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New Challenges and Opportunities The June 2009 annual meeting of the United Methodist Church’s Mr. Dickens also indicated that some ministry programs were North Georgia Conference had a significant impact on the being re-organized to improve their effectiveness and save some financial future of Action Ministries. personnel costs. The North Georgia Conference (NGC) has traditionally included mission funding for Action Ministries as part of the overall Conference budget, which is developed by the NGC’s Council on Finance and Administration and adopted by NGC members at its annual meeting.
All of Action Ministries local programs across north Georgia are looking for new sources of local funding and grants. One new opportunity that came out of the Conference’s meeting in Athens could help overcome some of the funding cuts.
The Annual Conference voted to authorize an annual special This year, the Council (CF&A) recommended a budget for 2010 Sunday offering in all of the NGC’s 900+ churches for the that greatly reduced the amount of funding for Action Ministries. benefit of Action Ministries. This recommendation resulted in more debate and discussion According to Dickens, the specific Sunday is currently being than any other budget item on the agenda, and although a coordinated with the NGC, and Action Ministries expects to number of Action Ministries’ supporters spoke eloquently and conduct one before the end of 2009. passionately from the floor against the reduction, the CF&A recommendations were approved. “We have requested the first Sunday in November for our annual Special Sunday Offering,” said Dickens, “and we are waiting to The specific provisions affecting Action Ministries were: hear back from the Conference.” To reduce the level of 2009 funding previously approved “These special offerings require a lot of planning and work— from $750,000 to $570,000; especially by volunteers—to develop the level of support To reduce the requested amount for 2010 from $800,000 to required for success from the 900+ United Methodist Churches in the NGC churches ,” says Nancy Hruschka, Vice President of $420,000; and, Development. To eliminate all funding in the Conference Budget for “People are hurting all across Georgia,” says Dickens, “and we Action Ministries and other NGC extension ministries by are doing everything we can do to help them and meet the the end of 2012. increasing demand for our services in these difficult times.” There was no discussion of projected funding levels for 2011 and 2012, but the assumption is that similar reductions in those years will result. NGC funding has been an important part of Action Ministries’ $3.2 million annual budget and coping with the reductions presents some difficult challenges for Action Ministries in the next several years, according to Jim Dickens, President of Action Ministries. “We anticipated these reductions would be approved by the Conference, so we began taking steps to mitigate their impact on our capacity to continue serving the least, the lost, and the hurting. The economy has had a negative impact on most organizations that depend on donations for funding, including churches, and that has reduced the money available to the Conference as well,” said Dickens.
Action Ministries Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Thursday, September 10, 6:30 p.m. Dunwoody United Methodist Church Keynote Speaker: Vince Dooley Philanthropist of the Year: Bill Dahlberg Volunteer of the Year: Roger Lane Hall of Fame: Dan McCue, Rosalie North, Mary Weisenberg
“We began scrubbing our budgets in early spring to reduce our expenses. Unfortunately, to conserve our cash reserves we had to eliminate some staff and converted some positions to part time,” said Dickens.
Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
Register to attend at www.actionministries.net
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of the clients live in unsafe areas of Augusta and therefore are compelled to keep all windows and doors locked at all times. This program goes a long way toward creating safe and stable homes for our most vulnerable population.
