We are planning our 2nd Community Connection event, scheduled for Wed., May 18th 2011. It is a sort of ‘open house’ where representatives from all of the Northampton County Human Resource/Services & agencies along with other local non-profit “helping agencies”, like ProJeCt, CACLV, Easton Housing Authority, etc. gather to reach out to the public to connect them with assistance they may be in need of.
We, in conjunction with our other downtown church neighbors, are hoping to reach out to ALL of the Easton area community through this program.
We will again have Easton Hospital medical personnel here to offer free health screening tests, blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure at no cost to our guests.
Last year was the first time we held this event & it worked well. A number of folks found help with housing, food, medical & other assistance. We also had a number of pastors here to offer pastoral counseling for anyone who asked. Quite a few folks that sought that out, as well as a number who were seeking grief counseling.
Our focus is on helping connect folks, families, single parents, sr. citizens, singles, who are not necessarily “in the system” but are struggling right now. Folks who are in need of a little temporary help to get over a situation such as recent job loss, divorce, loss of spouse, illness, etc. that really knocked their life off track. To help them get back on their feet before they spiral too far down to a place where they may have even greater difficulty recovering from.
