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Supporting Churches: Supporting Churches, we appreciate what you do to help us spread the good word. We have also posted our 30th Anniversary Christian Associates brochure for your use. We would love to have a link to this page added to your church website, and we would like to add your church's site to our links. Please contact David (below) for the particulars. |
Christian Associates Board
Member Churches
Director:
Diana Van Horn
President:
Kevin Kelly
Treasurer:
Beverly Miller
Secretary:
Susan D'Aoust
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Support While You SHOP!
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Many of you have already added "GoodSearch" as your homepage, with Christian Associates as your designated cause. We receive a penny each time you use it.
Now, whenever you shop online, you have the opportunity to do even more! From the GoodSearch.com website, go to "GoodShop". Then simply click on one of many great online stores, with Christian Associates as your designated cause, and start shopping. A portion of your purchases will be donated back to support the work of the pantry.
Imagine, you can shop at Macy's, Best Buy, Amazon, Gap, Kohls, Target, WalMart and many more...and at the same time support the vital mission of Cridlin Pantry in our community.
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Christian Associates as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime!
I've set GoodSearch as my homepage, and they even have a toolbar you can add to your browser to make it more convenient. Give it a try, and be sure to spread the word!
"Season of Preparation" - New Campaign!
For the past 10 years, one Sunday in October has been designated UNDIE SUNDAY and because of your generosity we have been able to distribute numerous new pairs of underwear to individuals/families in our area who seek assistance from Cridlin Food/Clothing Pantry.
We have also encouraged support of our “Warmed and Fed” Campaign to provide new coats and nutritional food in abundance for distribution during the Advent season.
This year we want to combine these efforts into a “Season of Preparation” so that people have ample opportunity to provide for new coats, other basic needs, as well as nutritional food for the growing number of people in our area with limited resources.
We hope each “partner” church will designate Sunday, OCTOBER 19, as the beginning of the Christian Associates Cridlin Food/Clothing Pantry “Season of Preparation”. You can find a Bulletin insert for OCTOBER 19 with details about the “Season of Preparation” Campaign here: Season of Preparation Insert. We also have an information insert about Christian Associates/Cridlin Pantry here: Cridlin Insert. You may choose to use only the “Warmed and Fed” info or both.
If you have any other questions or suggestion, please contact any of our executive officers or call Diana Van Horn, our Food/Clothing Pantry Director at 522-9841.
We welcome your tax-deductable contributions through your local church, or by mailing your check to:
Christian Associates
520 11th St.
Huntington, WV 25701
Please indicate if a portion of your gift is to be used solely for food purchases, and let us know if you would like a written receipt for taxes.
Diana Van Horn
Diana is led by her servant's heart to care for people in need. She has served the pantry with excellence as Director for over 7 years.
Churches and other organizations often invite her to speak concerning the work of the Cridlin Pantry and Christian Associates, and are impressed with her ability to interpret the work in a meaningful and understandable way. You can reach her at the Pantry or by clicking her email link below.
We're blessed to be in our 3rd decade of service to the community. Please stop in and see the work we do, and you may want to stay and volunteer!
Your help is always greatly appreciated, and you will be blessed as you share yourself with others!
Cridlin Pantry is a ministry of Christian Associates, Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation created to facilitate a cooperative effort of downtown Huntington's churches in serving the basic needs of clients referred by Information and Referral Services.
Our Christian Associates Board of Directors now posts minutes from their regular meetings online. The latest minutes are now available, and you can download THIS Adobe PDF file.
Need a speaker?
Several of our board members, as well as the Director, are available to speak to your church or civic organization concerning the work of the pantry and how you can help. Please call the pantry or email us to arrange for a visit!
