Does Anti ever contribute to a non- profit organization?
Yes I do, backwater. Why does that matter?
I also give weekly to my church. And several years ago I volunteered to act as the bookkeeper for my church on 268 West, so I have a decent understanding of how the finances work. At the time we had a pastor that we paid $50,000 a year, gave him a house next to the church, and a car to drive, along with a gas and food allowance.
It appears that her opinions are the only correct answers.
Why do you say that? There have been 3 people in this thread that respond to any statement that I give with an insult, and then I do some quick research and prove that my statement is right they quickly disappear and insult something else.
I don't see where I've given any opinions and refused to listen to others.
Any non- profit organization including the towns,county,state,and federal governments do not generate income.The income comes from taxes for the governments and donations by the other non-profits.
Uhh, no, that's far from accurate. Non-profit organizations and churches make money from contributions from multiple sources, including private contributions. Most of them pay their employees based on the contributions they're given, and give bonuses when they have an excess.
And they usually have plenty of money left over at the end of the year that carries over to the next year. They just don't pay taxes on it.
Ask a Wilkes county resident what her local church has done for her.
I'm not sure what this has to do with anything. There's no doubt that most churches help out their congregation, but does that mean that they can't just leave a door open during a State of Emergency?
The Toy Store has over 1600 children that will get toys and other necessities for the holidays,provided by donations from the local churches.There are names of needy Seniors in some local businesses that someone will sponsor.There are so many needs and not enough resources in Wilkes to fill all these needs.
Again, I'm not sure what this has to do with the topic.
Are there standards that a homeless shelter must meet? IE; Background checks of people running the facility, Kitchens, showers, etc. I am sure there would be some liability issues.
I posted this earlier, ****sandgrins:
People keep talking about all of these other requirements, but I haven't seen any proof of that... just their opinion. FEMA doesn't seem to require that much.
As a temporary storm shelter, there wouldn't be any requirements of offering food or showering facilities, just a roof and a restroom.
Even though it doesn't seem to be legally required, there's no doubt that liability insurance would be a good idea. But as I said before, a church already has insurance to protect them if someone falls or if a child gets molested by a volunteer, and it covers when they have dinners and sleepovers, so I'm not sure why this would be any different. Even if it's slightly more expensive, it would more than offset the fact that they aren't required to pay any taxes.
The shelter was closed because the people did not come, it is really hard in this type of weather to get to a shelter.
Thank you, spanx, that'sd exactly my point! Where was the shelter? How were homeless people supposed to have known about it, or gotten to it?
But making it public knowledge that any church will be open as a storm shelter... now they know. And with over 200 churches in Wilkes county alone, they shouldn't have any problem getting to a church.
As far as the liability insurance I had mentioned earlier it isn't as easy as saying "oh, our insurance covers our members already from falling." It has to be included in your policy that you operate as a shelter in emergencies. You need it stated in that policy that it covers staff, volunteers and clients. If you serve food that too has to be stated. We had set up a little food pantry and our insurance agent made us take it down, he said unless you have insurance covering that I wouldn't do it. If someone gets sick from food that is given at your organization you can be sued. And while most people won't do that it only takes one.
Like I said before, though, there's no law requiring you to offer food, or anything else. And as you said, your insurance agent said that "he wouldn't do it," not that you couldn't do it.
General Liability insurance should cover everything we've discussed, though:
The average cost for general liability insurance is $62 a month, with a median of $36 a month:
So a church with 50 members asks people to chip in an extra $1 a month.
If you are on here bashing your church, maybe you are going to the wrong church. And maybe instead of pointing your finger at what others should be doing, what exactly are you doing?
I haven't seen anyone bashing a church at all, we're just discussing an idea! How would anyone take that as "bashing a church?"
I would think that any church would see this thread and think, "say, that's a good idea! It's a way that we could help people, and promote the Word of God."
And thank you for once again reminding me why I stay off of GoWilkes - darn weather!
What, why?! What are you seeing that no one else is seeing??
You don't have to be a church to open your doors to help people. All you gawdless heathens, give us your addresses so we can send the huddled masses to your doorsteps!
This has been talked about several times, Fredajo.
What you're talking about is helping a very small number of people in need, but we're discussing an idea to potentially help all of them.
I don't have a spare bedroom in my house, so I couldn't effectively offer to bring in someone to help. But a church is 5-10,000 square feet of space that's most likely just sitting there empty during an emergency:
And since churches are already tax exempt, it just makes sense for them to offer something in exchange for their status. An individual gets no such tax break for their help.
