Maumee Valley Presbytery
Branch of Service
SUMMARY OF MISSION PROGRAMS
MAUMEE VALLEY PRESBYTERY
●CAMP (Crestline
Assistance and Ministries Program) - $2,600
Food pantry
●Congregational Nurse
Project - $3,000
The Congregational Nurse
Project of NW Ohio was formed to support the development of health ministries in
our region. The CNP is a multi-faith collaborative program, which promotes the
health and well being of faith communities by providing information and
education about and for parish nurses throughout Northwest Ohio.
●Cooperative Christian
Services of Galion - $3,500
Cooperative Christian
Services of Galion was founded in 1998. The idea was to centralize, in one
office, a place that area residents seeking assistance could come to find help,
without contacting every church for funds available.
●Family Crisis Network
- $4,000
Family Crisis Network is
a nonprofit agency that serves victims of domestic violence. It is our mission
to eliminate domestic violence in Mercer County through education and
intervention: to provide services, shelter, and assistance to those victims
leaving abusive relationships. During the past year we spoke at 12 community
engagements in an effort to educate the citizens of our county that domestic
violence does happen in Mercer County. Information was given on the services
available within the county to assist those who want out of such relationships.
●Grampy’s House -
$2,000
Grampy’s House is a
program that began in 2002 in the Lima/Allen County, Ohio area to serve the
previously unmet need of children who are affected by divorce or the separation
of their parents. The program provides a visitation/exchange center where
children can visit with non-custodial parents in a neutral, comfortable and safe
setting and where visit exchanges between parents can occur without conflict and
confrontation.
●Hancock County
Christian Clearing House - $1,000
HCCH is a non-profit
organization with a purpose “to provide financial emergency (non-sustaining)
assistance to individuals who have physical, emotional needs and to coordinate
such emergency services on behalf of our member churches, agencies and
individuals in such a way as to avoid duplication and promote effective use of
our resources.”
●Hope House/Findlay,
Ohio - $3,500
Hope House is a
transitional and residential program offering a nurturing environment for
homeless women and women with children promoting independent living, improved
personal development and interpersonal skills, and assisting low-income
individuals with their search for affordable housing.
●Interfaith Hospitality
Network - $6,200
Interfaith Hospitality
Network of Metro Toledo provides families who are homeless with safe, secure
shelter through a network of congregations in the Toledo metropolitan area.
Each host congregation shelters families overnight for one week at a time on a
rotating schedule. The goal is to provide a caring response to the families who
are homeless through compassionate assistance in shelter and meals.
●Lenawee Dental Clinic
- $5,000
A dental clinic in
Adrian, Michigan
●Moving Towards a
Hunger-free West Central Ohio
West Ohio Food Bank - $6,000
The West Ohio Food Bank
provided over 2,039,585 meals through a network of over 140+ smaller member
charities directly feeding 54,000 people each month throughout 11 counties. Our
service area includes Allen, Auglaize, Hancock, Hardin, Mercer, Paulding,
Putnam, Seneca, Shelby, Van Wert, and Wyandot counties.
●Our Daily Bread -
$5,000
Our Daily Bread hot food
site’s purpose is to provide at least one hot meal per day, Monday through
Friday, to any person who comes to our location. We also connect our guests to
other social service agencies that might provide other services.
●Shelby Help Line -
$2,500
Shelby Help Line
Ministries began serving individuals and families in March of 1978. Over the
years, we have added services to meet the needs of the surrounding community.
Some of the services are: financial aid; information and referral; community
Christmas program; school clothes exchange; clothing ministry, and much more.
●Toledo
Area Ministries (TAM) - $3,000
The purpose of the Toledo
Area Ministries (TAM) is to assist congregations and church leadership in
meeting human need, creating community and working for justice.
●Toledo Campus Ministry
- $13,000
Toledo Campus Ministry is
an Ecumenical Christian Campus Ministry located on the campus of the University
of Toledo. Its goals are to create a multicultural sensitive and accepting
Christian community that encourages students, faculty, and staff to grow in
their spiritual understandings and develop a sense of Christian vocation
regardless of what career path one is following.
●Willard - After School
Program - $1,900
The goals of this project
are to assist students with their homework, to enrich their education in
science, math, English, and the arts. Planned activities each session to enrich
their background, and outreach activities into the community by service
projects.
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