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Churches Host MHC's Foster Care Christmas Parties Saturday, December 12th, Methodist Home for Children held its foster care Christmas parties for the children in our care in the Raleigh, Wilmington and Greenville areas. To read coverage of the Greenville party visit The Daily Reflector at http://www.reflector.com/news/church-helps-foster-children-families-who-support-them-1014648.html.
Thank you to St. Mark’s UMC, Pine Valley UMC and Jarvis UMC for hosting the parties in each of these areas. Also thank you to the folks at Edenton Street UMC, Pleasant Grove UMC, Benson UMC and St. James UMC for helping out at the Raleigh Christmas party. All of you helped to make this Christmas season brighter for the children and foster families in our care!
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Program Works To Keep Children Out of Gangs MHC's Gang Outreach Program Makes Local News in Kinston, NC
www.kinston.com/news/children-57983-program-gangs.html
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Culinary Battle Benefits Children and Families MHC's upcoming 3rd Annual Epicurean Evening Makes the Wilmington News.
The Epicurean Evening provides an opportunity to sample exquisite cuisine from top local chefs and to bid on exciting,… Star News Online
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Extending H.E.L.P. to Dedicated Students On Friday, July 10th, Methodist Home for Children hosted its annual Hackley Education & Learning Program (H.E.L.P.). The program is a grant-making initiative of MHC. Grants are awarded to qualified MHC applicants to support their post-high school education goals.
See the Press Release for more details! (Scroll down the page for Press Releases.)
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Former MHC Youth Stands Behind the System June 17th, 2009
Former MHC youth, Michael Cox offers much needed perspective regarding recent state budget cuts that will drastically affect programs aimed at troubled youth.
Please click below to see the full story and watch the news video on the WRAL website.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5371079/
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United Methodist Churches Churches from across the North Carolina conference participated in Methodist Home for Children Sunday 2009. Contributions helped MHC recruit and support foster and adoptive parents, as well as clothe, feed, and provide for the children in MHC’s care. Once again on Sunday, February 21, 2010 Methodist churches will show their support for the work of MHC.
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Progress Energy contributed 334 volunteer hours to support Methodist Home for Children recently. Five groups of employees helped at the Jordan Child & Family Enrichment Center and at three of our group homes. From painting preschoolers' faces to painting walls and planting shrubs at our group homes, these volunteers made a huge difference. Many thanks!
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Food Lion invites you to use your MVP card to donate a portion of your purchases to Methodist Home for Children. It's easy to support MHC in this way. To register your card go to www.foodlion.com or call 704.633.8250 ext. 3810
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