
Faith in Action Weekend 2011: Caregiving hits close to home

“There are only four kinds of people in this world:
· Those who have been caregivers
· Those who currently are caregivers
· Those who will be caregivers
· Those who will need caregivers”
As the former First Lady summed it up, “That pretty much covers all of us!”
Most caregiving for the chronically ill or disabled is done by family members and friends. Mundane routine chores like grocery shopping, cooking, housework and bathing are often exasperating for caregivers but even more challenging when there are physical obstacles turn mundane tasks into arduous efforts.
We have just wrapped up our most successful annual Faith in Action Weekend here in Sumter County. We once again partnered with our good friends at New Horizons Habitat for Humanity. The numbers were impressive:
· Over 100 volunteers
· Representing over 20 churches
· 11 projects

These are our neighbors and we introduced our area churches to their plight in hopes that we could make our partner families’ daily routines a little easier for both those receiving
care and for the caregivers. There is an obvious connection between housing and caregiving and we need to keep the conversation going because as Mrs. Carter points out, caregiving hits close to home.
Click here to learn more about our Annual Faith in Action Weeked and to start planning for 2012
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