CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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giving Honor System B Fayetteville Urban Ministries sells Honor Cards to raise necessary funds By Sarah Caldwell randon Price, Find-A-Friend Community keep our doors open,��� said Price, ���is through our individual Liaison at Fayetteville Urban Ministry, echoed donors and the Honor Card.��� Maya Angelou's sentiment (inset) as he deThe Honor Card, in which Fayetteville Urban Ministry scribed the community assistance Fayetteville has participated for the past several years, is one of the Urban Ministry provides during the holiday season. Ministry���s largest fundraisers. During this season of Fayetteville Urban Ministry manages four com- ���People will giving, households across the region, nation and munity development programs: Emergency Aswill forget what you world familyexchange countless holiday cards sistance, the Nehemiah Project, Find-A-Friend with and friends. The Honor Card is a did, but people holiday card with giving in its grain. and Adult Literacy. The emergency assistance will never forget program, which offers food and clothing for The outside of each Honor Card portrays a families in need, and the Nehemiah Project, a how you made winter scene designed by North Carolina artvolunteer program to provide emergency home ist, William Mangum. The 2012 Honor Card them feel.��� repair for elderly and low-income homeowners, design, titled ���The Climb,��� depicts a traveler, Maya Angelou are particularly essential during the winter months. bundled against the bitter cold, climbing a hill As a non-profit organization, Fayetteville Urban toward a small chapel. Ministry supports these programs through volunteer This year���s Honor Card theme focuses on veterans contributions, private donations and fundraising events. Ac- burdened with the unexpected challenge of reintegrating into cording to Price, 2012 has been one of the toughest years in an economy unable to support their transition to civilian life. the history of Fayetteville Urban Ministry. ���Part of how we ���The Climb��� speaks to the uphill battle that many face every- 32 | December ��� 2012