Students pause to show the result of their collection of donations for Thanksgiving meals, before heading out on the road to deliver the gifts.

Students pause to show the result of their collection of donations for Thanksgiving meals, before heading out on the road to deliver the gifts.

Posted November 24, 2015

Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford delivered 107 full Thanksgiving meals on Tuesday, Nov. 24 — including turkey, corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, stuffing and a pie — to needy families throughout Montgomery County and beyond.

The project saw PJP students raise $5,686 for the initiative. Before heading out Tuesday morning to make deliveries personally, the students began with Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the school chapel.

The parishes and organizations receiving the meals include: St. Mary Parish, Schwenksville (St. Vincent DePaul Program); St. Aloysius Parish, Pottstown; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bridgeport; St. Patrick Parish, Norristown; Catholic Social Services, Norristown (see more about this program); St. Gabriel Parish, Stowe; St. Vincent De Paul Society, Royersford, St. Columbkill Parish, Boyertown; St. Philip Neri Parish, Lafayette Hill; and St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Norristown.

The bags that students delivered to local parishes and agencies sit on the stage at Pope John Paul II High School during the Nov. 24 Mass preceding the deliveries.

The bags that students delivered to local parishes and agencies sit on the stage at Pope John Paul II High School during the Nov. 24 Mass preceding the deliveries.