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bob_2

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Registered: 12-28-08

Posts: 3,790

Charities forced to consider changes in giving

Less merry, more worries Charities forced to consider changes in giving <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.gazette.net/stories/12032008/germnew185135_32472.shtml" target=_top>http://www.gazette.net/stories/12032008/germnew185 135_32472.shtml</a> <BR> <BR><blockquote><hr size=0><!-quote-!><font size=1><b>quote:</b></font><p>... <BR> <BR>Terry Seamens, co-director of the Adventist Community Service&#39;s food distribution program, said supplies for the busy holiday season are running low. <BR> <BR>Seamens, who shares the job with his wife, Joyce, said the service has seen an increase from 25 to 35 families a day requesting assistance. <BR> <BR>&#34;Our food bank shelves are very poorly stocked at this point and we are reaching out to the community to meet the growing need,&#34; he said. <BR> <BR>...<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote> <BR> <BR>Could it be? this close to our Adventist headquarters????

elaine

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Registered: 12-28-08

Posts: 1,391

Re: Charities forced to consider changes in giving

All charities are feeling pinched because people are insecure about their jobs, health, and can they weather the recession.   <BR> <BR>Many former givers to charity now find themselves on the receiving end, as all the papers and TV show.