ATHENS URBAN MINISTRIES Contact: Erin Barger at 706-353-6647 717 Oconee Street, Athens, GA 30605 [email protected]
BREAKTHRU HOUSE, INC. Contact: Kate Boyer, 404-284-4658 1866 Eastfield Street, Decatur, GA 30032 [email protected] or [email protected]
Equipping people to prosper. Teaching a person to fish. These phrases imply serving people in a way that changes their positions in life. Certainly, equipping involves supporting people in their navigation of the community, and connecting them to the chance to increase interdependence and decrease dependence. At Athens Urban Ministries, we have addressed the basic need of hunger and have done so well. Thanks to the support of congregations, civic organizations, and compassionate individuals in Athens, we serve more than one hundred people each day with a vital service. As the new Director of Athens Urban Ministries, it is my hope that along with food and kindness, we will grow to provide a paradigm shift for our guests. As a result, I hope that some of those we serve with food with be part of a rising employment rate, a decreasing poverty rate, and a testament to the transformative power of human compassion. It is my honor to serve this agency. I extend many thanks to former Director Lisa Caine for her years of service to Athens Urban Ministries. ATLANTA URBAN MINISTRIES Contact: Vanessa Milton, 404-881-6744 x12 458 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 [email protected] It’s a hot summer in Atlanta but that’s not deterring any of the children in our summer camps from having a GREAT summer. They’ve been riding horses at Chastain Horse Park, turned a broken coffee maker into a “thing-a-majig” at Camp Invention, learned the importance of team work at Peachtree Rd. UMC Basketball Camp and learned about “Going Green” in the Environmental Science class at Emory University’s Challenge and Champions Camp. Learning, playing and making new friends are all the things the children talk about each evening with their moms. It’s been a “Fun”derful Summer! summer camp. We need teachers, gameplayers, crafters, listeners, and readers for one day to six weeks of fun. Please call the Atlanta office to join in a ministry of love in action this summer!
Atlanta Urban Ministries— Kids Riding Horses at Chastain Park AUGUSTA URBAN MINISTRIES Contact: Rick Herring, 706-722-8195 P.O. Box 2001, Augusta, GA 30903 [email protected] Augusta Area Churches Come Together To Provide Fans for the Elderly Augusta Urban Ministries is collaborating with local churches to provide box fans to local low income elderly citizens. As of July 5th Augusta Urban Ministries has collected over 50 fans for the clients who are 55 years and older and qualify under the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines as low income or extremely low income. The participating churches include: Wesley UMC, Covenant UMC, St. Mark UMC, St. John UMC, Hephzibah UMC, St. James UMC and Asbury UMC. Several other area churches and civic groups are also collecting fans and the goal is to provide at least 75 new fans to our most needy. Augusta Urban Ministries works closely with several local agencies to insure that each person receiving a fan qualifies. These collaborating agencies are the CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority and the Augusta Center for Aging. Each person qualifies based on both age and income. Many of the recipients of the fans have no air conditioning in their home which creates a dangerous environment during the summer months. Additionally, many
Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
Celebrates 40 Years of Providing Light, Life, & Recovery On April 16th, over 250 people gathered at Northside UMC to celebrate Breakthru’s 40th Anniversary. The evening included a silent auction, dinner, and presentation by William Cope Moyers, author of New York Times Best-Seller Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption. Those gathered had the privilege to hear Moyers share about his downward spiral of drugs and alcohol, which came to an end on the floor of an Atlanta crack house after a four day drug binge. It was here at the corner of Ponce de Leon and Boulevard that he surrendered to God and turned over control. He has remained sober every day of every hour since that moment on October 12, 1994. Moyers encouraged the group to speak out about addiction as a disease, the need for treatment centers, like Breakthru House, and against the negative stigma surrounding addiction. Together, the evening raised over $25,000 to further Breakthru’s mission and continue to provide women a place to experience physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through recovery.
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GAINESVILLE ACTION MINISTRIES Contact: Sue Lane, 770-531-0144 3 First Street, Chicopee, GA 30504 [email protected] Gainesville Action Ministries continue to see families who have lost their jobs that they have worked at for several years. We had a young couple come to us who had just found out that the wife had cancer and he had just lost his job as a manager at a large grocery chain in our area as well as his insurance. They were devastated when they came to us, but once they met with a case manager their whole outlook changed. He stopped by my office to tell me that they have never felt more loved and been shown as much concern as they have here at GAM. He was encouraged to apply at another chain that had an opening even though it wasn’t the position that he wanted; they did everything that we had ask them to do. Last month they came to our door with big smiles on their faces and when I opened the door they both hugged me at the same time and said because of you I am a manager again; the wife still has cancer but she is doing better, they have a new car and they made a donation to the ministry. They both told me that if we had just paid their bill and sent them on their way that they would not be where they are today, it was because we gave them a plan and told them that they had worth and could make these changes. I feel that we are doing the tough things to encourage our families to take responsibility of their situation and to take the step to make the changes that only they can make. ROME ACTION MINISTRIES Contact: Cathy Aiken-Freeman, 404-824-0747 P.O. Box 107, Rome, GA 30161 [email protected]
student helpers. Vacation Bible School participants, youth mission groups, church youth groups, and school teams join together in our Youth Volunteer Force. This summer we have worked with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church youth, First UMC’s V.B.S. and youth group, Darlington High School’s football team and new teachers, Woodlawn Baptist Church’s youth mission, and Coosa High School’s service league. All kids, ranging in age from 8-18, have put in full days of packing bags, stocking shelves, and helping pantry visitors carry and unload groceries. All of this work means something of a vacation for regular volunteers and staff. And also introduces our Youth Volunteer Force to the joys of hands-on service to those in need. School starts next month, and the kids who have pushed carts, packed, stocked, and carried for us will be back at their
desks. We hope their time spent in the food pantries blesses them as much as it has blessed our organization and community. Have a group who would like to volunteer? Call us! 404-824-0747. We’d love to hear from you.
