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Dominion Energy Donates $1.6 Million to Nonprofit Partners Meeting Critical Community Needs.   Grants focused on housing, health care and food security in communities served by Dominion Energy.  The Grants were awarded to 224 organizations across 13 states

Interfaith Community Outreach Awarded Access to Housing & Access to Health Care Grant

Pictured from left to right: Lou Williams, Dominion Energy, Brian Strickland, Jamie Costa, Lynda Burke, ICO Board Members, Jenniffer Albanese, ICO Executive Director, Daniel Garrett, Dominion Energy, Linda Palombo, ICO Chair, Betse Kelly, Leigh Brinkley, Tiffany Wescott, Kelli Harmon & Mike Pringle, ICO Board Members

Dominion Energy through its charitable foundation today awarded grants to more than 200 nonprofit organizations in 13 states to help feed, house, and care for people in need. Totaling $1.6 million, the grants will support essential human services. This is the fifth year the company has awarded more than $1 million to meet critical community needs. 

Interfaith Community Outreach, Inc. was awarded a $7,000 grant to be used to provide much needed service to help residents have access to health care and to provide cancer outreach for transportation, medical assistance, and other services for cancer clients.  ICO’s Mission is to provide assistance to residents facing a temporary emergency crisis in Dare and Currituck Counties, “bridging the gap in our community” where no one will face an emergency crisis alone. 

“We are pleased to support our nonprofit partners as they work to make positive impacts in our communities,” said Hunter A. Applewhite, president of the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation. “These grants are intended to support the most basic needs—food, shelter and medical care for our neighbors in need.”

If you’d like to make a donation, join their volunteer staff, or refer someone, please call 252-480-0070 or go online to www.interfaithoutreach.com to apply for assistance.

Christmastime is here—or as we like to call it, the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas is about COMMUNITY SHARING and GIVING. ICO provides an avenue for us to get into this spirit and be a BRIGHTEST STAR WHO SHINES for the BENEFIT of OTHERS.

The Interfaith Community Outreach Board of Directors just approved expanding its Cancer Outreach Program Services to Residents of Ocracoke Island.  ICO continues to serve residents of Dare and Currituck Counties.  ICO Cancer outreach can help with medical travel reimbursement, medical needs as well as basic family expenses.  If you have been diagnosed with cancer and need assistance, please contact ICO at 252-480-0070 or go online to www.interfaithoutreach.com to apply for assistance.  

Interfaith Community Outreach (ICO) mission is to provide assistance to individuals facing a temporary emergency crisis.    Last year ICO was able to help 947 families, and give back to our community over $350,000 in direct outreach.  ICO office is in Kill Devil Hills at 115 Mustian Street.  If you’d like to make a donation, join their volunteer staff, or refer someone, please call 252-480-0070. 

Our Neighbors and Friends to our south in Hatteras need help with Hurricane Dorian Relief:

Cape Hatteras United Methodist Church and CAPE HATTERAS UNITED METHODIST MEN do not have a working website to accept donations at this time.  If you would like to make a donation to help Dare County Residents please go to obxdisaster.org and press donation to Dare County.  To mail checks directly go CHUMM MAIL TO:

CHUMM
P.O. BOX 1591
Buxton, NC 27920

They cannot accept any material donations at this time just monetary donations.  If you would like to help please call (252) 305-4925

If you are like us, Hurricane Dorian has you starting to prepare for the day when a storm heads our way. Dare County Emergency Management has some great tips on what to do before a storm hits. https://www.darenc.com/departments/emergency-management/before-an-emergency

And we have a tip, too: Consider a donation to our local disaster relief fund. Your gift today would help us build a small reserve so we can help immediately after a disaster hits.

Every donated penny gets used to help people in need on the Outer Banks—and only on the Outer Banks.

IF you would like to make a Disaster Donation please donate to OBCF Disaster Fund all money will stay in Dare County for Residents that need assistance. https://www.obcf.org/donate-now/

The Community Foundation is ready to help.

The Outer Banks Community Foundation is the official lead agency for the collection and disbursement of all public donations for disaster recovery in Dare County. In partnership with the County and Interfaith Community Outreach, we use 100% of all disaster relief donations to directly assist individuals and families on the Outer Banks. Every single penny donated goes directly to individuals in need. The Community Foundation helps with all disaster efforts, from immediate relief to long-term recovery, and even reconstruction and rebuilding.

In recent years, the Community Foundation has given more than $336,700 in Disaster Relief Fund grants to help families in Dare County get back on their feet in their greatest time of need. Donations to the Disaster Relief Fund have been used for emergency food, shelter, water, sanitation, supplies, and health care following Hurricanes Matthew, Irene, Sandy, Arthur, and Hermine.

The Disaster Relief Fund is ready and waiting so that we can respond immediately to emergency situations. However, donors can support this fund any time, not just when a disaster strikes.

If you wish to donate to the Disaster Relief Fund, please call us at 252-261-8839, or click here to donate securely online. Your donation is 100% tax-deductible.

If you or a family member has been affected by a recent disaster, please call Interfaith Community Outreach at 252-480-0070 to get the help you need. Here are some other local resources for disaster victims:

NC 2-1-1 Information and Referral Line – 211 or 888-892-1162
American Red Cross (Elizabeth City) – 252-335-2185
Beach Food Pantry – 252-475-5975
Dare County Department of Social Services – 252-475-5500
Hatteras Island CERT – 252-995-2034
Hatteras Island Food Pantry (Buxton) – 252-475-0147
Lifeline Outreach and Food Pantry (Salvo) – 252-489-0306
Interfaith Community Outreach – 252-480-0070
Roanoke Island Food Pantry – 252-473-2089
Salvation Army (Elizabeth City)– 252-338-4120