November 2022 Update

Local Knights of Columbus Council 11080 is sponsoring a Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Dugan Hall, Sacred Heart Church, 10 Milk Street, West Brookfield, MA. Proceeds from this event will help provide critically needed winter clothing and blankets to orphaned children in western Ukraine coordinated by Supporting Orphans Nationally & Globally (S.O.N.G.) of Brookfield, MA. Dinner includes pasta fagioli, garden salad, meatballs & sausage, spaghetti & sauce, garlic bread, dessert, water, soda, and coffee. Cost is a $15.00 donation and $10.00 for children under 12 years old. Take-out is available at 5:30 pm and sit-down dinner is served at 6:00 pm. Admission tickets are also good for entry for special door prizes! Raffle tickets for a 50/50 Raffle and more will be available! Advance ticket purchase is encouraged and appreciated! Tickets are available from any Knight or by calling (508) 867-7878 or (774) 573-9319 or by emailing s.rust@comcast.net. Tickets will only be available at the door while they last!  
 
Michele and Wally Connor, Executive Directors of S.O.N.G., recently returned from the Ukraine/Poland border a few weeks ago providing support to children at refugee camps.  Wally Connor will be returning in mid-November to Krakow, Poland for meetings with partner organizations and then to Lviv, Ukraine to help distribute winter clothing to orphaned children in more than 20 temporary safe havens in western Ukraine. This is S.O.N.G.’s priority right now as winter is right around the corner, power outages are common interfering with heating the facilities, and energy supplies are forecasted to be sporadic throughout the winter.

General donations to this critical project are needed and welcome and may be made

by check to:  
S.O.N.G., Inc
122 Long Hill Road
PO Box 426
Brookfield, MA 01506-0426

by Venmo: @SONGInc

by direct deposit to:
S.O.N.G., Inc.
c/o North Brookfield Savings Bank
9 Gilbert Street
North Brookfield, MA  01535

or through our website: www.supportingorphans.org

 
We are excited to report that we will finally be opening our new S.O.N.G. Headquarters and Gift Shop on Saturday, December 10 at 10:00 am in time for your Christmas shopping! All proceeds from all the sales at our Gift Shop will benefit our S.O.S. Programs in Pakistan, South Africa, and Ukraine, as well as our support of Foster Children here in Massachusetts. More details to follow….
 
S.O.N.G. will be at the West Brookfield White Christmas Celebration on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Dugan Hall in Sacred Heart Church, 10 Milk Street from Noon until 4:00 pm. Cultural Items, Christmas Gifts, and more will be available for purchase. There will also be an informational presentation available for viewing about our on-going SOS Mission in Poland and Ukraine providing support to the children orphaned by the conflict.
 
S.O.N.G. will be doing a presentation at an upcoming fundraising event for The Arts for Humanity Foundation on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at The Newport Blues Café, 286 Thames Street, Newport, RI, 02840 beginning at 2:00 pm. This event, “An Afternoon of Music with the Evan Goodrow Band & special guest James Montgomery,” will help support TAFH Mission Team to travel to Poland to provide emotional and medical support to the orphaned children of Ukraine.
 
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-arts-for-humanity-charity-benefit-concert-tickets-462159289877?aff=efbneb&fbclid=IwAR0RtsFGIT8cGGKKEhtFX-5a9nRxcc7Lq_wz-5XCLWARPx-gZrJrKOiAJ9s
 
More information about TAFH: www.theartsforhumanity.org
 
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.