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Your Church Newsletter - Prepared by Steve Tindall
From Lutheran Community Services
From Lutheran Community Services
Editors: This information is prepared for church
newsletter editors, secretaries and pastors. Your help in getting the word out
is appreciated and will help LCS achieve its mission of “Sharing God’s
blessings by helping others in need.” Comments about timing or content are
welcome. Contact Steve Tindall
(stindall@lcsde.org). 302 654 8886.
LCS
Helps Smokers Quit
The New Year is a
great time to make resolutions. A wonderful resolution for smokers is: Quit!
LCS helps people do that by providing pharmacy vouchers for low income Delaware
clients who want to be free of tobacco addiction. Income-qualified participants
get help with smoking cessation aids like gum and the patch. But even if
smokers don’t qualify because their incomes are too high, the state still wants
them to quit and will provide individualized quit plans tailored to each
individual’s need.
Blessing
From One of Our Clients
A few days ago, one of our clients, after receiving utility
assistance (to prevent her homelessness), took a minute to jot us a note: “May
God bless all the people who donate to LCS, because I was in need and God provided.
May they experience God’s rich blessings for Christmas!”
New
Building Update
The New Year is also a great time to take stock of one’s
accomplishments. LCS has kept all of its services operating during a time of
great need. At the same time, it managed the financing and began renovation of
a new much-needed headquarters building on Baynard Boulevard in Wilmington. The
budget and fundraising goal for the project has been established at $1.8
million. Already, we have raised nearly two-thirds of its goal. We still have a
number of important grant applications to hear responses from, plus a broader
request for funds when the campaign goes public in January. We expect the
building to be completed by May 2015.
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