Washington, D.C. – When members of the new Congress arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday (Jan. 22) they were greeted by calls from some 1,000 faith leaders, all asking the same question: “What are you doing to help enact immigration reform this year?” The query was the centerpiece of a National Faith Call-In Day for Humane Immigration Reform, organized by theInterfaith …
CWS Jan. 25 Long Term Recovery Workshop Canceled
January 22, 2013
New York, N.Y. – Because of forecast bad weather global humanitarian agency Church World Service has canceled the last of several scheduled long-term recovery trainings in New York. The canceled event was scheduled for Friday, January 25, at the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, a church of the New York City Presbytery. Those who had planned to attend are invited …
Did You Receive an IRA Distribution Last Month?
If you took a distribution from your IRA in December 2012, you may be eligible to make a special gift to Church World Service, now, and reduce your 2012 taxes. Earlier this month, Congress passed legislation to extend the IRA charitable rollover. The law also allows individuals who are 70½ to make special gifts to charity! Individuals who took a …
1,000 CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets are Assembled in an Hour!
Some 150 Brethren Disaster Relief Auction volunteers of all ages from the Atlantic Northeast and Southern Pennsylvania districts gathered on a Friday evening and assembled 1,000 CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets in an hour! For more information about assembling Emergency Cleanup Buckets, please visit www.cwsglobal.org/buckets Video of buckets being assembled: www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPtt0S_LfA
CWS-Sponsored Training Helps Disaster Survivors
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Toms River, NJ – At the core of every CWS recovery training is a simple truism, spoken recently by one training participant here in central New Jersey, a region still trying to gain its footing after Hurricane Sandy. “A training like this helps people (disaster survivors) by empowering the people who can help them,” said Diane Riley, director of advocacy …
CWS situation report: Kenya flooding
January 14, 2013
Situation: Floods in the past two weeks following a long drought have left more than 20 people dead, houses destroyed and large stretches of agricultural land devastated due to flooding and resulting landslides. (The parched land cannot absorb the sudden water.) Hundreds of families have been displaced in the floods, which have occurred during post-New Year festival time. The capital …
CWS Coordinating Recovery Trainings in New Jersey, New York
January 11, 2013
New York, N.Y. — As part of its continuing recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy, global humanitarian agency Church World Service announced today that it is coordinating a series of long term recovery trainings in New Jersey and New York, scheduled later this month. Presbyterian Disaster Response and local New York and New Jersey Presbyteries are helping facilitate and host several …
CWS urges action on issues from hunger to immigration
January 9, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter aimed at bringing attention to major issues of concern for humanitarian agency Church World Service, President and CEO John L. McCullough urged President Barack Obama to seek increased foreign assistance for hungry and impoverished people and to lead the way to “fair and generous” immigration reform. Church World Service made its recommendations, on issues …