The Plymouth (Mass.) Taskforce for the Homeless added about $6,000 to its checking account as the net from a golf tournament held June 4, 2006 at Southers Marsh Golf Club, Plymouth. It was our first attempt at this popular method of fundraising and we are encouraged to double our efforts (and revenue!) next year.
We had 48 golfers signed up plus another half-dozen who joined us for dinner following the afternoon's "shotgun scramble" over the 18 hole course. Additional funds were raised by a silent auction and a raffle. The money will help with operating costs for our Next Step House, a "sober house" that is now home to seven formerly homeless men. We are going through the grant-writing process to enable us to buy the five-bedroom house we are currently leasing. Want to send a donation? Our address: Plymouth Taskforce for the Homeless, P.O. Box 3896, Plymouth, MA 02361.
[The Southers Marsh course layout was designed by the Will Stearns family to weave among the cranberry bogs that once were the main use of their extensive acreage. There are pine-forested hills, some sandtraps and those pesky cranberry bogs that swallow a poorly hit golfball. Walking onto the bogs is forbidden; when there are no players around, a course employee collects the "lost" balls which are then sold to benefit the Boys & Girls Club.]
June 9, 2006
February 16, 2006
"Overnights of Hospitality" in 2nd season
Five congregations in "America's HomeTown" in November 2005 launched the second year of the cold-weather shelter program called "Overnights of Hospitality." In the year since it was organized, the program has sheltered from five to 15 men per night representing approximately 35 different individuals over the winter (Oct. 2004 to April 2005). More than 140 volunteers, many from congregations without adequate space to house the Overnights, helped: cooking hot meals, spending the night as chaperones, doing laundry and sundry other chores.
Congregations doing the sheltering are Christ Episcopal Parish, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, First Parish UUA, Beth Jacob Synagogue and Church of Christ, Scientist. Church of the Pilgrimage UCC have provided faithful volunteers already and are stepping into the shelter provision area. Other congregations with active volunteers include St. Mary's Catholic Church, the First Baptist Church and the New Testament Church.
Congregations doing the sheltering are Christ Episcopal Parish, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, First Parish UUA, Beth Jacob Synagogue and Church of Christ, Scientist. Church of the Pilgrimage UCC have provided faithful volunteers already and are stepping into the shelter provision area. Other congregations with active volunteers include St. Mary's Catholic Church, the First Baptist Church and the New Testament Church.
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