Social Concerns
"Putting our faith into action serving the needs of others."
It has been over 25 years since the Social Concerns Committee was formed as part of the CTK community. Since that time the group has grown and continues to grow, but the original mission remains much the same.
Social Concerns members are dedicated to expanding the awareness of how we can live the Gospel in our daily lives by becoming more service oriented and helping to meet the needs of our Christ the King family and reach out to our Quad City community and to others in need around the World.
As the years have passed CTK Social Concerns has grown to nearly 50 active members and the scope of our charitable outreach has grown to support not only our own parishioners but many local, national and world-wide programs.
Local Projects include providing backpacks and school supplies for Catholic grade school children in need, Elder Tree Gifts for homebound and nursing home patients, Thanksgiving/ Christmas food baskets and much more.
We cannot do this without your help. Various fundraisers are held each year like our huge Garden of Eden (yard) Sale. In recent months several area restaurants have generously donated a percentage of their day’s profits on a given day. (Watch for the coupons in the church bulletin) Other monies are derived though personal gifts and bequeaths
We need every member of Christ the King to help us reach out to all those in need. We invite anyone interested to come to a Social Concerns meeting at 1:00 PM on the second Tuesday of the month and see how you might be able to help us to help others.
Help Us With Our Upcoming Events:
Thanksgiving Food Baskets
We are now working on providing food baskets for Thanksgiving.
You can help by giving a monetary donation by using the "Donate Now" link above.
Angel Tree Gifts
For Christmas we have our annual Angel Tree Gifts for children in need.
We are currently collecting names of children (birth through 17) in need of assistance this holiday season. If you know a family within our parish or if your own family could use a helping hand this year, please let us know. All information and submissions are kept strictly confidential. Please contact Cathy Williams at 309-269-6711 with the information of a child or children in need.
You can help by selecting a child or more from the list and shop for gifts. The sign up
link will be posted here on this webpage November 15th.
Elder Tree Gifts
Social Concerns Committee is collecting small items for Christmas gift bags to be delivered to our parishioners who are in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or are homebound. If you would like to donate, please bring your unwrapped items to church the weekend of Dec 5th and 6th.
Suggested gift items include : Chap stick, white socks for men and women, socks with non-stick bottoms for men/women, small size lotions, body washes, dry shampoo, toothbrush/toothpaste, large print puzzle books, fat coloring pencils, purse size pkts of Kleenex, small square box of Kleenex, back scratchers, magnifying glasses, deck of cards, winter hats, gloves, shoe horns, lightly scented room fresheners (no plug-ins or sprays), small Christmas decorations. NO CANDY, please. Donations of medium and large sized gift bags (10”x12”, and 13’x15”) would also be appreciated. Thank you for your generosity