The Faith-Based Resource Sharing Collaborative Of Richmond

On June 12th representatives from 18 local Richmond churches met at the Townsend center to discuss the possibility of creating a Central Referral Office for faith-based community services. Wayne Copenhaver and Les Williams of First Friends Meeting are the principal organizers of this initiative. A major issue which the Collaborative wishes to address is the duplication of services provided by different faith-based community members. For example there are 17 food providers in the Richmond community, each of which currently maintains its own data base of needy families. One centrally located data base might free up resources for additional food for the hungry.

Clear Creek was invited to attend a meeting of the collaborative on July 15th and was represented by four Friends. A Development Committee was formed to create the coalition’s infrastructure. Subcommittees were listed and people were encouraged to signup for one or more subcommittees. The subcommittees are listed below. If you are interested in participating in the coalition or would like additional information, please contact Wayne Copenhaver (firstfm AT comcast DOT net), Les Williams (les DOT williams AT comcast DOT net) or Jim Sizelove (jim DOT size AT comcast DOT net). The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 19 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting place is yet to be determined.