For over 18 years, our parish has supported two hundred military units and seventy chaplains who are in our armed forces, with items for their comfort and religious items for their spiritual needs. The group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of each month at the Hickory Hills Community Center where boxes are packed with items for the troops in combat areas. We hold a donation Drive on Memorial Day weekend and a Christmas card signing on Veterans Day weekend. We collect donations throughout the year in local business and area churches. Our goal is to make sure our men and women in uniform, who are in harm’s way, know that the people back home are behind them. Donations can left at the St. Patricia Church Gathering.