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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.
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.
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
Originally named the Saint Andrew's Society, [3] the organization was founded in 1756 by Scottish founders in New York City who were looking to "relieve the distressed." It was named for the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew. [4]
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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."
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.