Thank you to Laura, Bill, Bonnie, Richard, Sheila, Betsy, Don, Maggie, Wayne, Mary Lou, Ding and Meg who gathered for Mass and assisted with assembling Blessing Bags on Saturday, December 6. Volunteers assembled 100 backpacks, which were donated to Mercy House. Each backpack included washcloths, caps, toiletries, snacks, sunscreen, rain ponchos, and emergency blankets.
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Serge Dube blessed and presented Order of Malta pyxes to our Extraordinary Ministers of"},{"id":"78108","link":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/2026\/01\/16\/vero-beach-areas-december-first-saturday-mass-and-blessing-bag-assembly\/","name":"vero-beach-areas-december-first-saturday-mass-and-blessing-bag-assembly","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-FL-VB-Dec-Mass-and-Assembly-1.png","alt":""},"title":"Vero Beach Area's December First Saturday Mass and Blessing Bag Assembly","author":{"name":"tmazza","link":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/author\/tmazza\/"},"date":"Jan 16, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-01-16 18:38:40","modifiedDate":"2026-01-16 18:38:41","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-01-16 18:38:41","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":16},"status":"publish","content":"Thank you to Laura, Bill, Bonnie, Richard, Sheila, Betsy, Don, Maggie, Wayne, Mary Lou, Ding and Meg who gathered for Mass and assisted with assembling"},{"id":"78105","link":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/2026\/01\/16\/vero-beach-area-members-support-float-hope\/","name":"vero-beach-area-members-support-float-hope","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-FL-VB-Float-Hope.png","alt":""},"title":"Vero Beach Area Members Support Float Hope","author":{"name":"tmazza","link":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/author\/tmazza\/"},"date":"Jan 16, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-01-16 18:31:03","modifiedDate":"2026-01-16 18:31:04","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-01-16 18:31:04","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/area-news\/florida-vero-beach\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Florida - Vero Beach<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/area-news\/florida-vero-beach\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Florida - Vero Beach<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":17},"status":"publish","content":"Several members of the Florida - Vero Beach Area volunteered as greeters for an event supporting Float Hope, one of this year's Local Area Project"},{"id":"78102","link":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/2026\/01\/16\/vero-beach-area-provides-supplies-to-mercy-house\/","name":"vero-beach-area-provides-supplies-to-mercy-house","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-FL-VB-Mercy-House.png","alt":""},"title":"Vero Beach Area Provides Supplies to Mercy House","author":{"name":"tmazza","link":"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/author\/tmazza\/"},"date":"Jan 16, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-01-16 17:01:11","modifiedDate":"2026-01-16 17:01:12","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-01-16 17:01:12","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/area-news\/florida-vero-beach\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Florida - Vero Beach<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest News<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/area-news\/florida-vero-beach\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Florida - Vero Beach<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/orderofmaltaamerican.org\/category\/latest-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Latest News<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":15},"status":"publish","content":"In response to rising food insecurity, the Florida - Vero Beach Area used several member donations to purchase supplies for Mercy House in November. 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