Charity & Children's Top Stories
North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry (NCBAM) launched eight new educational workshops, three new programs (Disaster Preparedness, Home Safe Home, The Heart of the Caregiver), and added a third CareAble curriculum (Servant Volunteers in Action).
The Call Center experienced a 27% increase in calls and a 44% increase in needs met. Seventy calls were handled during hurricanes Florence and Michael.
A check of $10,000 from Fancy Finds helped 40 churches build ramps during Rampin’ Up 2018! Four Senior Adult Leadership events and three Aging Well Conferences were held. In addition, programming for the Caswell and Caraway senior adult retreats was expanded addressing issues of health, safety and independence of the aging.
For more information on NCBAM, go to www.ncbam.org