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2020 Alumni Picnic

Join us Saturday August 1st, 2020 for this year’s 24th Annual Alumni Picnic – a Virtual Event taking place throughout the day on the SCI Facebook page, and through a special SCI Alumni Association ZOOM Fellowship Meeting.

The Virtual Alumni Zoom Meeting will open at 8:15 am.

To ACCESS the Zoom Meeting –

Download Zoom app (it is free!) on your phone or laptop.

Create Free account with a User ID

Sign in

Join Zoom Meeting – ID #438 318 8651 (no special password is required!)

The host (Guy G, Chairman, SCI Alumni Association) will greet you when you have joined the Zoom meeting.

Contact Guy by phone at 845.395.6913 if you have any problems.

8:30 am
First screening of the ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE at the Brickwalk will air on the St. Christopher’s Inn Facebook page and the SCI Alumni Zoom Meeting.
· This will be pre-recorded with Fr Dennis and Fr Bill presiding over the ceremony and the SCI Choir singing Amazing Grace.

9:00 am
A second screening for the benefit of the SCI residents since they cannot assemble larger than a 50 person group.

9:45 am
MASS – broadcast LIVE on SCI Facebook page and shared LIVE via the SCIAA ZOOM meeting page.
The SCI Choir will be performing live!

11:00 am
WELCOME and SCI ALUMNI BIG MEETING featuring Cody R from CT, Milton R from Poughkeepsie and Chuck A from Washington State.
This will be broadcast only on the SCIAA ZOOM meeting page. Residents at SCI will be able to watch from the NPR Room.

12:15 pm
BBQ LUNCH will be served for the residents.
Photos of past picnics and other Alumni events will be featured during this time on the SCIAA ZOOM meeting site.

1:30 pm
MLB HOME RUN DERBY 2020 will be played between the four teams: SCI Residents, San Damiano Residents, Brothers Christopher House and the Alumni.

Be sure to download your free app available on Google Play Store ahead of time.

3:30 pm
Intramural Award Ceremony

3:45 – 5:00 pm
The ZOOM meeting can continue until 5:00 pm for Alumni who would like to continue fellowship with each other.

Learn more at https://www.brotherschristopher.com/events or
https://www.facebook.com/SCIAlumniAssociation

The nurses are the best part of my day.

The admission process was as fast and painless as it could be.

The medical staff is excellent, they treated me with love and care.

Overall the program and facility at St. Christopher’s Inn is the best, bar none.

Family program is PERFECT please don’t change a thing.

I took part in the GED program and was quite satisfied. I haven’t taken the test yet, but I have very high hopes of passing.

Gained immense knowledge from lectures and treatment plan.

It is very spiritual and I needed the experience.

The care and concern by my counselor and supporting staff shows the love that I didn’t know existed.

Staff is unbelievable, saved my life.

The goals I have reached and the new ones I’ve developed while being here are something of a life changer for me in my future.

I was pleasantly surprised by the existence of the Coffee House. Music is a central and meditative part of my life. The ability to perform for my new brothers here and the staff was unexpected and made this an incredible journey.

I would have nothing if it wasn’t for SCI.

Great people, caring and responsive.

I would like to tell you how thankful I am to you for having this family program available. I want to say thank you for giving me exactly what I needed.

The experience of being here and becoming a member of the Brothers Christopher fraternity has changed my life. Being in the Friars house was a blessing. Their generosity gave me knowledge I will carry with me for the rest of my life.

Thank you for the privilege I was given to stay here in your house. God bless you all. I will always keep a piece of St. Christopher’s Inn in my heart.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the hot meals, warm bed and unconditional love you so easily gave to me. I know if it were not for you, I would truly still be a lost soul.

The road to recovery is called Franciscan Way, and the door to happiness lies within the walls of St. Christopher’s Inn.

I never thought someone could care for a drug addict like me. You have shown me that I am worth something. May God bless you a million times.

Thank you for welcoming me in to your home, and granting me a scholarship for treatment. There’s not enough “thank-yous” I could say, so I’m going to show you by staying clean and living a peaceful sober life.

I want to thank you for everything—from my stay here to working in the Thrift Shop. I am so grateful for St. Christopher’s Inn and every staff member that represents this fantastic organization.

I was amazed by the unbelievable generosity of everyone at our Christmas party. A nice scarf and a collared shirt—I have been through hundreds in my life but I have never cared for any of them as I do for these. Thank you for giving me the best Christmas in many, many years.

I love this place. They have given me a place to sleep, food in my stomach, clothes on my back, and a chance at a first-class life. Recovery is here . . . all you have to do is want it!

Today, I am a sober man. I live an honest and simple life. I’m a reliable, employable productive member of society. I have dignity and self-worth and even self-love. All of these things are a direct result of the care and guidance given to me by the Friars and the staff at St. Christopher’s Inn. Some people call it a homeless shelter. I call it home.

2020 Alumni Picnic

Fr. Dennis Polanco, SA