Each summer brings higher than ever numbers of visitors to the food pantries of Rome Action Ministries. Not all of these visitors are there to receive food assistance, though. Many are there to help give it.
TRANSITIONAL MINISTRIES Contact: Sara Evans, 404-881-1991 P.O. Box 1071 Rome, GA 30161 [email protected] “I am tired of moving all the time!” yelled the nine-year old girl in frustration. In fact, it had been the third time in a year the child, her sister, and mother had moved. The family was seeking a safe place, free from the violence and abuse they had once experienced. The words from the frustrated child were not words from a novel. They were the words I heard as a family moved into our transitional housing program a couple of weeks ago. The words were difficult for me to hear, and equally as difficult for the case manager and for the child’s mother. In a sense, the young child realized that stability is an important part of one’s life. She also realized that the frequent moves, the living in the shelters, were robbing her of her childhood. I received a call from the family’s case manager the day after the family moved into our program. She called to ask me if our grants could help fund a summer camp for the two girls. “These children just need to be children. They don’t need to be dealing with all this adult stuff,” the case manager explained. We quickly arranged for the two girls to attend a summer day camp for the rest of the summer. The camp is a lot like the day camps my two daughters will be attending this summer; full of swimming, laughter, silliness, and caring adults. As I write this article, we have 37 children in our transitional housing program. Some of these children are young infants and some are in the final years of high school. Each of these children have been broken in some way by the effects of homelessness, maybe by unwise decisions made by their parents or by circumstances beyond their parent’s control. Yet, each child is God’s gift to us. Every one of them, like us, has been created in the image of God. Every one of them, like us, needs to be reminded of God’s everlasting love. For this particular family, this love was expressed through the care and concern of their case manager.
Once school breaks begins, our food pantries are blessed with the presence of young, energetic, and enthusiastic Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
[email protected]
NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA, GA PERMIT # 1183
P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308-0613 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Our ministries are: Athens Urban Ministries Atlanta Urban Ministries Augusta Urban Ministries Breakthru House, Inc. Gainesville Action Ministries Rome Action Ministries Transitional Ministries
Bill and Melinda Gates
We have NEW websites!!!
In 1994, the William H. Gates Foundation was formed with an initial stock gift of $94 million; and in 1999, it was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During the following years, Gates gave additional funds; and in 2006, Warren Buffet, then the world’s richest person, pledged stock worth $30 billion over a period of years. This amazing foundation now has assets worth $27.5 billion, and its primary aims are to globally enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty.
www.actionministries.net and athens.actionministries.net atlanta.actionministries.net augusta.actionministries.net breakthru.actionministries.net gainesville.actionministries.net rome.actionministries.net transitional.actionministries.net
Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
Bill Gates, 53, stepped down from day-to-day work at Microsoft last June to allow him more time to work with the foundation. This trend of people like Gates, who decided to quit business to focus on philanthropy and Buffet, who decided not to wait until his death to give away the bulk of his fortune, has been characterized as “giving while living”. We can’t all be like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, but why not do some planned “giving while living” in 2009? Call Nancy Hruschka, V.P. Development at 404.277.3788, and let her help you leave a lasting legacy. [email protected]
New Challenges and Opportunities The June 2009 annual meeting of the United Methodist Church’s Mr. Dickens also indicated that some ministry programs were North Georgia Conference had a significant impact on the being re-organized to improve their effectiveness and save some financial future of Action Ministries. personnel costs. The North Georgia Conference (NGC) has traditionally included mission funding for Action Ministries as part of the overall Conference budget, which is developed by the NGC’s Council on Finance and Administration and adopted by NGC members at its annual meeting.
