East Providence Elks Lodge Helps Local Charity

For 14 years Anne Pari has brought comfort to the needy with bags of food and clothing, and the East Providence Elks recently presented her with a check.

Mostly Anne brings clothing, but she also brings toiletries and personal care items that people have donated or she has bought. She collects leftover pastries from doughnut shops and she or other volunteers make hot coffee and hot chocolate. (Not to mention that on Wednesday evenings Anne brings 150 sandwiches and 250 treats to project Night Vision for Teenagers in Providence).

Anne has been doing street missions since 2004. " I just enjoy doing it" she said. "I feel these people need as much help as we can give them. We need to be out there and we need to listen to their stories".