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By Nelson A. King
The Bronx-based St. Matthias
Charities, Inc., on July 13 held
another successful annual BBQ
fundraiser to help medical
institutions, the less fortunate
and various communities in St.
Vincent and the Grenadines.
“The weather condition
could not have been better,”
Robert McBarnett, the group’s
president and pastor of the
church that carries the same
name, told Caribbean Life,
about the balmy summer day
for holding the event.
“Families, friends and
supporters came out to support
the charitable event,” he
added about the BBQ that was
held at the Friends of Crown
Heights Educational Center in
Brooklyn.
“As one attendee puts it, ‘this
event allows me to connect
with friends I have not seen in
quite a while; the socialization
was good for all of us,’”,Pastor
McBarnett continued.
Some members of the
Brooklyn-based Trinity
Apostolic Church assisted St.
Matthias Charities, Inc. in
serving patrons at the BBQ.
McBarnett said proceeds
raised at the fundraiser will
help in the church’s scheduled
eight mission to St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, from Aug.
24 to Sept. 7.
He said one of the highlights
of that mission will be the
distribution of 145 book bags,
books and school supplies to
the children of the Dickson
Government School and the
surrounding communities
along the eastern shores of
mainland St. Vincent.
During the mission, Pastor
McBarnett said the group
will also hand over, in capital
Kingstown, several pieces
of equipment and medical
supplies to the Ministry of
Health and the Milton Cato
Memorial Hospital (MCMH),
including stretchers, crash
carts, EKG machine, operation
room lights, rehabilitation
chairs, adult pampers, hospital
curtains and raw materials.
In addition, McBarnett said
St. Matthias Charities, Inc.
will continue to aid the Mental
Health Hospital and the Louis
Punnett Home, a home for the
indigent — both a Glen —
with food, clothing and other
supplies.
In honoring his pledge
during the group’s last
mission to St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Pastor McBarnett
said St. Matthias Charities,
Inc. will be partnering with
the Ministry of Education with
its zero-hunger program for
school children.
“Hundreds of crates of food
will be on the container for this
program,” he said.
The Stubbs Nine Morning
Committee will also receive
hundreds of Christmas lights as
“an advance donation for their
annual Christmas program,”
McBarnett said.
On return from St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, he said
the group will then head to
Grenada for another mission.
During the Sept. 28-Oct.
5 mission to the “Spice Isle,”
McBarnett said “a large supply
of goods and medical supplies”
will be donated to the Ministry
of Health, including EKG
machine, crash carts, crutches,
canes and walkers.
He said “a small army of
nurses is scheduled to be on
this trip,” who “will be meeting
with the staff of the General
Hospital and assist in whatever
way they can.”
In expressing gratitude
to patrons during the BBQ
fundraiser, McBarnett said
“100 percent of the donation
goes directly to the missions.”
Over the years, he said the
St. Matthias Charities, Inc.
has been donating medical
supplies to the MCMH and
other healthcare facilities in St.
Vincent and the Grenadines,
and school and other supplies
to schools and communities
throughout the length and
breadth of the nation.
Vincentian-born, Philadelphia resident Bernard Burke being
served at St. Matthias Charities, Inc. annual fundraising BBQ.
Photo by Nelson A. King
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