Outreach - The St. Isaac of Nineveh ~ Gift of Tears Catholic

I.R.A.K. - (Isaac’s Random Acts of Kindness)
We accept donated clothes and other house hold items to distribute them to people in RoaneCounty....	... visit inmates and correspond with them through mail...	...help out at Manna Meals food program for the homeless in Charleston...	..and a candle is lit daily for special intentions. Send us yours to be added to our list.	How You Can Help Pray for us monetary donations write to an inmate volunteer for service bring groups for retreats, leadership or service days visit and tell others about it

PENNIES for POTTIES Flush your money down toilets for kids!
	Many children in Nepal don't have bathroom facilities either at home or at school. Help us raise funds for DipJyoti Primary School in the village of Bandipur. All donations go directly to helping the children.

Service Groups - with visiting volunteers

We host Service Groups year-round with help from neighbors and friends. "Spring Break in Appalachia" is our most popular program with college and university students coming from all over the country. We invite you to join us in life-giving work, meaningful prayer, open dialogue and peaceful actions, which we believe are means to fostering the type of society the Creator intended.
(Click on Service Groups for more detailed information.)

Community Projects

Participation on the boards of non-profit organizations gives the Gift of Tears opportunities to offer a unique perspective and a prophetic voice in the charitable projects going on around us. Each board listed has a mission that reflects aims similar to our own . Each allows us to serve while working with others in the wider local and regional communities.

Catholic Committee of Appalachia
         The Gift of Tears is on this Board to help:
                 Publish and distribute the Appalachian Bishops’ pastoral messages:
                         This Land is Home to Me and At Home in the Web of Life.
                 Network with other church workers and local organizations who
                          work to address the causes of poverty in Appalachia.
                 Provide a newsletter, annual meetings and workshops on regional
                           social justice issues which include, but are not limited to education,
                          health care, labor, economic development and fostering sustainable communities.
                 For information on CCA or to become a member please email: ccappal@citynet.net

Roane Rural Housing -
        The Gift of Tears assists RRH in supporting, promoting, improving and providing decent and affordable housing to low income families in Roane County.

Sunny Bank Farm, Inc. -
         The Gift of Tears collaborates with this community based organization for short-term emergency housing.

West Virginia Regional Land Trust -
        The Gift of Tears helps to secure this piece of land in Roane County as a natural sanctuary for all who visit it.

The Corporal Works of Mercy

Feed the hungry, Give drink to the thirsty, Clothe the naked, Visit the imprisoned, Shelter the homeless, Care for the sick, Bury the dead.

The Spiritual Works of Mercy

Admonish the sinner, Instruct the ignorant, Counsel the doubtful, Comfort the sorrowful, Bear wrongs patiently, Forgive all injuries, Pray for the living and the dead.