Fraternity-Testvériség, 1996 (74. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1996-07-01 / 3-4. szám
FRATERNITY Page 25 Letter of the Church Youth Camp 1996 to President Dózsa and Members of the Board The campers of the Hungarian Reformed Youth Camp of 1996 would like to extend our most sincere thank you for your generous support of camp. The financial donation of $4,000 will be used to continue teaching our youth about our Hungarian Reformed faith. The pens and pads were a great help in the study of the topics presented. The visors were a wonderful surprise that everyone enjoyed wearing. Your funding for the bus to the Bethlen Home and Ligonier was a generous gift that made a day of fun and learning possible. Your generous support is very important to all of us at camp, and we will always be thankful for the experience that you have helped make possible. We will all continue to pray for God’s blessing upon your organization. Thank you again. In Christ, The 1996 Hungarian Reformed Youth Camp Youth Camp 1996 National Fraternal Congress of America Sponsors Home for Habitat’s 1996 Jimmy Carter Work Project Naperville, IL (August 30, 1996) — A successful seven- month fundraising program culminated with the NFCA receiving more than $70,000 from its members to sponsor one of ten homes built during Habitat for Humanity’s 1996 Jimmy Carter Work Project in Vac, Hungary. Additionally, the NFCA sent a nine-member volunteer construction team from within its own ranks to the work site located 30 miles north of Budapest. This year’s Jimmy Carter Work Project was held the week of August 11-18 and was the first of its kind outside North America. With former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, heading up the 600 volunteers representing more than a dozen countries, ten homes were constructed in a five- day blitz build. The new Hungarian homeowners worked alongside the international volunteers to build their 690- square foot wood frame and stucco homes. “In choosing Habitat for Humanity ’s 1996 Jimmy Carter Work Project for this year ’s outreach effort, the NFCA learned more about the fall of Communism in Hungary and the devastating housing shortage that resulted. While the NFCA recognizes the great housing needs in our own communities, we cannot disconnect from those in need outside of North America. Doing so would be contrary to the foundation of fraternalism, ” said NFCA President, Thomas E. Sheehan. The following volunteers comprised the NFCA’s nine- member construction team that traveled to Hungary: László Lipoczky, Hungarian Reformed Federation of America; Tom and Peggy Sheehan, Catholic Knights and Ladies of Illinois; Tom Acker, Catholic Union of Texas; Anthony Snyder, Slovene National Benefit Society; John E. Lovász, John L. Lovász and Charlotte Stefanies, William Penn Association; and Chris Sutton, National Fraternal Congress of America. 1996 Jimmy Carter Work Project Facts and Figures Volunteers for the week: 763 Volunteers per day: 600 Volunteers per house: 30
