Outreach Committee Coffee Hour November 17th
Please join the Outreach Committee during Coffee Hour on Sunday, November 17, where 2019 grant recipients will be setting up information tables and will be available to speak to the congregation about their missions. These charities are receiving funds raised during the Hunt Country Stable Tour - come see the Stable Tour’s huge impact! From Haiti to Fluvanna to Upperville these charities are making a difference to people’s lives and we are honored to be able to help.
The theme of mission will continue at the coffee hour after the 10:30 service with representatives of the organizations given donations from the Stable Tour proceeds.
In late September, the Outreach Committee met to review funding applications from various charities, both local and abroad. The funds are provided from Hunt Country Stable Tour income, held Memorial Day weekend annually. Trinity Episcopal Church is very active in working with people in need, not just for people in need. Trinity is thankful to the Lord that we can be of assistance in both ways, in providing funding we have available and in working beside people to better their circumstances. The Committee asks the full Trinity Congregation to continue volunteering, donating, and helping in whatever ways they individually feel called to help the world, far away and even in our own towns. If you are unsure how you would like to help or if you would simply like to know what the Committee has found to be good, meaningful help for God’s people, please find more information below.
2019 Grant Recipients:
By His Wounds $2,000
The “Welcome Home Initiative” provides military veterans with ministry and resources for spiritual and emotional healing at no cost. Retreats are available to veterans and their families for a weekend at no cost, providing healing, a path forward after trauma, and finding stability in life for the future. Located in Virginia, and across the US and UK. https://www.byhiswoundsministry.org/about/
A Little Heart $2,000
Providing funding available to Fauquier County school principals for students who need financial assistance with field trip fees, eyeglasses, lice kits, books, music uniforms, extracurricular club memberships, etc. When families experience very sudden financial turns, they often miss financial aid filings or requirements and small things such as joining Honors Society are deferred due to costs. This discretionary fund fills the gap in Fauquier schools. https//www.alittleheartcharity.org/
FISH $2,500
“For Immediate and Sympathetic Help,” or FISH, assists with utility bills to prevent cut-off services, prescription medication costs, rent, and medical visits when our neighbors are found suddenly in a real bind. FISH pays directly to providers, not individuals. This is truly a neighbor organization. http:s//www.fauquierfish.org/
Helping Haitian Angels $5,000
This international organization has a sponsor located in Haymarket, VA and it has been a special charity of Trinity’s Congregation for years. Providing funding for Kay Anj School (125 students, most impoverished, some abused) and their building needs, now Helping Haitian Angels is looking to offer adult education for parents. https://www.helpinghaitianangels.org/
Kairos Prison Ministry of Virginia $1,500
A weekend of forgiveness, ministry, and healing is offered to one of the most challenged groups, imprisoned women in Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. The weekend, which is fully run by volunteers, is carefully managed with family talks, music, and meditation prayer. http://www.kairosprisonministry.org/
Operation Smile $2,000
Providing a common surgery to correct cleft palates among those who cannot afford such care world-wide. Often the birth defect is substantial enough to prohibit normal eating, hygiene, and social life, but can be corrected with surgery which is provided free thanks to Operation Smile. https//www.Operationsmile.org
Mobile Hope $7,000
Providing food, hygiene supplies, and help to those in need in our local community with their MobileHope Van meal service. Also, a strong focus on protecting, helping, and teaching self-sufficiency to homeless youth in Loudoun - of which one in ten teens and young adults face for some part of the year.
https://www.mobilehopeloudoun.org/
PolkaDot Library $1,000
Located in a remote village of Kenya, the library is a learning center for grades 1-8. Books, classroom, eco-garden, and indoor toilets are made available to over 350 children daily. Trinity parishioner Debra Principi is a Board member. Volunteer teachers from the US will hopefully be replaced by a salaried person, for which they seek funding. http://www.thepolkadotlibrary.org/
Churches of Upperville $2,000
This consortium of village churches provides meal baskets, holiday-themed goody baskets, and a food pantry for those in our own community in need, particularly shut-ins and families.
Piedmont Child Care Center $10,000
Originally a preschool in Trinity’s basement, now housed across the street, Piedmont provides affordable child-care from six weeks to kindergarten and some summer camp care. Meals are provided, as well as excellent curriculum and a lot of free play in the garden or on the trails behind the school.
http://www.piedmontchildcare.org/
Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation $2,500
A favorite charity of multiple Trinity parishioners, located in Fauquier and Loudoun, Cherry Blossom provides grants for cancer research and the NOVANT Mammo Van visit to Trinity for under-served women to achieve mammogram screening. Also provides support to cancer patients’ families and survivor care. https://cherryblossombreastcancerfoundation.org/