Habitat for Humanity, Craven County - Faith Build
Executive Director Tracey Lilly says, "I am grateful to share First Presbyterian Church fulfilled its Habitat Faith Build pledge. Pastor Anna, Helen, Cille, Cory and Tracey pose with the donation check.
Backpack Blessing Builds
Our January Build was an ambitious one--we were packing 5,000-weekend snack bags for the schools in Jones, Pamlico, and Craven Counties. We are now serving almost 900 children who qualify as 'at risk' for weekend food needs. A trip to the grocery store tells the tale...our grocery bills are easily double what they were just a year ago. While these Builds use to supply food for a semester of a school year, Ruth Powers... the chair of Backpack Blessing, tells us they are used up within 6 weeks. So we can expect a new Build event at the end of that time frame....namely the end of February, sobering news.
At least 16 members of our congregation participated in THIS build---Fin Harrison, Marshall Hinckley, Nancy McAden, Teeny Tait, Doug Phelps, Cory Hunter, Pam Gaskell, Judy Griffith, Debby Lifer, Wendy Moeller, Karen Reed, Mike Moman (2), and Linda Staunch. The email sign-in is a bit more complicated than in the past, so I may have missed a name or two.
And a big shout out to Jane Dail, a First Pres Board Member of Backpack who picks up the completed food bins and takes them to our targeted school, as well as participating in the Builds themselves!
Thank you, as always, to First Pres. staff and congregants for your continuing support of time, treasure, and talent in this ministry. We look forward to continuing our support for this ministry which serves Craven, Jones, and Pamlico County school-age kids and their families as we move through 2023 and beyond.
At least 16 members of our congregation participated in THIS build---Fin Harrison, Marshall Hinckley, Nancy McAden, Teeny Tait, Doug Phelps, Cory Hunter, Pam Gaskell, Judy Griffith, Debby Lifer, Wendy Moeller, Karen Reed, Mike Moman (2), and Linda Staunch. The email sign-in is a bit more complicated than in the past, so I may have missed a name or two.
And a big shout out to Jane Dail, a First Pres Board Member of Backpack who picks up the completed food bins and takes them to our targeted school, as well as participating in the Builds themselves!
Thank you, as always, to First Pres. staff and congregants for your continuing support of time, treasure, and talent in this ministry. We look forward to continuing our support for this ministry which serves Craven, Jones, and Pamlico County school-age kids and their families as we move through 2023 and beyond.
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