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Episcopal Charities of Long Island was pleased to award a $10,000 Archdeaconry
and Church Based grant to
Grace Episcopal Church in Riverhead to
support its collaboration with the Long
Island Council of Churches and FEGS-Long
Island. The check was presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Archdeaconry
of Suffolk on November 18, 2008. The
grant to Grace Church will provide job
counseling and job development services
for East End residents who recently lost
their jobs due to the economic crisis.
Noting the urgent need for such a program,
Archdeacon Mary Garde, Rector
of Grace Episcopal Church in Riverhead,
said “After reading the news reports and
seeing how terrible the economy is on the
East End, the need for a job counseling
and development program was obvious.
We are already a site for many support
groups, and we are delighted to welcome
the LICC and FEGS-LI to our team.”
Episcopal Charities of Long Island is
delighted to support this urgently needed
job development program for the Riverhead
area. Our Board of Directors
approved this archdeaconry and churchbased
grant as part of its mission to support
its Episcopal churches in initiating
new outreach ministries in parishes
throughout the diocese that help their
neighbors in need. The Grace Episcopal
Church/LICC/FEGS job development
program is an excellent example of how
we fulfill our mission on the ground.
The program began in early December.
Workshops, one on one counseling, job
development support and community outreach
are being provided one day a week
at Grace Episcopal Church by a FEGS
(Federated Employment and Guidance
Services) counselor for East End residents
who lost jobs between March 1, 2008 and
the present. Clients served through the
program will also be referred to the Long
Island Council of Churches’ Riverhead
office, located at 407 Osborne Avenue, tel.
# 631-727-2210, for social services assistance
including emergency food, housing,
transportation, medical assistance, clothing,
bedding, books, household items and
other basic needs.
Rev. Tom Goodhue, LICC Executive
Director, noted that the LICC is
already seeing huge increases in the
number of people who are turning to the
faith-based emergency food and social
services agency for help because they
recently lost their jobs. “We’re really
excited that Episcopal Charities and
Grace Episcopal Church in Riverhead
have made it possible for us to help the
unemployed in conjunction with FEGS.
FEGS was a great partner in interfaith
disaster response after 9/11 collaborating
with us to help people who lost
their jobs. The FEGS/LICC partnership
helped 353 households recover from
the 9/11 crisis. We are grateful for this
important new grant from Grace Episcopal
Church and Episcopal Charities of
Long Island that will enable us to help
our neighbors in need.”
Kathy Rosenthal, Vice President of
Family Services and Long Island Regional
Operations for FEGS, noted that her
agency, FEGS Health and Human Services
System, has been providing employment
services for more than 70 years. “During
these uncertain times, FEGS is pleased
to work with the Long Island Council of
Churches, Grace Episcopal Church and
Episcopal Charities of Long Island to provide
individualized employment counseling
to residents of Riverhead and the surrounding
communities who have been
impacted by the current economic crisis.” Please give generously to Episcopal
Charities of Long Island, 36
Cathedral Avenue, P.O. Box 510, Garden
City, NY 11530. To use a credit
card, please go to our website www.
episcopalcharitiesli.org or call 516
248-4800, ext. 19 and speak with
Mrs. Nancy Kennelly, Administrative
Assistant. When you make a donation
in memory of or in honor of someone,
their name will be recorded in
the Book of Remembrance and an
acknowledgement sent to them.
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