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The Coalition of Powhatan Churches
is now providing that extended help when funds of the agency
cannot meet the needs of indigent residents. More than 100 cases
have received help from the Coalition since its inception. Many
of these individuals/families have received help multiple times. Assistance has been given to help with electric bills, fuel
assistance, mortgage payments, clothing, transportation, home
repairs, and personal needs as in the mentor program.
One particular case has been a
combination of many of these areas. Beginning with a simple
request for a home cooked meal from a young man, a minister from
the Coalition group went to visit this person to find out more
about his situation. He found that this person needed so much
more than this simple request. The members of the Coalition have
spent countless hours helping this young man, a diabetic, who
had gradually lost his eyesight, and has no family to look after
his everyday needs or take care of his medical needs. With the
loss of his income, as well as his eyesight, every aspect of normal
life gave way to the fear of how to live the remainder of his life
with little or no help. Since the Coalition was introduced to
this young man, they have been able to provide good nutritional
meals, to do major plumbing repairs and upgrade a broken-down system, some yard work, and to provide transportation for doctors and hospital visits.
Most of all the people of the Coalition have
let this man know that there are people who really do care about
his welfare. Their efforts have not been in vain, for the once
unhealthy Powhatan citizen has grown healthier as the weeks
unfold. He has a future now, where one was almost lost.
The dream of the Coalition
of Powhatan
Churches is to bring back a future to those who think there is no
future and give them dignity to their lives once again. The Coalition believes that when all people in the community bind
together to accomplish this mission all things are possible. The
wide range of professions, talents, energies, and concern for
each other has proven to be the ingredients to help those of us
who need assistance.
For more
information, please contact Patsy Goodwyn at 598-3633 or e-mail pgoodwyn@erols.com
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