Corporal Work of Mercy: Shelter the Homeless,/Feed the Hungry
Johnson County Interfaith Hospitality Network, Inc.
**Annual Dinner and Auction coming soon at the Overland Park Convention Center. contact Ellen Johnson (685-2040) (Ascension sponsors a table)
Come and get trained so you can meet, work with and assist the homeless in Johnson County. Learn more about IHN at their website. JOCOIHN.org
Next opportunity to help: early Summer
Call Dorothy or Dave Long to help (if you’ve been through training ) or to bring food: 681-1289
A Community Response for Homeless Families”Empowering homeless families by engaging people of faith”
The people are housed in different churches around the area. The requirements include rigorous education and strict behavioral expectations. While Ascension does not host the families, we take two evenings and nights in the week that Olathe Bible Church hosts, which is once a quarter. We provide supervision through the evening until morning, meals, snacks and transportation. Training required to provide supervision, (offered several times a year) and help is also needed with providing meals and snacks. Johnson County Interfaith Hospitality Network, Inc. is a nonprofit organization serving homeless families in Johnson County, Kansas. Our mission is to unite and enable the faith community to provide homeless families with emergency shelter and meals, as well as compassionate assistance with social services, and relationships with caring people in the faith community. We hope to return the homeless families to a renewed sense of dignity and hope, and independent living in the shortest time possible. http://www.jocoihn.org Contact Dorothy or Dave dorothy_r_long@yahoo.com or Ellen ellenwade@aol.com with questions.