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RAIHN
Rochester Area Interfaith
Hospitality Network
34 Meigs
Street -- Rochester, NY 14607
Phone: 585-506-9050 or
Fax: 585-271-6910
E-mail: see addresses at bottom
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Hot off the press is the
latest RAIHN Newsletter. Get a copy of any of our newsletters
HERE
Some of
our highlights & latest developments in the rapid
growth of the Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality
Network include the following:
Send us an
e-mail at webmaster@raihn.org to be added to
our news list. |
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August 18
Voliunteer, Guest, Graduated Families party
Sunset Shelter Durand Eastman
more
info (click here) |
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October 2007
RAIHN
Annual dinner: Tues 10-23-07 at Church of
Transfiguration, Pittsford. Please save-the-date
and also here are links to forms for sponsorship
opportunities as well as form for slinent auction
donations
Save the
date flyer (click here)
Silent
Auction Donation form (click
here)
Table/Sponsorship Opportunities (click
here)
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September 27,
2007
Sharon Burke ( coordinator
at St. Joseph's) has decided to organize a gift party to
collect auction items, this was discussed at the Network
committee and the idea was welcome by the coordinators.
The party will be on September 27 6-9 PM at The day
Center. wine and cheese, maybe some live
music |
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December
2006
One of our volunteers
spotted this newsletter from our "sister" IHN in
Rochester, MN.. Click <
here> to see the story. Very nice Interfaith
work in action
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November 2006,
The latest version of
the RAIHN newsletter can be downloaded
here |
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November 27,
2006
Thank you to all who
joined us at the 3rd annual "Shop Til You Drop" evening
at Pittsford Plaza stores. It was an excellent
time and a great fundraiser for RAIHN. We'd like
to thank the stores and please continue to support them
throughout the year!
The following stores donated part of their profits
to RAIHN:
- Blueground Jewelers; contemporary
gallery specializing in unique sterling silver, 14K
gold, and platinum creations
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- OneWorld Goods;
a Fair-trade Gift Store selling
quality handcrafted items from around the
world
- Snow Country;
the best selections and the best
names and a team that’s dedicated to customer
service
- The Lounge; the area’s best selection of
snowboards, equipment, accessories and
clothing
- Color me Mine; a “paint-it-yourself” ceramic
studio with over 400 different pieces to choose from.
- Hands On and
Beyond; a
unique store where children are encouraged to play
with the toys on
display
- Applebee's; Eatin’ Here is good for the
neighborhood (use
coupon from 4-9pm only)
Additionally, if you ate at
Applebee's, and
use the coupon,
they
donated 10% of your purchase to RAIHN. |
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October 2004,
RAIHN has passed our
first six months in full operation. The 13 hosting faith
communities have all completed two rotations in their
weekly volunteer "shifts" to provide accomodations,
food, and fellowship for the guest
families.
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April 2004,
This
is the GRAND OPENING month for RAIHN. Two events are
planned:
Tuesday April 20th at
5:00-7:30 PM will be a celebration open to all friends
of RAIHN including the volunteers at the hosting &
supporting congragations and the Rochester media. Call
the RAIHN phone at 506-9050 or e-mail to
rsvp@raihn.org for more
info
Thursday 4/11 is an open house for all the social
service agencies that will be working with RAIHN to help
us accomodate the families as our guests int he RAIHN
program. Call the RAIHN phone at 506-9050 or e-mail to
rsvp@raihn.org for more info. |
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February 2004,
RAIHN has officially hired the Network Director!
We will be announcing this at a special "Open House" for
all the Social Service Admitting Agencies on April 7th.
RAIHN has also procured the passenger bus for the guests
as well as the beds the guests will be using at the
thirteen hosting congregations. A major training program
from national IHN is planned for March 16 (for Bethel CF
and 3rd Presby and all their volunteers). There will
also be a all-hands training session for all the hosting
and supporting coordinators (two-three per congregation)
on March 17th. |
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January
2004,
RAIHN has
secured a Day Center facility. We will be using a nice
house at 34 Meigs Street as our Day Center. At the Day
Center, the guests will use this site as their "launch
pad" for career & housing support and counseling as
well as their central "home" for receiving mail, school
buss pick-up & drop-off. There will be a "grand
opening" of the Day Center on April 20th for all the
volunteers and interested people from the various
congregations |
June
2003,
We've
added another host faith community! We're more than 50%
of the way to having enough hosting faith communities to
start the RAIHN! Go to the "hosts" page to see all the faithful
people.
May 2003,
At this month's
RAIHN general meeting on May 8th, Libby Krautsak is our
special guest speaker. Libby is the Executive Director
of the Buffalo NY Interfaith Hospitality Network. That
organization has been an active IHN group for over six
(6) years! So, Libby will have lots to share with us as
we grow the RAIHN network. See the
calendar for details. The meeting is at 7pm at New Life
Presbyterian Church (Monroe Avenue & Rosedale; East
on Monroe after the I-490 intersection). For more
information, contact
Alain Perregaux
(654-5794), Rod Frohman
(271-6537
x-106), Nancy Frank
(271-2240),
or Elizabeth Osta
(586-9947)
This month, our
web site goes "live". We also have two e-mail lists
which will be used for general mailings to the RAIHN
community as well as to the Board of Directors. If you
wish to be added to the general mailing list, please
send an e-mail to the webmaster.
April 2003,
We have added
several new faith communities to the ever-growing list
of host and support organizations. See the complete list
of who is "on-board"
HERE.
Click here to go to the library archive of
all past newsletters and general meeting
minutes
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