People & Places
Helping Hands
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B Y CA I T LYN YA E DE
The House of Mercy ministry – which stemmed from King’s Park International Church’s Spanish-speaking congregation, Celebracion Cristiana – distributes food and clothing to the Durham community every Wednesday. Dana Williams, a pastoral care director at King’s Park’s Durham congregation, helps manage the ministry and works alongside volunteers and staff to provide for her community. Wegmans and the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina often provide food donations to House of Mercy, which has close to 125 Durham families who regularly visit its clothing closet. MakoRx, a Raleigh-based company that uses a wholesale direct model to lower prescription drug prices at more than 16,000 pharmacies, donated clothing to House of Mercy in August and hopes to continue providing solutions to the congregation and for others within the Durham community. House of Mercy also partners with educational nonprofit Spread Love Foundation to host a Red Cross blood drive every other month; partners with and sponsors The Life Center in providing academic aid to students in the Cornwallis Road public housing community; and partners with World Relief Durham to provide weekly meals for refugee families.
1 House of Mercy Volunteer Director Nancy Davila, King’s Park Pastoral Care Director Dana Williams and MakoRx CEO Dr. Vinay Patel. 2 House of Mercy Clothing Closet Volunteer Elizabeth Kahn.
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NOVEMBER 20TH, 6 PM
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TAILS AT TWILIGHT — BEYOND THE BALLROOM Take home a delicious meal from Washington-Duke Inn Silent & Live Auctions Craft Cocktails at Home Make Your Pet "Pet of the Year" Host your own well-groomed event by reserving your "Ballroom in a Box" at www.APSofDurham.org/tails-at-twilight today! For more information, call (919)560-0640 extension 235
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October/november 2021
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An online benefit for Animal Protection Society of Durham