Newsletter - Lynchburg - Interfaith Outreach Association

Interfaith Outreach Association
701 Clay Street
P.O. Box 1125
Lynchburg, VA 24505
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Summer, 2015
Board of Directors
President
The Rev. Dr. Bill Watson
St. John’s Episcopal Church
5th Annual UVA/VT Football Ticket Raffle
First Vice President
Watch our Facebook page for upcoming
locations or call 434.846.6098 to buy your
raffle ticket!
Second Vice President
Sheila Garren
Lynchburg College
Interfaith Outreach to Host Historic
Downtown Church Open House
Dr. Bill Hobbs
Retired Ophthalmologist
Secretary
Andrea Roth
Lynchburg College
Treasurer/Finance Chair
Dave Anderson
EBS-Employee Benefit Services
Thank You to Our Corporate Sponsors!
Holiday Inn Downtown
Automated Conveyor Systems
NB Handy
Babcock’s Auto Service
Old Dominion Box Company Foundation
Bank of the James
Piedmont Eye Center
Cecil B. Arthur Trucking
Centra
Centra Foundation
Columbia Gas
Dodson Pest Control
Emergency Food & Shelter Program
Estates and Consignments
First National Bank
Fleet Laboratories
Glenn Dillon
Tharp Funeral Home
Areva
Candler Oil Company
Development Chair
Members/Friends Chair
The Rev. Dr. Keith Anderson
Board of Directors
Judy Arthur
Retired from LCS
The Rev. Dr. James Cobbs
PIP Printing and Marketing
Centra
Walter Fore
Presbytery of the Peaks
Retired from Griffin Pipe
Angie Johnson
Retail Merchants Association
Riverside Runners
R.R. Donnelley
Schewel’s Furniture
Select Bank
Sterling Oil
Stifel Nicolaus
Tharp Funeral Home
GE Foundation
The Easley Foundation
Generation Solutions
The Greater Lynchburg Community Trust
Genworth
The Plymale Foundation
Genworth Foundation
Wells Fargo
Jackson Street United Methodist Church
Liberty University
Bank of the James
WISH LIST: Mattress Sets, Dressers,
Sofas, Soft Chairs, Coffee Tables,
Kitchen Tables and Chairs, Silverware,
Pots and Pans, Hangers.
If you have furniture that you would
like to donate to IOA’s Furniture and
Furnishings Program or would like to
volunteer, please contact Outreach
Director Lauren Cole at 434.846.6098
or ioa@ntelos.net
David Knoespel
Edmunds and Williams
Gilson Lincoln
Community Volunteer
First Unitarian Church
Nathaniel Marshall
Looking for something fun to do this holiday season
in downtown Lynchburg? Join us on Saturday,
December 12 from 10am-2pm for Interfaith Outreach
Association's Downtown Historic Lynchburg Church
Open House. Cost for the open house is $20 per
person and proceeds benefit Interfaith Outreach.
The nine historic congregations that will be open for
the public are Court Street Baptist Church, Court
Street United Methodist Church, First Unitarian
Church, First Baptist Church, St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Diamond Hill
Baptist Church, Eighth Street Baptist Church, and
Jackson Street United Methodist Church. All nine
churches are within a five block area in downtown
Lynchburg. Look for more details to follow as they
are available. For more information, please visit our
website at www.interfaithoutreach.org. or find us on
Facebook. Save the date!
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Court Street United Methodist Church
B&W
David Mass
Attorney
Cowles Meredith
Retired from IBM
Kitty Robertson
Community Volunteer
Wilma Rucker
Bank of the James
The Rev. Diane Vie
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Executive Director
Shawne M. Farmer
Eighth Street Baptist Church
Diamond Hill Baptist Church
Court Street Baptist Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
Interfaith Volunteers Donate 6,000 hours!
Over the last 12 months, our volunteers donated
approximately 6,000 hours of their time!
Call IOA at 434.846.6098 to sign up to volunteer!
Progressive Release
Assisting with life skills classes in the Lynchburg and
Amherst jails for men and women. Criminal
background check and PREA training with the jail
required.
Furniture and Furnishings
Picking up furniture donations and straightening the
warehouse.
Food Pantry
Picking up prepackaged food bags from Churches for
Urban Ministry and delivering bags to IOA.
Interfaith Rebuilds
Emergency Assistance
“Elaine” is 92 years old and retired from Lynchburg
General Hospital. The house she lives in is over 100
years old and was in need of quite a few repairs,
however, it is her home. When Elaine put in an
application for some repairs, Interfaith knew we
would be able to help her. Thanks to the help of
volunteers who put in several hundred hours of their
time, Interfaith was able to help Elaine with a
wheelchair accessible ramp, made accessibility
modifications to her bathroom, repaired her kitchen
sink, repaired flooring to prevent a fall, and fixed
leaks in her roof. With the help she received from
Interfaith Outreach and the support of her family,
Elaine will be able to stay in her home.
“Joyce” is 60 years old. She received disability benefits for years until she was able to find a full time job
that she could do well even with her disabilities. She
had been working full time for 10 years when her
daughter and son in law hit a rough spot and needed
somewhere to stay. The added expenses were too
much and Joyce fell behind on her electric bill and
her service was disconnected. Soon after, she
became ill and was hospitalized. Interfaith helped her
and her case worker pull together the money she
needed to get her electricity turned back on when
she came home from the hospital. Your support
helps people like Joyce who do the best they can
every day and sometimes just need a hand up.
Progressive Release
VIP Program
“Kevin” worked for a construction company. He
showed up to work on time every day, did his job
well, and never complained. When the project his
company was working on was finished, Kevin did not
have work. After that he had a hard time finding a job
because of his felony conviction. He continued looking
for a job and was finally hired but it came with a catch;
he would have to provide his own tools. He didn’t
know what to do next. He had been out of work for
weeks and certainly didn’t have the money to buy
those tools. He was a client of Interfaith Outreach and
worked with Steve Monetti. Interfaith helped him
purchase the tools that he needed along with a good
pair of work boots. Thanks to the Progressive Release
program, Kevin was able to return to work.
“Betty” suffers from retinitis pigmintosa and has been
legally blind since 1977. Last year she suffered a fall
and broke her hip. The injury required months of
physical therapy to regain her ability to walk on her
own. Without being able to drive, Betty had no way
to get to her physical therapy appointments.
Interfaith was able to step in and help. We organized
volunteers to take Betty to her appointments two to
three times a week for nine months. Betty has now
completed her physical therapy and regained her
mobility. The assistance our volunteer drivers
provide is critical to our transportation participants
being able to get the medical care they need without
having to pay for a ride.
Toiletry Bags and Cleaning Buckets
Sorting toiletry items and assembling toiletry bags and
cleaning buckets.
Vision Information and Programs
Driving people with visual impairments to and
from medical appointments. Criminal background
check, driving record check and good
insurance required.
Interfaith Rebuilds
Individuals and/or groups complete simple home
repairs such as painting, building ramps, and cleaning.
Events
-Manning UVA/VT booths throughout the community
to help sell raffle tickets during weekends in October
and November.
-Helping with the VA Ten Miler September 26th.
-Helping with December 12th Church Open House.
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