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2010 Community Service Project recommendation Wayne County Rural
Ministry/Williamson Come-Unity Center, Inc. Executive Director: Janis Thomason-Mussen · Mission Statement, Purpose and Goal: “This is what Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 (The Jerusalem Bible) (Mission, Purpose and Goal sheet enclosed.) · Programs offered at the center: Common Cents Thrift Shoppe, food programs, financial assistance (as available), income tax filing assistance, children served with backpacks, school supplies, and Easter Baskets, special Christmas sale of new and like-new gift items; Christmas Celebration Event, etc. There were 11,797 shoppers in 2008. - Common Cents Thrift Shoppe: sells basic clothing items at a minimal fee, shoes, bedding, small household goods, books, videos, CD's, etc. - Food Programs: Food is provided by a grant at the Foodlink (the Rochester Area Food Bank), as well as churches, individuals, and organizations. They also benefit from the Boy Scouts Annual Drive and the Post Office Drives. While they have not yet had to turn people away, there have been times when they have been hard-pressed to meet their own 3-day requirement. The center offers 3 food programs: 1. Soup kitchen, providing a free hot lunch at noon on Tuesdays thru Fridays and Saturdays by request. Lunch guests served in 2008: 2,122 2. Food pantry serving people in need with a free food box on a once a month basis. In addition, once a year people can have an additional box with no questions asked. There is enough food in each box to last a family for a minimum of 3 days, and usually more. 4,303 people were served food boxes in 2008; produce bags – 3,218. 3. Volunteers pick up day old baked goods and produce from area grocery stores on a daily basis. They sell them very inexpensively (i.e., 75 cents for a loaf of bread) to those who can afford to pay, give them to people in need, and use the food in their own soup kitchen. · In 2008, they served 22,428 people; they are not government funded for day-to-day operations. They voluntarily left the United Way 10 years ago because they demanded an annual 3-month “blackout period” during the United Way campaign; the center was forbidden to fundraise for themselves. (They found the United Way “blackout period” to be financially crippling.) The recent nationwide economic crisis has been a major challenge. Financial funding and a fluctuating food supply are major challenges. ·
Ethnicity of individuals served: Caucasians –
3,313; Black – 817; Hispanic – 146; ·
Wayne County families served at the center are from: ·
2008 statistics of Annual Income Levels of 1,499
families served at the center: · In 2008, Volunteers donated more than 6,000 hours. · In the fall of 2009, a special “Fall Festival” fund-raiser was held to meet the needs of the financial and liability insurance expenditures of $1,070.00, which was due soon. Rain was predicted the day of the event. Wegmans, and other food stores, churches, and individuals contributed to the event. At the close of the event, the sum amount taken in was $1,173, and then it rained right after the last table was taken away. · The 2009 services have increased over 2008, due to the economy. Once again, some days, the center is very hard pressed to meet the needs. · The Wayne Country Rural Ministry/Come-Unit Center could use the following items to be donated on a monthly basis, or as desired (see attached sheet). · Janis Thomason-Mussen’s closing statement of her letter to the XRX Pioneer Club stated, “Thank you so much for thinking of us. And if it turns out not to be possible to do anything else for us this year, please pray that God allows us to continue to help our friends in need.” WAYNE COUNTY RURAL MINISTRY COME-UNITY CENTER. Inc. MISSION STATEMENT: “This is what Yahweh asks of you; only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8 (The Jerusalem Bible) PURPOSE: We propose to provide a ministry based on Christian principles to befriend and serve all who are in need – especially those who cannot be served by other agencies. GOALS:
Our efforts are
directed at: 2. helping persons and families to gain control of their lives by assisting them in identifying their needs and offering training and resources to meet them; 3. enlisting the church and other community agencies and organizations to address issues of social injustice. Adopted as a constitutional amendment: Board Meeting – May 16, 1989
WAYNE COUNTY RURAL MINISTRY COME-UNITY CENTER. Inc.
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