The team of students and advisers are marking five years of youth serving both the local community and those throughout the province, nation and the world.
They have been involved in several major projects. Three local projects of note this year include supporting the Battlefords and District Food and Resource Centre, the Lighthouse Supporting the Battlefords and the Canadian Cancer Society.
Just last week, mission students delivered nonperishable food items to the fundraiser for Battlefords and District Food and Resource Centre at Sobeys. It is one of three major food drives John Paul II has been involved with this year.
Recently, the team joined the effort to support those affected by the Fort McMurray wildfires. The Mission Team filled a large trailer and truck with donated items and collected over $900 for the Red Cross during a food and clothing drive at the school.
On May 10 they travelled to Edmonton to deliver the items to the Edmonton Relief Fund and the Mustard Seed Homeless Shelter. They spent the day sorting and boxing donated items.
Over the past five years the mission team has gone to Peru, Costa Rica and Nicaragua to help those in need.
The team members plan to take their efforts to South America next winter, with 16 team members currently fundraising to go to Ecuador in February of 2017 where they plan to work with displaced and homeless people along the Amazon River.
