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The ninth annual Laurel Park Merchants Holiday Food Drive raised a record volume of food for Interfaith Assistance Ministry on Thursday. Read Story »
Tags: hunger | Interfaith Assistance Ministry
Interfaith Assistance Ministry kicked off its fourth annual Holiday Food Drive last week to help ensure that local families can enjoy a holiday meal at home during the upcoming holiday season. Read Story »
Interfaith Assistance Ministry received a $50,000 donation for its covid-19/Stimulus Check Challenge. The donors have asked to remain anonymous but want to challenge the community to match the $50,000 donation. Read Story »
Dolph Diamond woke up one night this week with an idea. Read Story »
Tags: Interfaith Assistance Ministry | coronavirus economy | coronavirus charity
Interfaith Assistance Ministry will continue to serve struggling Henderson County residents with crisis services by implementing precautionary measures to keep our neighbors, volunteers and staff as safe as possible during this rapidly evolving coronavirus pandemic. Read Story »
Members and friends donated 155 pairs of mittens and gloves, 60 toboggans, 19 pairs of socks, 14 scarves, one headband, two ear muffs, one pair of pajamas and one pair of slippers to the Mitten Tree at Trinity Presbyterian Church before Christmas. Read Story »
Interfaith Assistance Ministry has been awarded $250,000 from the WNC Bridge Foundation to help address emergency wellness issues that affect Henderson County’s residents in crisis. Read Story »
On Thanksgiving, we are featuring our Season of Giving Q&As of people that agency leaders nominated as their volunteers of the year. We have 12 we are featuring them four at a time through the weekend. Read Story »
Tags: HonorAir | Blue Ridge Literacy Council | Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Season of Giving | Blue Ridge HonorFlight
You won't want to miss this week's Lightning. Read Story »
Tags: United Way | HonorAir | non-profit organizations | Free Clinics | Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Honor Flight Network
Tickets are still available for the 10th annual Warmth of Home Concert, a benefit for Interfaith Assistance Ministry, on Monday, Nov. 18, at the Flat Rock Playhouse. Read Story »
Tags: fundraisers | Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Steve Johnson | Up Dog
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office did the heavy lifting in a food drive competition with other first responders, collecting more than a ton of food for Interfaith Assistance Ministry. Read Story »
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Interfaith Assistance Ministry will begin accepting turkeys, hams and holiday foods for its third annual Holiday Food Drive Oct. 14 to help ensure that local families can enjoy a holiday meal at home this season. Read Story »
To intensify the competition between first responders, the IAM Battle of the Badges Food Drive among the Hendersonville Fire Department, the Hendersonville Police Department and the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has been extended to Oct. 14. Read Story »
Three local first responders are sending out All Points Bulletins urging residents of Henderson County to join their efforts to win the first ever ‘Battle of the Badges Food Drive for IAM’ during the month of September. Read Story »
A full line-up of local celebrities has signed up to model summer fashions to help Interfaith Assistance Ministry raise funds to purchase clothing for some of Henderson County’s most vulnerable children. Read Story »
Tags: non-profit organizations | charities | Interfaith Assistance Ministry
Guitarist and singer Peter Mayer of the Peter Mayer Group and Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band is bringing his 19th annual Stars and Promises Christmas Tour to Grace Lutheran Church on Friday, Nov. 30. Mayer’s band will perform timeless carols, original songs and stories from 7 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the magical Christmas season. Read Story »
Tags: Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Willson Moss | Appalachian Fire | Jonnie Petree
Interfaith Assistance Ministry is presenting its ninth Annual Warmth of Home Concert at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown to raise money for heating assistance for needy families. Read Story »
Tags: non-profit organizations | snowstorms | Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Willson Moss | winter 2018-19
Tonya Dirkse was, in her own words, at her breaking point. Read Story »
Tags: Duke Energy | Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Duke Energy Foundation
Tags: Saluda Grade | Interfaith Assistance Ministry | Christmas parade
Interfaith Assistance Ministry is on the last leg of its $2.6 million capital campaign for its new facility, thanks to a matching grant pledge from state Rep. Chuck McGrady. Read Story »
Tags: non-profit organizations | Interfaith Assistance Ministry
With the turn of six shovels, leaders of the Interfaith Assistance Ministry celebrated the groundbreaking for a new $2.6 million home for the 32-year-old agency that feeds and clothes the poor and intervenes in crisis to rescue families in times of need. Read Story »
Tags: Volunteers | volunteerism | Interfaith Assistance Ministry
Interfaith Assistance Ministry has raised $1.82 million in pledges, grants and donations in 13 months, reaching more than 70 percent of its $2.6 million capital campaign goal. Read Story »
Tags: hunger | Interfaith Assistance Ministry
A church-supported nonprofit agency devoted to catching people who fall through gaps in government aid programs moved closer to breaking ground on new headquarters when it received an anonymous donation of $100,000. Read Story »