COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
St. Mary's reaches out into our community in many ways. Probably the greatest form of outreach is in the sharing of our large parish hall, a welcome meeting place for many different groups.
ANNUAL EVENTS include our famous Election Eve Dinner, The St. Nicholas Day Fair, (which includes a spectacular COOKIE WALK!) a Christmas Community Dinner, our Friday February Pasta Dinners,
our Mardi Gras Shrove Tuesday PANCAKE DINNER and the annual JULY LOBSTER DINNER!
We share our building with:
AA
Garden Club
Gift of Life
Hay Beach Association
Shelter Island Educational Foundation
Shelter Island Public Library
Vacation Bible School, and more.
Our Annual Election Eve Dinner donates all proceeds to charities including:
- Shelter Island Senior Citizens Nutrition/Meals on Wheels
- Shelter Island Ambulance Foundation
- Eastern Long Island Hospital (a/k/a Stony Brook ELilI)
- Shelter Island Food Pantry
- East End Hospice
- The Retreat (abused women Sag Harbor)
- Shelter Island History Center, and others.
The first Sunday plate offering is designated to our Rector's discretionary fund, this along with an endowment for the same purpose helps people in need within our community.