St. Peter Catholic Church is a tithing parish community with 10% of its current income set aside for charitable giving.
The Core Organizations. There are three standard organizations that the Tithing Committee supports each quarter:
1. Supportive Housing Communities (McCreesh Place)
2. Roof Above (merged Urban Ministry Center and Men’s Shelter of Charlotte)
3. YWCA Women in Transition
To request funding:
1. Please complete the form: Application for Funding (pdf)
2. Email the completed form and attachments to [email protected]
The Tithing Committee met to discuss disbursement of the 1st Quarter charitable funds. The following organizations received support through our tithing efforts:
Total 1st Quarter Disbursement $38,485.34
Core 3:
Supportive Housing (McCreesh Place) - Supportive housing is a best practice for serving chronically homeless individuals and families. Typically, residents who enter our programs never become homeless again. Read more: https://supportivehousingcommunities.org/
Roof Above - Serves 1,200 people each day in our community –half served through homeless services, and half are formerly homeless served through housing programs. To ensure everyone has a safe, affordable roof above their head. Read more: https://www.roofabove.org/about-us/
YWCA Women in Transition - provides safe, affordable, transitional housing and intensive support services for single unaccompanied women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Supports participants while they improve upon the skills and resources necessary to attain permanent housing, adequate income and savings and improve their sense of self-worth and well-being. Read more: https://ywcacentralcarolinas.org/programs/housing/women-in-transition/
Additional:
Dilworth Soup Kitchen - is a nonprofit soup organization providing hot, nutritious take-out lunches every Monday and Friday of the year to our Charlotte-area guests. Read more: https://www.dilworthsoupkitchen.org/
Safe Alliance - provides hope and healing to those impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. Read more: https://www.safealliance.org/
Samaritan House - a place of recuperative care for people who are homeless and in need of short term care following a hospital or emergency room stay. Read more: https://thesamaritanhouse.org/
To see a full description of the organizations, read this. Thank you from the Parish, the Tithing Committee, and each of these worthy organizations for your generosity and continued support! For more information regarding this committee, please contact the Finance Office 704.332.2901 ext. 210