Monday, October 31, 2011

Over 450 families signed up for IFC holiday meals program!

There are over 450 families in Orange County signed up to receive holiday meals from IFC! Only $25 helps IFC offer a holiday meal to an entire family – a turkey or ham, stuffing, vegetables, bread, and dessert. Please fill out a holiday meal voucher on our website at http://www.ifcweb.org/holidaymeals.html

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Stewards Fund Challenge is on!

The Stewards Fund Challenge is on! 
 
Donations are needed more than ever to help meet the Steward’s Fund Challenge as IFC has been asked to raise a higher amount of donations that ever before! The Steward’s Fund is offering the IFC a $100,000 All-or-Nothing Challenge Grant to help support Food & Shelter Programs. From October 1 to December 31 all new, lapsed, or increased donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar. Visit www.ifcweb.org or call 919-929-6380 to donate!

Monday, October 3, 2011

IFC's Annual Meeting & Potluck!

It's October and that means it's time for...

the IFC's Annual Meeting and Potluck! The meeting will be held Thursday, October 20th from 6-8pm at the Friends and Family Hall at St. Thomas More Parish Center – 904 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill. If you plan to attend, please send your name, affiliation (if any) and the kind of dish you are sharing to assistant@ifcmailbox.org or call Elizabeth at 919-929-6380 ext. 15. Come learn more about IFC’s new Community House facility at 1315 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill!
For more information visit:  http://www.ifcweb.org/annualmeeting2011.html
 

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