As part of its Mission Week, volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin put on an ice cream social for the refugee children at Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester. They also dropped off household items that parishioners had collected for the ministry.
Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center helps refugees settle in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Lisa O’Brien, left, and Nick Kramer, volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin, drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Refugee children line up for at an ice cream social put on by volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Elias, 5, of Tanzania, enjoys his second chocolate cone at an ice cream social put on by volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Billie Warner, center, and other volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin put on an ice cream social for refugee children. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Refugee children line up for at an ice cream social put on by volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Refugee children enjoy a frozen treat at an ice cream social put on by volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Lisa O’Brien, a volunteer from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin, drops off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Elias, 5, of Tanzania, mugs for the camera during an ice cream social sponsored by volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.
Elias, 5, left, of Tanzania and Clement, 6, of Congo are pose for a picture during an ice cream social sponsored by volunteers from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Hamlin. The parish volunteers were on hand to drop off household items that were donated and collect by the parish to Mary’s Place Refugee Outreach Center in Rochester, July 19, 2016.