Serving Others

Outreach Opportunity:

Get involved in the upcoming homeless shelter week, October 3-10 as we partner with Family Promise of Charlotte!  Join the growing group of volunteers at Church at Charlotte to provide food and housing to homeless families right here in our own community.  Volunteer opportunities range from providing a meal to serving as an evening OR overnight host at the church facility. 

To receive more information, please contact Julie Deuink .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or Lynn Pitts .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

I also think it was timely that my wife came across this article, Number of Families in Shelters Rises, in the NY Times this morning.

Here’s an excerpt from the article that I think you will find interesting.  You can read the entire article by clicking here.

The Griffith family moved from Rhode Island to Florida two years ago after Mr. Griffith, who was working as a waiter at an Applebee’s restaurant, asked to be transferred to one opening in Spring Hill, an hour north of Tampa, where he figured the cost of living would be lower.

In January, however, the restaurant where Mr. Griffith was cooking closed. Then his hours began drying up at Applebee’s. The couple had savings, but squandered some of it figuring he would quickly find another job. When he did not, they were evicted from their condo.