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St. Luke's collects funds each week for the first of
the three
following local charitable organizations; in addition, parishioners
support
the work of each with their contributions of time and talents.
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St. Luke's supports Watauga
County HFH,
a locally run affiliate of Habitat
for
Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing
organization.
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build
and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to
those
in need at no profit and with no interest charged |

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The Hunger Coalition
is a United Way non-profit agency whose mission is to relieve poverty
and
hunger on a crisis basis to those in need. |
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Hospitality
House
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Hospitality House is a homeless shelter, originally
organized through
the efforts of many members of the St. Luke's community, including the
former rector the Rev. Charles K. Blanck and initially funded mainly
through
grants from the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina.
Hospitality
House is now a United Way agency. |
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