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News From FUMC of Newport News - Foundation
2003 Financial Assistance Grants
Mallory Joyce, President
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Through the grants program FUMC Foundation provides annual funding for outreach ministry on behalf of First United Methodist Church of Newport News. The Foundation receives gifts, memorials, and bequests on behalf of First Church and invests those gifts, so that they might provide perpetual funds for the benefit of others. During 2003, the Foundation made the following financial assistance grants totaling $13,500.
We concentrated our giving for the year 2003 on those agencies whose services were in such great demand due to the devastation of Hurricane Isabel.
| Grants | Agency |
|---|---|
| $ 1,700 | American Red Cross, Hampton Roads Chapter |
| 1,700 | Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula |
| 1,700 | Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc. |
| 1,700 | Salvation Army - Peninsula Command |
| 1,700 | UMCOR - Hurricane Isabel Disaster Relief/VA Peninsula District |
| 1,300 | Contact Peninsula, Inc. |
| 500 | FUMC Preschool |
| 400 | Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center |
| 100 | United Campus Ministries at CNU | 1,000 | FUMC 2003 Student Recognition Awards, $500 each to Josh Dellinger and Wesley Bush |
| $13,500 | Total/Year 2003 |
Described below are two of the recipients:
Living Interfaith Network (LINK) of Hampton Roads - Mission: To reduce the causes of poverty through collaborative partnerships, advocacy, and maximization of effective resources. LINK provides emergency financial assistance, food, clothing, furniture, life skills and job training, and the Winter Homeless Shelter Program (PORT). In 2002 59 thousand men, women and children on the Peninsula were assisted by LINK.
Salvation Army, Peninsula Command - Mission: The Salvation Army is a charitable movement where love of God and practical concerns for the needs of humanity are expressed through a spiritual ministry. The Peninsula Command served 126,256 individuals in 2002. During Hurricane Isabel, the Peninsula Command served over 20,000 meals; through its mobile units it distributed cleaning supplies, food, clothing, and basic necessities, plus housed 33 displaced veterans from the Hampton VA Medical Center.
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