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Benevolence and Outreach serves to be a faithful
catalyst within the Church and the community to foster and nourish projects
and individuals that raise the social awareness of the congregation and
improve the human life condition through quality impact targeted giving
and personal involvement of our members. Our primary focus is our community,
but we recognize we live in a global village.
The ability to make a positive difference in the life of another person
is both a privilege and a responsibility. We have given direct money to
a family who recently had a fire and needed new clothes for their four children;
a single parent who must pay a gas bill or be evicted from her home; a child
who wakes up Christmas morning with presents to open from the Angel Tree; or
a man in Thailand needing a boat for fishing after the tsunami destroyed everything.
Benevolence and Outreach thoroughly researches the many applications it gets for
assistance. We have had the opportunity to give to organizations starting up
new educational programs - both in Fairfield County and as far away as Namibia.
We have helped programs reach out to children who need care after school and seniors
needing care during the day. We have helped women who have been abused and adults who
needed job training. We have helped feed hungry families and find shelter for homeless people.
We have studied these organizations, and then we have been able to measure the effect of our
giving by doing follow-up research.
The work of Benevolence and Outreach is rooted in the commitment
of the RHCC faith community. It is the policy and practice of the Board of Trustees to
assure that our church tithes in Christian service. Each year, about fourteen percent of our
operating budget is distributed by this committee. Our outreach is next door and across the world. |
