Irresistible Portraits: Missions Fundraisers for NKUMC
As we mentioned in a previous blog post, the fundraiser that Karen photographed last Sunday benefited missions for North Kannapolis United Methodist Church. After doing some research, Buddy found Juntos Servimos - Together We Serve, a non-profit 501(c)(3) in Matamoros, Mexico. Their mission: Serving people in need in Mexico by eliminating barriers to physical and spiritual wholeness, one community at a time!
Juntos Servimos has established a community of volunteers, Casa Bugambilia, dedicated to serving the residents of the colonias in the areas of medical care and education. Casa Bugambilia provides:
In other words, thank you to all who participated in the fundraiser on Sunday. We raised a total of $1,500 towards the trip to Matamoros!
Check out some of the fundraiser images on our facebook fan page.
Juntos Servimos has established a community of volunteers, Casa Bugambilia, dedicated to serving the residents of the colonias in the areas of medical care and education. Casa Bugambilia provides:
- Shelter and medical care for the ill and abandoned to allow those persons medical treatment with dignity and reunification with their family and home community when possible.
- Treatment for those presently untreated for diabetes, a disease that disproportionately impacts the colonias.
- Education support, both in the classroom and financially, to provide the children of the colonias the surest path to escape poverty.
- Construction and renovation of shelter to provide a healthy physical environment for living, healing and study.
- Shelter and care for children with special needs who have been abandoned by their families or whose families lack the physical, emotional or financial resources to care for them.
In other words, thank you to all who participated in the fundraiser on Sunday. We raised a total of $1,500 towards the trip to Matamoros!
Check out some of the fundraiser images on our facebook fan page.
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