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The Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) is a United Methodist hunger-relief nonprofit focusing on food wastage and poverty-induced starvation. The organization takes produce donations and serves them in SoSA-run distribution programs such as the Gleaning Network , Harvest of Hope, and the Seed Potato Project.
The Society of St. Andrew's Gleaning Network coordinates volunteers, growers, and distribution agencies to salvage food for the needy. Tens of thousands of volunteers from churches, synagogues, scout troops, senior citizen groups, and other organizations participate each year in Gleaning Network activities all across the country.
History of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, 1756-1906, by George Austin Morrison. Scots and Scots Descendant in America by D. MacDougall, 1917. Official website
Social events for the Society include the Tartan Day parade in April and an annual banquet in November. The Society sponsors a Kirkin' o' the Tartan service during Tartan Week in April of each year. The Society offices are located on East 55th Street in Manhattan, which houses a collection of books about Scotland.
Saint Andrew's Society refers to one of many independent organizations celebrating Scottish heritage which can be found all over the world.. Some Saint Andrew's Societies limit membership to people born in Scotland or their descendants.
While it may be celebrated at different times of the year, popular dates include the Feast of St. Andrew (Andermas) on November 30, and Tartan Day on April 6. [2] In New York City, the service is organized by St Andrew's Society of the State of New York and plays a predominate role in the city's Tartan Week festival held annually in April. [6] [7]
The Sisters of Saint Andrew [RSA], [1] are a Catholic religious congregation of women whose origins dated back to the 13th Century. Founded in Tournai , Belgium, by two sisters who sold off their property and possessions in order to open a hospice for pilgrims and travellers, they received their first formal recognition by Pope Innocent IV in 1249.
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is an international lay Christian religious organization with historical roots in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.. The objectives of the organization focus on prayer, Bible study and service to the community with an emphasis on evangelism through fraternal outreach and "the spread of Christ's Kingdom among men."