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WIHN, Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network - hosts four to five families each week at local churches. WIHN is
the only program in Wake County that keeps the family unit intact while they are homeless. Host churches provide transportation
to the WIHN Day Center and back to the church, nutritious meals, a safe place to spend the evening, a comfortable room
to sleep, and the friendly assurance that we care for them. We are glad to be a WIHN church!
2010 Host Weeks
- Feb 21 - 28
- Jun 20 - 27
- Aug 29 - Sept 5
Volunteering
To sign up to help with the February 21 WIHN host week, go
to www.SignUpGenius.com/go/wihn1
If you're volunteering, select the document below for a PDF with instructions for the task you selected:
About WIHN at NRUMC
WIHN provides support services, including counseling, assistance in finding jobs and housing for the homeless
families in Wake County. Some of the families were sleeping in their cars when they entered the program.
Other families saw their homes burned, lost everything, and had nowhere to go.
A paid director and case manager at the Day Center provide the support services. Up to ten families are selected
by the staff to be in the program at a time. For homeless families, this assistance is the only program that keeps
families intact. No other program will allow a teenage boy to stay with his mother or a husband and wife stay
together.
NRUMC has hosted WIHN guests since June of 1994. Paul writes in Romans 12:13 that we should; "Share
with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." At NRUMC, we provide a bedroom, three meals a day and
relaxing lounge in the evening for the WIHN guests.
About 100 volunteer positions need to be filled for a week to be successful. Thank you to the volunteers and the members
of the WIHN Coordinator Committee for serving so faithfully.
Fore information about WIHN at NRUMC, contact Patricia Salter.
For more information on WIHN, go to www.wihn.org.
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