Lakes Area Interfaith Caregivers and Faith in Action for Cass County will be open and providing full services during the possible state shutdown. After losing all state funding in 2010, both organizations have been blessed with increased local support from many churches, civic groups, businesses and individuals. People in Cass and Crow Wing Counties realize we need to help each other to remain living at home and in our communities. Thanks to all of you for supporting Faith in Action and Lakes Area Interfaith Caregivers — We are Neighbors helping Neighbors.
Your local support provides people with dignity and hope when they are struggling, and brings out comments such as this from one couple: “We thank you for all your good and smiling service. It is so nice to see you helping and taking care of us who are slow and a little older.”
Lakes Area Interfaith Caregivers and Faith in Action for Cass County coordinate volunteers who provide transportation to medical appointments, shopping and errands. We also provide limited homemaking and chore services, and build accessibility ramps. People interested in volunteering to help others, or in receiving services should call the Lakes Area Interfaith
Caregivers in Crow Wing County at (877) 245-7454 or Faith in Action for Cass County at (866) 675-5435.
Many, many thanks!
Tim McCarthy
Executive director
Lakes Area Interfaith Caregivers and
Theresa Eclov, executive director
Faith in Action for Cass County
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So if they're doing so well why did they ask Rep. John Ward to sponsor a bill giving them $ 20,000 a year from the state? Irony is that the GOP would not have a hearing on the bill and it died.
These groups have had state funding for years, I think they still do have some funding through the Area Agency on Aging (ie: state.)
And it would be nice if churches and private donations 'funded' social services - but are we willing to gamble that will happen and our most vulnerable citizens will be taken care of?
Churches are already volunteering and donating to the area Soup Kitchen and the Homeless Network (our homeless sleep in the fellowship halls of area churches) how much more can they take on?
Summary statement:
1. InterFaith Caregivers are lying to us about their financial viability.
2. They want us to believe they are completely funded by private donations but, in reality, we know they do take state money. Ergo, they are greedy and selfish in addition to lying.
3. These organizations do such a poor job of providing help and can't be trusted to provide adequate services. In fact, they are so bad, they are maxed out and can't take on anymore.
4. I have no idea what I am talking about.