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Five local projects received funding from the Campaign for Human
Development, representing an amount of $6,394.21. The annual drive in Atlanta
netted $19,182.62 with 25 percent remaining in the archdiocese for local use.
Local CHD programs receiving funding were: --Scholarship Funds for
Needy Children, submitted by Father Austin McKenna for St. Paul of the Cross
Parish summer day camp. The project will enable 30 children selected by West
Central EOA to attend the camp on full scholarship. The amount received was
$1,890.
--Summer Day Camp project proposed by Father Gerald Peterson of
St. Luke’s parish, Dahlonega. The amount of $600 would pay part of the
expense of operating a summer day camp in each of the three county areas of
Dahlonega, Cleveland Blairsville.
--Dentures and Eye Care for the Needy, submitted by Father
Peterson for an amount of $1,000. The amount would extend denture and eye-care
programs that had proved successful in Lumpkin country to the other three
counties served by St. Luke’s Church and the Glenmary Society, namely:
White, Union and Town. The costs were broken down into $525 for 15 eye
examinations and glasses; and $475 for five sets of dentures.
--Housing Rehab Project, requested by Sister Janet Valente of the
Archdiocesan Office of Urban Affairs. The proposal requested $6,000 but
actually received $1,904.21 to help set in motion a rehab project that will
address itself to the needy areas of the poor elderly with the specific goal of
bringing such homes up to city code. The plan involves organizing a network of
volunteers on a rotating basis for a city rehab effort.
--Home Repairs for Indigent Elderly People, submitted by Father
Mert McMahon for the Rabun County Advocates for Children and Youth. The $1,000
requested was granted to provide home repairs for indigent elderly people and
low-income families with children from Rabun County.
A number of local projects have been forwarded to national level
for possible funding but decisions on such funding will not be available for
several months, following detailed analysis and study of the proposals
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