Wednesday, November 17, 2010

IFC Needs Support for its Holiday Coupon Campaign!!

Only $25 helps us offer a holiday meal to an entire family--a turkey or ham, stuffing, vegetables, bread and dessert. In the Fall of 2009, community donors gave $19,036.31 which helped us provide 823 holiday meals for 2,422 persons. The need for holiday meals has increased! This year IFC has had approximately 840 families sign up for holiday meals and needs to raise approximately $21,000 to provide them with meals! As we approach the holiday season, please consider sharing a holiday meal with someone who might not otherwise get one by participating in our Holiday Coupon campaign.
For a holiday coupon, to learn how to donate, or for more information see IFC's website.

See the related Daily Tarheel article by clicking here.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Got lunch or dinner plans? RSVVP is today! Support local Chapel Hill and Carrboro restaurants and in turn support IFC!

Don't forget today, November 9th is RSVVP Day!!! IFC's RSVVP (Restaurants Sharing Ten Percent) campaign is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a great dinner out and support IFC plus it's easy! Plan to eat out at one of the many area restaurants listed on IFC's website as participating in the event. Participating restaurants will donated 10% of their sales that night to IFC which enables IFC to purchase food when food pantry and soup kitchen supplies run low.

You can find a list of participating restaurants and more information about IFC's RSVVP event at IFC's website or at : http://www.ifcweb.org/rsvvp2010.html

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Help the IFC get a great review! Write a review on www.greatnonprofits.org!

Help IFC get a great review! Write a review on the website listed below! Great Nonprofits is launching the 2010 Food & Shelter Campaign. This campaign will recognize the top-rated nonprofits working on issues related to homelessness and hunger....If a nonprofit has at least 10 positive reviews (4 or 5 stars) by November 30th, 2010,then they will be placed on the Great NonprofitsTop-Rated Food & Shelter Nonprofits List.  If you support the work being done by IFC, take just five minutes and write a great review!  
Reviews can be written at the following link!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting Tonight at 7pm

Chapel Hill Town Council meeting tonight at 7pm
Town Hall - Council Chamber
405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
 
This meeting was originally scheduled for 10/19. The Planning Board at that time will receive a report from the Shelter Guidelines Committee for discussion. Please contact Tom Whisnant at project@IFCMailbox.org or telephone 929-6380 ext 27 if you can come.

IFC's RSVVP campaign is one week away! Eat out in Chapel Hill/Carrboro on November 9th!

IFC's RSVVP (Restaurants Sharing Ten Percent) campaign is only one week away on November 9th! This is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a great dinner out and support IFC plus it's easy! Just mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 9th and plan to eat out at one of the many area restaurants listed on IFC's website as participating in the event. Participating restaurants will donated 10% of their sales that night to IFC which enables IFC to purchase food when food pantry and soup kitchen supplies run low.


You can find a list of participating restaurants and more information about IFC's RSVVP event at IFC's website.

Welcome to March on Poverty

The Inter-Faith Council (IFC) believes that now is the time to stop poverty in its tracks. Many in our community are struggling to hang on; and many need the inspiration of our community leaders to do something about poverty's influence and prominence. We need everyone who cares about reducing poverty's hold over increasing numbers of Carrboro and Chapel Hill households and unsheltered persons. Our new March On Poverty blog summons you to our call and the original call of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the countless among us who have followed in his footsteps. You ask, "how long will this take?" Dr. King said "Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Poverty is the primary cause of homelessness and hunger, two community challenges IFC volunteers and staff cross swords with daily. A lack of an adequate response by state, federal and local governments enable and procrastinate these conditions. We seek to create a just community, one that is committed to overcoming social problems by a greater commitment to the common good. We hope our blog will bring you more in touch with these issues. We hope you will come to know the facts about IFC future plans, new program models and new facilities commonly called Community House and FoodFirst. We hope you will join us.

Stay tuned! Stay in touch! March On!

Chris Moran, Executive Director

View the Community House Mission & Vision

View the FoodFirst Mission & Vision