of soup-croutons
2 packs of breadcrumbs
14 cans of tuna
5 cans of dried fish
4 cans of meat
6 packs of toast-bread
3 Kg of rusks
100 g of cocoa powder
4 jars of fruit jam
5 jars of honey (700 g per each)
5 jars of ajvar (530 g per each)
5 jars of pickled vegetables (680 g per each)
1 jar of olives
1 can of pineapple in syrup
3.4 Kg of coffee
8 packs of teabags
2 packs of napkins
9.75 Lt of dish soap
2.6 Lt of shampoo
2.6 Lt of bath/shower soap
2 packs of baby wipes
11 pack of toilette paper (x10)
2 pack of tissues (x10)
2 packs of kitchen rolls (x2)
4 toothbrushes
13 toothpaste
5.5 Lt of liquid hand-soap
36 soap-bars
5.2 Lt of liquid laundry soap
3 Kg of laundry detergent in powder
50 sponges
6 Lt of floor soap
6 Lt of toilet-detergent
10 rolls of waste-bags
20 kitchen cloths
+ some soft toys for children and EUR 140,00 cash to buy medicines and/or to pay medical visits or treatments.
Once again, we can say without any doubt that also this year the initiative has been a great success, thanks to the spontaneous generosity of the members of our Community.
All the collected stuff has been stored in the parish Caritas office, waiting for some volunteers within our Community who would like to participate in the distribution to the five beneficiaries in the coming days.
