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07/20/2018
Early in the evening on July 18th, Upstate New York Area members prepared and served a picnic supper for the residents and staff of Mercy House, a women’s shelter operated by Catholic Charities in Albany.
The Area has provided a summer picnic supper with gifts for the Mercy House Shelter for the last several years. Pictured above are participating Area members with some of the Mercy House’s staff members.
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