All of Action Ministries local programs across north Georgia are looking for new sources of local funding and grants. One new opportunity that came out of the Conference’s meeting in Athens could help overcome some of the funding cuts.
The Annual Conference voted to authorize an annual special This year, the Council (CF&A) recommended a budget for 2010 Sunday offering in all of the NGC’s 900+ churches for the that greatly reduced the amount of funding for Action Ministries. benefit of Action Ministries. This recommendation resulted in more debate and discussion According to Dickens, the specific Sunday is currently being than any other budget item on the agenda, and although a coordinated with the NGC, and Action Ministries expects to number of Action Ministries’ supporters spoke eloquently and conduct one before the end of 2009. passionately from the floor against the reduction, the CF&A recommendations were approved. “We have requested the first Sunday in November for our annual Special Sunday Offering,” said Dickens, “and we are waiting to The specific provisions affecting Action Ministries were: hear back from the Conference.” To reduce the level of 2009 funding previously approved “These special offerings require a lot of planning and work— from $750,000 to $570,000; especially by volunteers—to develop the level of support To reduce the requested amount for 2010 from $800,000 to required for success from the 900+ United Methodist Churches in the NGC churches ,” says Nancy Hruschka, Vice President of $420,000; and, Development. To eliminate all funding in the Conference Budget for “People are hurting all across Georgia,” says Dickens, “and we Action Ministries and other NGC extension ministries by are doing everything we can do to help them and meet the the end of 2012. increasing demand for our services in these difficult times.” There was no discussion of projected funding levels for 2011 and 2012, but the assumption is that similar reductions in those years will result. NGC funding has been an important part of Action Ministries’ $3.2 million annual budget and coping with the reductions presents some difficult challenges for Action Ministries in the next several years, according to Jim Dickens, President of Action Ministries. “We anticipated these reductions would be approved by the Conference, so we began taking steps to mitigate their impact on our capacity to continue serving the least, the lost, and the hurting. The economy has had a negative impact on most organizations that depend on donations for funding, including churches, and that has reduced the money available to the Conference as well,” said Dickens.
Action Ministries Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Thursday, September 10, 6:30 p.m. Dunwoody United Methodist Church Keynote Speaker: Vince Dooley Philanthropist of the Year: Bill Dahlberg Volunteer of the Year: Roger Lane Hall of Fame: Dan McCue, Rosalie North, Mary Weisenberg
“We began scrubbing our budgets in early spring to reduce our expenses. Unfortunately, to conserve our cash reserves we had to eliminate some staff and converted some positions to part time,” said Dickens.
Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
Register to attend at www.actionministries.net
[email protected]
of the clients live in unsafe areas of Augusta and therefore are compelled to keep all windows and doors locked at all times. This program goes a long way toward creating safe and stable homes for our most vulnerable population.
ATHENS URBAN MINISTRIES Contact: Erin Barger at 706-353-6647 717 Oconee Street, Athens, GA 30605 [email protected]
BREAKTHRU HOUSE, INC. Contact: Kate Boyer, 404-284-4658 1866 Eastfield Street, Decatur, GA 30032 [email protected] or [email protected]
Equipping people to prosper. Teaching a person to fish. These phrases imply serving people in a way that changes their positions in life. Certainly, equipping involves supporting people in their navigation of the community, and connecting them to the chance to increase interdependence and decrease dependence. At Athens Urban Ministries, we have addressed the basic need of hunger and have done so well. Thanks to the support of congregations, civic organizations, and compassionate individuals in Athens, we serve more than one hundred people each day with a vital service. As the new Director of Athens Urban Ministries, it is my hope that along with food and kindness, we will grow to provide a paradigm shift for our guests. As a result, I hope that some of those we serve with food with be part of a rising employment rate, a decreasing poverty rate, and a testament to the transformative power of human compassion. It is my honor to serve this agency. I extend many thanks to former Director Lisa Caine for her years of service to Athens Urban Ministries. ATLANTA URBAN MINISTRIES Contact: Vanessa Milton, 404-881-6744 x12 458 Ponce de Leon Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 [email protected] It’s a hot summer in Atlanta but that’s not deterring any of the children in our summer camps from having a GREAT summer. They’ve been riding horses at Chastain Horse Park, turned a broken coffee maker into a “thing-a-majig” at Camp Invention, learned the importance of team work at Peachtree Rd. UMC Basketball Camp and learned about “Going Green” in the Environmental Science class at Emory University’s Challenge and Champions Camp. Learning, playing and making new friends are all the things the children talk about each evening with their moms. It’s been a “Fun”derful Summer! summer camp. We need teachers, gameplayers, crafters, listeners, and readers for one day to six weeks of fun. Please call the Atlanta office to join in a ministry of love in action this summer!
