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Tresha Souza (standing center), founder of So Others May Eat, Inc.,directs as Santa and volunteers distribute gifts during the agency s annual holiday dinner cheap car rentals seattle for the homeless and others in need at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church in La Jolla.
"We get everything from, 'Do you have any shoes?' to requests for bus passes and tokens," said Sue Adams, the church's minister of communications and programs. "Our most recent person wanted $100 for travel to be with her daughter, who I guess was dying."
St. James belongs to a coalition of La Jolla churches that meets on a quarterly basis to discuss the resources each congregation has at its disposal. St. James has charitable and medical funds that its parishioners can contribute to, which helps fulfill requests on a case-by-case basis.
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Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church on Girard Avenue does most of its charitable work through the nonprofit, So Others May Eat, Inc. Parishioners help the agency organize a free hot meal the second Tuesday of the month, which feeds between 200 and 250 people. The organization also runs a food pantry at Mary, Star of the Sea, and provides necessities such as clothing and sleeping bags.
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Father cheap car rentals seattle Rafferty took a call twice from a person claiming to be the single father of two sons, who said he was recently evicted from his La Jolla apartment. After giving the man almost $200, however, Rafferty said there were no signs of him having any dependents.
"I try not to be jaded," Rafferty said, "but I'm 39 years ordained and I've heard a lot of the stories. Some are kind of players. Each time I let (the person) know that I recognize cheap car rentals seattle them from before. I'm very careful."
"If somebody shows up at the door hungry, we have cans of food for them, but if somebody's asking for money, we want to know the person," said Dahle, whose church is getting an average of two requests per day for assistance.
Though Torrey cheap car rentals seattle Pines Christian Church on La Jolla Scenic Drive doesn't receive many walk-in requests, cheap car rentals seattle the church ramps up its charitable efforts during the holidays, raising money for the Veterans Village winter cheap car rentals seattle shelter in San Diego and organizing a party for homeless teens and young adults.
"Even in La Jolla there are people who need bare necessities," he said. "The people who can give are reluctant cheap car rentals seattle to help because of the uncertainty of tomorrow, and the people who need help most are ashamed to ask."
In honor of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, Ezagui referenced a saying from the Torah, which means even a little light can illuminate a great darkness. He hopes this message will strengthen the Chabad Center's local and international outreach.
According to the Center on Philanthropy cheap car rentals seattle at Indiana University, 75 percent of charitable giving in the U.S. comes from individuals (about cheap car rentals seattle $227.41 billion in 2009). The total amount of charitable giving in American decreased by 3.6 percent during the 2008 recession, the agency found.
Empty Tomb, Inc., a Christian-based research organization that analyzes data from more than 100,000 protestant churches in the United States, found that donations to churches are declining, along with churches' tradition of giving back to the community.
"Churches have been receiving a smaller portion of member income," executive vice-president cheap car rentals seattle Sylvia Ronsvalle cheap car rentals seattle said. "Of the money that's going to the churches, the churches are keeping more for themselves. Benevolence has shrunk consistently."
"When the economy was up and donations were up, churches were spending this money internally" on programs and facility maintenance, Ronsvalle said. "That's all very nice. What it isn't teaching is the traditional philanthropic value of love your neighbor cheap car rentals seattle as you love yourself."
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