Community Interfaith CalendarPoverty Forum to be held May 7th at 6PM
Please plan on sending a delegate from your congregation to the Poverty Forum on Wednesday, May 7 from 6 to 9 pm. It will be held at the Lunch Box at the Family Partnership Center, 29 N. Hamilton St., City of Poughkeepsie. The Lunch Box is located at the back of the building.
Parking is available on the South side and toward the back of the building near the entrance to The Lunch Box. A light supper will be served.
The latest updates on hot topics presented by people in the know:
- State Senator Stephen Saland, Chair of the Senate Education Committee, will speak about legislation to improve nutrition in our schools. (The Senator's presence depends on the state of NYS Budget negotiations as of May 7th.)
- Hunger Action Network of NYS director Mark Dunlea will present on NYS anti-hunger agenda for 2008.
- Bread for the World spokesman, Derrick Boykin, will present Bread For the World's 2008 anti-hunger campaign.
- Brian RIddell of Dutchess Outreach will speak on that organization's 26 years of work in Dutchess County to alleviate hunger and poverty.
- Philip Carr-Harris, Executive Director of the D.C. Interfaith Council, will present theological insights on poverty as a justice issue.
Come hear the Stories of the Saints
(Cedar Valley Road runs between Rt. 376 and Spackenkill Rds.) Theme: Stories of the Saints |
Peace Concert Raises Funds for Grace Smith House
The fourth annual Peace Story Concert was held on Sunday Jan 13th at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie. Storytellers Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi, Muriel Horowitz, Karen Pillsworth, Mary B. Summerlin and Fatima Thompson delighted the audience with an afternoon of stories, and Philip Carr-Harris, Executive Director of DCIC, led the crowd in song. Donations received at the event, which totaled $600, were given to Grace Smith House, Inc., a shelter for battered women in Dutchess County.
DCIC 32nd Annual CROP Walk was held on Sunday, October 14th.
The 2007 CROP Walk raised $48,000 designated as follows:
$12,000 to local Hunger Relief Organizations:
$9,833 to Dutchess Outreach
$,1083 to Beulah Baptist, Poughkeepsie Soup Kitchen
- $1083 to Community Action Agency of Dutchess County
$36,000 to Church World Service and other National and Global Hunger Relief Organizations.
CROP Treasurer Lois Olson and Coordinator Kenyatta McKenzie thank everyone who walked, helped administer, or sponsored a Walker!
Contributions may be sent to:
CWS/CROP
c/o Dutchess County Interfaith Council Inc.
29 North Hamilton St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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