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Serving Human Needs Awards
35 Episcopal Charities Basic Human Needs Grants
awarded in 2012
Programs are available to all people in need regardless of
faith or church affiliation. |
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Feeding
Parishes and affiliated Episcopal ministries in the diocese provide over 250,000 meals, bag lunches, and food pantry items each year to people in need in their communities. These organizations always struggle to provide for the numbers of poor, out of work, elderly and families who are hungry. Many programs also provide gently used clothing and social services. |
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| St. Paul's Star of the Sea Mission |
$7,178.89 |
| St. Columba's Independence Cay Soup Kitchen |
10,111.11 |
| Holy Comforter Episcopal Church Food Pantry |
3,619.78 |
| Holy Redeemer Episcopal Church Feeding Program |
21,613.51 |
| St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Food Pantry |
2,527.78 |
| St. Faith's Episcopal Church Food Pantry |
5,055.56 |
| St. George's Episcopal Church Feeding Center |
33,366.67 |
| Holy Cross Episcopal Church Food Program for Seniors |
3,902.89 |
| St. John's Episcopal Church Bridge to Hope |
12,133.33 |
| St. Mary's Episcopal Church "Mary's Kitchen" |
4,044.44 |
| St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Feeding Program |
3,033.33 |
| St. Peter's Episcopal Church Loaves & Fish Food Pantry |
11,627.78 |
| St. Andrew's Andrews Place |
2,527.78 |
| St. Philip's Feed My Sheep |
9,782.50 |
| Intercession Food Pantry |
1,500.00 |
| Total: |
$132,025.35 |
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Homeless/Shelter
Episcopal Charities supports 9 feeding programs throughout Southeast Florida, many that serve the homeless. It also works with full service programs that provide clothing, mental health services, bathing facilities, prescription drugs, mailing addresses and family reconciliation services. Shelters that help families transition from homelessness to self sufficiency are also a focus. |
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| All Saint's Episcopal Church Centro Hispano de Todos Los Santos |
$14,256.67 |
| St. Philip's New Life Family Center |
11,627.78 |
| St. Columba Keys Area Interdenominational Resources (KAIR) |
9,100.00 |
| St. Gregory's Episcopal Church Family Promise S. Palm Bch. County |
13,498.33 |
| St. John's Episcopal Church Jubilee Center of South Broward |
25,176.67 |
| St. Laurence Chapel St. Laurence Chapel Mental Health Ministries |
24,988.60 |
| St. Columba Episcopal Church Grace Jones Backpacks 4 Kids |
2,527.78 |
| St. Matthew Community Partnership for the Homeless |
8,594.44 |
| Total: |
$109,770.27 |
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Youth After School, Nutrition & Shelter
It is proven that after school programs for youth, especially those at –risk, keep youth off the streets and less susceptible to gangs and illegal activities. Since 2000, over 600 youth have received care in after school and other youth programs. Also eligible for funding are day care programs for children of working poor that support families to provide decent care for a good early start. Also, programs that help youth transition from the foster care system to independency are supported. |
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| Grace Episcopal Church Children/Youth Ministry |
$2,022.22 |
| St. James' Youth, Hungry, Homeless |
2,527.78 |
| Holy Family Second Chance |
4,448.89 |
| St. Margaret's Episcopal Church My Backyard |
6,066.67 |
| St. Paul's Episcopal Church Paul's Place |
15,065.56 |
| St. Philip's Episcopal Church Casa Valentina |
6,643.00 |
| St. Philip's Episcopal Church St. Alban’s Child Care Center |
3,791.67 |
| Total: |
$40,565.79 |
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Senior Ministries
Activity centers that provide warm, healthy meals, health services, activities and field trips are supported so that elderly can remain connected to the community. Episcopal Charities also administers the Littell Fund which subsidizes the cost of nursing home care for seniors in Southeast Florida. More than 50 seniors in southeast Florida have received support in order to pay for nursing home care. |
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| St. Andrew's DOK Homebound Outreach Program |
$1,390.28 |
| St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Senior Ministry |
4,701.67 |
| St. Patrick's Episcopal Church Seniors Activity Center/Soup Kitchen |
5,055.56 |
| The Diocese of Southeast Florida North Palm Bch Deanery Chaplaincy |
20,222.22 |
| Total: |
$31,369.73 |
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Other |
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| St. Stephen's Episcopal Church AIDS Ministry |
1,213.33 |
| The Diocese of Southeast Florida Bishop Frade Discretionary Fund |
5,000.00 |
| Total: |
$6,213.33 |
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The Marcelle Hull Littell Trust
This fund is restricted to financial aid for seniors living in senior assisted living or retirement facilities in the Dioceses of Southeast Florida, Central Florida and Southwest Florida. Aid is available to parishioners through an application process, managed and reviewed by Episcopal Charities. Since, June 2000, over $615,000 has been awarded to needy seniors from parishes in the Diocese of Southeast Florida. |
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