To the Editor:
Church Women United in the Oak Ridge area thanks and blesses the many people in our community who contributed to our 2015 Blankets+ campaign this spring.
Foremost, we are thankful for the donations of many women from diverse church traditions—including AME Zion, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, God in Christ, interdenominational, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Unitarian—who respond to CWU’s calling to celebrate unity in diversity and to pray and work for a just, peaceful, and caring society.
In addition, we are thankful for Blankets+ contributions from members of Calvary Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Kern Memorial Methodist Church, Solway United Methodist Church, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and United Church, Chapel on the Hill.
Through our campaign, individuals donated much-needed bedding to Ecumenical Storehouse in Oak Ridge, which helps displaced persons in our community. Congregations also contributed money for Church World Service, which provides emergency services to victims of disaster and gives them tools to restore their livelihoods. Since the April 25 earthquake in Nepal, for example, Church World Service and its partners have been providing emergency food, water, shelter, and other critical care aimed at helping the most vulnerable cope with catastrophe. Donations are welcome at any time.
For more information about CWU and the Blankets+ campaign, call (865) 483-7940.
Gay Marie Logsdon, President
Church Women United in the Oak Ridge area
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