[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]St. Merkorious Charity welcomed in the Christmas cheer with 'Christmas in the Park', where we invited the St. Merkorious community out for a great day at Parramatta Park on December 15th, 2021. Serving hot meals and Christmas spirit, the event was a much needed reprieve for our community after a particularly harsh year with long COVID...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] St. Merkorious Charity held a Christmas lunch for our hardworking volunteers at Massaya Lebanese Restaurant to celebrate their work and achievements. Without our volunteers' time, efforts, and support, we could never achieve what we do each week. Thank you for your contributions and continued support, and we hope that we will see you in 2020! [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="26px"][edgtf_button size=""...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Westfield Burwood generously welcomed St. Merkorious Charity back to their 2020 Christmas Gift Wrapping Station, held from December 11th to 17th 2020. Offering 4 days worth of proceeds to our cause, we are extremely grateful for their support! We are also very grateful for all the volunteers who offered up their time to man the stall. A...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]St. Merkorious Charity had the pleasure of serving the Blacktown community a Christmas Lunch, complete with a hot meal and dessert, on December the 15th, 2020. Volunteers were able to sit and chat with individuals who were struggling, and we were also able to distribute multiple packaged meals to families to have over the Christmas period...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Westfield Burwood generously allowed us to be part of their 'Community Space', where we kick-started December by putting up a charity stand in front of Woolworths in Westfield Burwood. Through this, we received dry food packages as well as monetary donations for our annual Christmas Appeal. We were also able to put up a large banner...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On December the 11th, 2020, students from Waranara School kindly volunteered to prepare Christmas Hampers with St. Merkorious Charity. Packing multiple boxes of fresh fruits and veggies to sustain the families in need in the area through Christmas and New Years, the students lit up our warehouse with their enthusiasm and laughter. All the students, teachers,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="33639" img_size="large" alignment="center"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1491392499085{padding-right: 10% !important;}"][vc_column_text]It's time to put on your exercise gear and enjoy the ocean breeze because St. Merkorious Charity's Day at the Bay is back! We are ecstatic to announce that our 2022 Day at the Bay will be held on the 18th of September, 2022 at Leichhardt Oval. Join us as we...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 29th October, we organised a fundraising dinner at Massaya Authentic Lebanese Restaurant to support the victims and families affected by the horrifying major explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. To our great surprise, nearly 150 people attended our fundraiser dinner and we raised over $60,000 in total through donations, ticket sales, lucky key sales, and silent and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]St. Merkorious Charity had the pleasure of serving lunch to the elderly parishioners at St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church during the feast week of the parish Parton Saint. Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there were reduced number of participants. However, we had a lot of takeaway containers available, and guests were extremely grateful to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful volunteer artist has been running weekly free art classes for the homeless clients under St. Merkorious Charity, and will continue this year as well. Art is a wonderful skill to learn, opening doors of opportunities as well as a great community activity to draw and learn together. The classes are run in St. Merkorious's Church...