Atlanta Urban Ministries— Kids Riding Horses at Chastain Park AUGUSTA URBAN MINISTRIES Contact: Rick Herring, 706-722-8195 P.O. Box 2001, Augusta, GA 30903 [email protected] Augusta Area Churches Come Together To Provide Fans for the Elderly Augusta Urban Ministries is collaborating with local churches to provide box fans to local low income elderly citizens. As of July 5th Augusta Urban Ministries has collected over 50 fans for the clients who are 55 years and older and qualify under the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines as low income or extremely low income. The participating churches include: Wesley UMC, Covenant UMC, St. Mark UMC, St. John UMC, Hephzibah UMC, St. James UMC and Asbury UMC. Several other area churches and civic groups are also collecting fans and the goal is to provide at least 75 new fans to our most needy. Augusta Urban Ministries works closely with several local agencies to insure that each person receiving a fan qualifies. These collaborating agencies are the CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority and the Augusta Center for Aging. Each person qualifies based on both age and income. Many of the recipients of the fans have no air conditioning in their home which creates a dangerous environment during the summer months. Additionally, many
Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
Celebrates 40 Years of Providing Light, Life, & Recovery On April 16th, over 250 people gathered at Northside UMC to celebrate Breakthru’s 40th Anniversary. The evening included a silent auction, dinner, and presentation by William Cope Moyers, author of New York Times Best-Seller Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption. Those gathered had the privilege to hear Moyers share about his downward spiral of drugs and alcohol, which came to an end on the floor of an Atlanta crack house after a four day drug binge. It was here at the corner of Ponce de Leon and Boulevard that he surrendered to God and turned over control. He has remained sober every day of every hour since that moment on October 12, 1994. Moyers encouraged the group to speak out about addiction as a disease, the need for treatment centers, like Breakthru House, and against the negative stigma surrounding addiction. Together, the evening raised over $25,000 to further Breakthru’s mission and continue to provide women a place to experience physical, emotional, and spiritual healing through recovery.
[email protected]
GAINESVILLE ACTION MINISTRIES Contact: Sue Lane, 770-531-0144 3 First Street, Chicopee, GA 30504 [email protected] Gainesville Action Ministries continue to see families who have lost their jobs that they have worked at for several years. We had a young couple come to us who had just found out that the wife had cancer and he had just lost his job as a manager at a large grocery chain in our area as well as his insurance. They were devastated when they came to us, but once they met with a case manager their whole outlook changed. He stopped by my office to tell me that they have never felt more loved and been shown as much concern as they have here at GAM. He was encouraged to apply at another chain that had an opening even though it wasn’t the position that he wanted; they did everything that we had ask them to do. Last month they came to our door with big smiles on their faces and when I opened the door they both hugged me at the same time and said because of you I am a manager again; the wife still has cancer but she is doing better, they have a new car and they made a donation to the ministry. They both told me that if we had just paid their bill and sent them on their way that they would not be where they are today, it was because we gave them a plan and told them that they had worth and could make these changes. I feel that we are doing the tough things to encourage our families to take responsibility of their situation and to take the step to make the changes that only they can make. ROME ACTION MINISTRIES Contact: Cathy Aiken-Freeman, 404-824-0747 P.O. Box 107, Rome, GA 30161 [email protected]
student helpers. Vacation Bible School participants, youth mission groups, church youth groups, and school teams join together in our Youth Volunteer Force. This summer we have worked with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church youth, First UMC’s V.B.S. and youth group, Darlington High School’s football team and new teachers, Woodlawn Baptist Church’s youth mission, and Coosa High School’s service league. All kids, ranging in age from 8-18, have put in full days of packing bags, stocking shelves, and helping pantry visitors carry and unload groceries. All of this work means something of a vacation for regular volunteers and staff. And also introduces our Youth Volunteer Force to the joys of hands-on service to those in need. School starts next month, and the kids who have pushed carts, packed, stocked, and carried for us will be back at their
desks. We hope their time spent in the food pantries blesses them as much as it has blessed our organization and community. Have a group who would like to volunteer? Call us! 404-824-0747. We’d love to hear from you.
