St. Francis Ministry

08/10/2026

Join us on Aug 22nd and Create for a Cause! The Creative Hive is generously hosting this event with 30% of art cafe sales donated to our School and Mission House in Kenya! Reservations are highly recommended for this event. Walk-ins for this day will be accepted based on availability.

Visit their website at the link below for more info!

https://www.thecreativehive.org/book-with-us/stfrancisministryfundraiser

Join us on Aug 22nd and Create for a Cause! 30% of art cafe sales will be donated to the St.Francis Ministry's Mission House project to build a school in Kenya. Reservations are highly recommended for this event. Walk-ins for this day will be accepted based on availability.

Visit our website for more info!

10/05/2023

Hello everyone! Here are some updates on our school buildings. Our library officially has a roof! The next steps are plastering, doors and windows, and other final touches. Thank you for all of your continued support and commitment to our ministry, so that we can continue creating this access to education.

10/05/2023

Hello everyone, please consider joining us for our upcoming BBQ Dinner Fundraiser, catered by Smokey Legend BBQ. Tickets will be sold after weekend masses at St. Ambrose, St. Anthony’s and St. Joseph’s. You may also purchase tickets by calling Mary Ann Dorner at 607-754-4236. The dinner will be take-out only.

09/11/2023

Hello everyone!
St. Francis Ministry is hosting a golf-tournament on Sunday, September 24th at Traditions at the Glen for golfers and non-golfers. This year, there is a chance to win a car when YOU make a hole-in-one from the 16th tee, sponsored by Miller Auto Team.
Please see the attached flyer for how to purchase tickets.

08/25/2023

Hello everyone! Please join us tomorrow night at Gusto. We will be holding a bake sale, with all proceeds going towards the ministry and funding our school in Kenya. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! 🍪🧁🍰

01/31/2023

A big thank you to everyone who attended our w**e tasting event this past weekend! Because of you, we are able to support so many young students!

01/01/2023

Hello everyone! Happy new year! Please see the attached flyer of our upcoming fundraiser.

11/01/2022

Hello everyone! Here are some current updates about our school. The dormitory for boys is finished, and we are waiting for the engineer’s certification. We currently have 125 kids enrolled in our school, with 64 girls and 61 boys. Striving to be self supportive, we have started a school vegetable garden, growing spinach, sukuma wiki, tomatoes, beans, cabbage, carrots etc. Our next step is to construct a library, and building is planned to begin in January.

07/15/2022

Some recent photos of our students in uniform!

05/03/2022

https://gofund.me/ac6c237c

St. Francis Ministry is a non-profit organization established in 2010 exclusively for religious, charitable and educational purposes to support orphans and impoverished children in Kenya. We believe that by educating these children, we have the potential to improve not only their lives but their entire community.

We are a volunteer-based organization, and all of the funds raised will go towards achieving our mission of building a boarding school and educating children while providing for their essential needs.

To date, we have opened eight classrooms to support the academic needs of 125 orphans/poor children. The girls dormitory is complete and, when equipped, will accommodate a total of 120 students, 60 on each floor. The boys dormitory is being built with a plan for completion in 2022, accommodating an additional 120 students. We have a dining room attached to a small kitchen to be able to provide the students with two nutritious meals each day. There are outside restrooms within the perimeter of the newly constructed stone wall. A water tower for the distribution of running water at the various structures on the property is complete; electricity is in place at the site.

We have come a long way and still have much ground to be covered. Future plans include the building of a Library, Dispensary and Mission House. We are very excited about our progress and the possibilities moving forward. Your continued support of St. Francis Ministry is essential to its success, and your consideration is greatly appreciated.

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