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The Fourth Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday before Christmas, is a special day of giving and remembrance for the parishioners of Sacred Heart and Saint Ann's Churches. Volunteers make cookies, cakes, breads and other treats to deliver to homebound parishioners, and white poinsettias are sent to those who have experienced the death of a loved one in the past year.

Jackie Whatman is the secretary of Sacred Heart, and the coordinator of the project. She used the church records to identify the homebound individuals and those who have had a death in the family. This year there were 46 homebound and 38 bereavement gifts.

“We do this every year,” she said. “I've been doing it for the past five years. People bake and help us package and deliver the cookies. A lot of kids in religious education use this as a service project. I had to deliver one year when we were short of volunteers. It's so heartwarming. A lot of people are very lonely. Everybody should do this once to experience it.”

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