Each summer brings higher than ever numbers of visitors to the food pantries of Rome Action Ministries. Not all of these visitors are there to receive food assistance, though. Many are there to help give it.
TRANSITIONAL MINISTRIES Contact: Sara Evans, 404-881-1991 P.O. Box 1071 Rome, GA 30161 [email protected] “I am tired of moving all the time!” yelled the nine-year old girl in frustration. In fact, it had been the third time in a year the child, her sister, and mother had moved. The family was seeking a safe place, free from the violence and abuse they had once experienced. The words from the frustrated child were not words from a novel. They were the words I heard as a family moved into our transitional housing program a couple of weeks ago. The words were difficult for me to hear, and equally as difficult for the case manager and for the child’s mother. In a sense, the young child realized that stability is an important part of one’s life. She also realized that the frequent moves, the living in the shelters, were robbing her of her childhood. I received a call from the family’s case manager the day after the family moved into our program. She called to ask me if our grants could help fund a summer camp for the two girls. “These children just need to be children. They don’t need to be dealing with all this adult stuff,” the case manager explained. We quickly arranged for the two girls to attend a summer day camp for the rest of the summer. The camp is a lot like the day camps my two daughters will be attending this summer; full of swimming, laughter, silliness, and caring adults. As I write this article, we have 37 children in our transitional housing program. Some of these children are young infants and some are in the final years of high school. Each of these children have been broken in some way by the effects of homelessness, maybe by unwise decisions made by their parents or by circumstances beyond their parent’s control. Yet, each child is God’s gift to us. Every one of them, like us, has been created in the image of God. Every one of them, like us, needs to be reminded of God’s everlasting love. For this particular family, this love was expressed through the care and concern of their case manager.
Once school breaks begins, our food pantries are blessed with the presence of young, energetic, and enthusiastic Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
[email protected]
NON-PROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID ATLANTA, GA PERMIT # 1183
P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308-0613 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Our ministries are: Athens Urban Ministries Atlanta Urban Ministries Augusta Urban Ministries Breakthru House, Inc. Gainesville Action Ministries Rome Action Ministries Transitional Ministries
Bill and Melinda Gates
We have NEW websites!!!
In 1994, the William H. Gates Foundation was formed with an initial stock gift of $94 million; and in 1999, it was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. During the following years, Gates gave additional funds; and in 2006, Warren Buffet, then the world’s richest person, pledged stock worth $30 billion over a period of years. This amazing foundation now has assets worth $27.5 billion, and its primary aims are to globally enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty.
www.actionministries.net and athens.actionministries.net atlanta.actionministries.net augusta.actionministries.net breakthru.actionministries.net gainesville.actionministries.net rome.actionministries.net transitional.actionministries.net
Action Ministries, Inc.P.O. Box 54613 Atlanta, GA 30308 404 881-1991
Bill Gates, 53, stepped down from day-to-day work at Microsoft last June to allow him more time to work with the foundation. This trend of people like Gates, who decided to quit business to focus on philanthropy and Buffet, who decided not to wait until his death to give away the bulk of his fortune, has been characterized as “giving while living”. We can’t all be like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, but why not do some planned “giving while living” in 2009? Call Nancy Hruschka, V.P. Development at 404.277.3788, and let her help you leave a lasting legacy. [email protected]
