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CHRIST CHURCH FOUNDATION GRANT PROPOSALS 2017 Recurring proposed recipients are Southminster (which has been a traditional recipient of a CCF grant), RAIN, and the Society of St. Andrew which are all worthy organizations that do not fit the Grant Guidelines established by the Outreach and Mission Commission, but are important partners in our overall program of financial support and volunteer opportunities. Southminster was founded in 1987 by Christ Church and Myers Park Baptist Church and has become one of Charlotte’s finest retirement communities. Not only do we remain as a significant part of the governing board, but also this community has a policy of aiding seniors in financial difficulty as well as a vibrant outreach ministry. Support of Southminster is in keeping with the outreach ministry of Christ Church by seeking to serve all in need. Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) was founded in 1992 with a mission to engage the community to transform lives and promote respect and dignity for all people touched by HIV through compassionate care, education, and leadership development. Since 1992 RAIN has served 1100 clients here in the Charlotte Metropolitan area. Their work included advocacy; awareness and prevention education; case management; support groups; and care teams. Christ Church has had several Care Teams – groups of 4-5 people who support an individual with HIV. The Society of St. Andrew has a mission to end world hunger by first ending hunger in America. It is a Christian organization that salvages fresh, but unmarketable farm produce and delivers it to agencies who serve the poor. In the first quarter of 2017, 6.6 million pounds of produce and food was collected and distributed; 19.9 million servings of fresh produce was provided; and 4,261 volunteers were involved. Christ Church has participated in the Society’s gleaning project during Service Week for over 20 years. _____________________________________________________________________________ “New” proposed recipients for 2017 are Penick Village, Jumpstart, Refugee Support Services, and Safe Alliance. New is a relative term, as some have received grants before, but are not annual recipients. Penick Village, like Southminster, is a Continuing Care Retirement Community in Southern Pines, NC. It was the vision of NC Bishop Edwin Penick, thus the name. It began accepting residents in 1964. In over 50 years it has expanded to include a variety of living spaces, a community center, a Health Services building, and an innovative assisted living component. It is a ministry of the Diocese of North Carolina and in the past one Sunday a year has been designated for collecting funds for Penick village. These have not resulted in any kind of significant gift. Jumpstart is a program at Charlotte Family Housing which assists qualifying families to purchase a used vehicle that has been donated. The program received a CCF grant that helped it begin in 2014, but in the ensuing years it recognized needs for changes for it to be effective. It has just recently solidified changes and has been strengthened in numerous ways: A new director has been named (previous director was a crook!); the process of procuring and

processing vehicles has been streamlined; financial assistance from The Dowd Foundation; help from Matthews Motors (servicing the cars); and participation of Common Wealth (financial literacy and loans for families obtaining cars). Refugee Support Services was begun in 2006 by Rachel Humphries who realized the vast and varied needs of refugees while teaching English as a Second Language to recently arrived Montagnard refugees, living in an East Charlotte apartment complex. The program seeks to help refugees by developing their relationships with Charlotteans through various programs such as Fruitful Friends (matching a Charlotte resident with an new refugee family to help them navigate the basics of life); Refugee Help Center (a drop in location where Charlotte residents help refugees with issues from reading mail to understanding bills to making phone calls); and SelfSufficiency Workshops (providing nutrition information, cooking classes, home-buying and credit-building, voting clinic, etc.). There is an office of Refugee Support Services at Galilee Ministries (a ministry of the Diocese of NC) on Central Avenue. Safe Alliance is the principal organization in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and the Lake Norman area providing help and assistance to any who have suffered domestic violence, sexual assault/rape, child abuse, trauma, or victimization. Last year CMPD responded to 36,000 domestic violence related calls. One in every 4 girls and one in every 6 boys will be sexually assaulted before their 18th birthday. Safe Alliance assists over 12,000 people annually as well as reaches thousands more through their educational and prevention programs and institutional advocacy efforts.

PROPOSED GRANTS Southminster RAIN Society of St. Andrew Penick Village Jumpstart Refugee Support Services Safe Alliance Total

$10,000 9,000 6,000 4,000 4,000 15,000 15,000 $63,000