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Outreach 2007 |
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First Sunday Outreach
On the first Sunday of each month, Heritage Church’s collection is given to a chosen charitable organization. In 2007, Heritage gave over $8,600 to worthy charities. Below is a list of organizations that we contributed to in 2007:
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January 2007 |
Ronald McDonald House |
$705.00 |
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The Ronald McDonald House program began in 1974 based on a simple idea: Provide a "home away from home" for families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. Since that time, more than 10 million families around the world have benefited from the comfort provided by a Ronald McDonald House.
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February 2007 |
Coalition for the Homeless |
$941.00 |
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Coalition for the Homeless is the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women, and children. We are dedicated to the principle that decent shelter, sufficient food, affordable housing, and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Since their inception in 1981, the Coalition has worked through litigation, public education, and direct services to ensure that these goals are realized.
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March 2007 |
FINCA International, Inc. |
$933.45 |
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FINCA International provides financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. We target the poorest of the working poor: those who have the least access to services such as loans, savings programs, and insurance. Our clients include women, who make up 70 percent of the world's poor; individuals unable to find work in the formal sector; families displaced by war and internal conflict; the rural poor; and those affected by chronic poverty. With more than 20 years' experience and over 500,000 clients on four continents, FINCA offers a proven solution to poverty.
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April 2007 |
AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati |
$610.00 |
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AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati was started in 1983 in response to the first case of HIV in Cincinnati. Their mission is to fight HIV/AIDS through education, services and compassionate care one person at a time. |
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May 2007 |
Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund |
$413.00 |
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A special collection was taken in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting.
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June 2007 |
Interfaith Hospitality Network |
$667.66 |
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The Interfaith Hospitality Network program brings shelter, meals, and support services to families without homes. IHNs are a cost-efficient, effective, and replicable community response to family homelessness. Because they make use of existing community resources, they can be implemented quickly, without major start-up costs. IHN programs vary from community to community, reflecting local needs and resources.
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July 2007 |
Atar School Improvement |
$892.00 |
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The Atar School Improvement Project (ASIP) is a project that our own HUUC member, Ellen Brinkerhoff, is sponsoring while living and doing outreach work in Africa. ASIP targets improvements at all three primary schools where Ellen currently works. This project will: install latrines and hand-washing stations at all three schools, replace worn out chalkboards at two of them, and help to develop a school garden with running water and fencing at two of them. The goal is to help the local Atar community conduct infrastructure improvements that will not only help the teachers and students live healthier lives, but also serve as a catalyst for learning and practicing better hygiene.
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August 2007 |
Project GRAD |
$378.00 |
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Project GRAD -- Graduation Really Achieves Dreams -- is a community-based non-profit organization that targets the schools and students most in need and offers innovative programs to improve educational outcomes. Project GRAD Cincinnati has increased the percentage of students passing the Ohio Grade Three Proficiency Test between 2002 and 2003. Each one of the four feeder elementary schools has shown dramatic improvements over the past school year. This effective community program directly addresses a significant need in our community.
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September 2007 |
PICO |
$521.00 |
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PICO is a national network of family advocacy groups that works, at the state, local and national level, for issues important to families, such as health care, adequate housing, strong public schools and safer neighborhoods. PICO trains people in skills needed to make the system work better for families and communities. It organizes and advocates for policy change that affects millions of American families. Donations support more than 50 local organizations which work with communities to make the lives of all of us just a little bit better.
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October 2007 |
CarbonFund |
$621.00 |
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The CarbonFund is a not-for-profit carbon offset organization which was formed by Unitarian Universalists for the purpose of helping promote the process of carbon-dioxide offsetting, the reduction of greenhouse gases, and the increased use of renewable energy. The HUUC Green Team estimates that, if 75 cars drive an average of 10 miles to church on a given Sunday, we produce one ton of carbon dioxide per Sunday service! Our contribution will pay for carbon-offsets of over TWO YEARS worth of church services. |
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November 2007 |
Heifer International |
$762.00 |
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Heifer International purchases animals for needy families, some of which are in this country, most in other countries. In addition, animal husbandry is taught to the families before an animal is placed. Families learn to properly care for their animal, and promise to give the first offspring to another family in their local community. |
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December 2007 |
Cincinnati Freestore Foodbank |
$1168.00 |
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According to a study released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly one in every eight American families cannot put enough food on the table to feed its members. Cincinnati’s Freestore Foodbank provides food for those people living below the “food security line” throughout the year. Due to corporate generosity, the ability to take full advantage of the wasteful food distribution system in this country, and careful allocation of its resources, every DOLLAR given to the Freestore Foodbank can provide up to FOUR meals, with 94 cents going directly into the feeding of our hungry human brothers and sisters.
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