St. Mary’s Feast Society to Hold “Toys to Bring Joy” Giveaway on December 20

St. Mary’s Feast Society to Hold “Toys to Bring Joy” Giveaway on December 20

The St. Mary’s Feast Society, located in the Knightsville section of Cranston, has announced a toy giveaway event to benefit the less fortunate during the 2020 holiday season. 

The giveaway event will take place at 4 pm at The St. Mary’s Feast Society Headquarters located at 15 Phenix Avenue on December 20, 2020. It will be a contactless drive-through event.

Participants should wear a mask, and socially distanced when attending the giveaway. Toy donations of unwrapped and unused toys can be dropped off at the Feast Society Building (at the above location) any afternoon until 6pm. 

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Monetary donations can be made for the cause as well at that location or on the society’s VENMO account. (@StMarys-FeastSociety). For more information, visit the Facebook page for the Society at https://www.facebook.com/stmarysfeast/ 

Helping Community in Pandemic

This is the second time in a month that the Society, whose main mission is to conduct a feast for the Blessed Mother during the month of July, has organized a charitable event for the needy of the community.

“Our feast was basically canceled this year due to COVID-19. But our society is resilient. This year we are bringing people to our corner of Phenix Ave for a much different reason. A couple of weeks ago it was for a turkey, and this coming week, it is to bring smiles to the faces of children who are less fortunate," said Feast Society President Matthew Volpi.

“Our society and executive board continue to feel that our community should be on the forefront of our minds, especially this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for so many families this Christmas. If our society can ease some of that burden, and create a festive Christmas morning for some children that would otherwise be unable to have one, we are proud to do so,” he added.

The event was spearheaded and organized by the Sergeant At Arms of the Feast Society, Ryan Nardolillo.

Nardolillo, who is a funeral director at Nardolillo Funeral Home (a main sponsor of the event) said that after seeing so much grief this year, and witnessing first-hand the pain of many families struggling to deal with many ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, he had to step up and get this event organized for the betterment of the community. 

“People can’t even grieve normally because of the situation the world is in. People need an excuse to smile, and the children need the most support of everyone. Even if just a handful of kids smile because of what we are doing, it’s all worth it," said Nardolillo.