ST. MARK'S DIAPER BANK

The Diaper Bank has been in operation since May 2021. Since that time, we have distributed 31,104 diapers and baby wipes too-numerous-to-count to at least 15 families (including a number of graduate students), Windham Area Interfaith Ministries, and Covenant Soup Kitchen. In 2023, we distributed
14,702 diapers plus baby wipes. The Diaper Bank is always in need of funds to supply diapers. If you feel called to help local families, please donate to the St. Mark's Diaper Bank with a check or drop off diapers to the donation bin in the back of the church building. 

LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

​St. Mark’s works closely with other faith communities to live out God’s mission of justice and reconciliation. We partner with local agencies, organize teams of volunteers, raise funds, host events, and continually seek creative ways to engage with our neighbors. Some of our partners and ways of engaging include:

• Windham Area Interfaith Ministry (WAIM): St. Mark’s is one of 39 faith communities that comprise WAIM, an organization dedicated to the free redistribution of clothing, household goods and furniture to people who need them. WAIM is a volunteer driven organization that serves about 7,500 people a year via basic services and special programs, having recently expanded into the provision of energy assistance and administering funds to prevent homelessness. St. Mark’s organizes teams of volunteers, makes donations of goods for redistribution, raises special funds, and participates actively in WAIM events. 
  
  
• The Covenant Soup Kitchen: St. Mark’s volunteers help prepare monthly meals at the Covenant Soup Kitchen, a community feeding program based at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Willimantic. St. Mark’s provides food, funds, and volunteer support for the soup kitchen’s mission to provide “not only food, but an environment of care, love, support, and safety to those who come through our doors.”
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• The No Freeze Shelter: St. Mark’s provides donations to the Windham Region No Freeze Hospitality Center, a community coalition dedicated to making sure no one is left out in the cold. The shelter’s goal is to provide basic overnight accommodations from November through April of every year as a warm alternative to the makeshift camps along the Willimantic River where many of the Windham area’s homeless live.

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GLOBAL

As part of the Anglican Communion, St. Mark’s is part of a global network of faith communities in more than 160 countries around the world. These global relationships ground our understanding of ourselves as a local congregation, and put us in personal relationship with people working to bring God’s peace, justice, and freedom to all parts of our world.

LAST SUNDAY OFFERING

Every month, St. Mark's chooses a local, national, or international charity to which we donate.