The Women’s Fund recently presented Faith Works – Michigan with a $2000 grant to help purchase raw materials for repair and service projects specifically for widows and single women with children.
Lori Roscoe, Women’s Fund board member, presented the donation check to Faith Works Michigan representatives Bill Pinho, Rick Bronder, Craig Viges and Bob Quigley.
Faith Works Michigan representatives Bill Pinho, Rick Bronder, Lori Roscoe- Women’s Fund Board member, Craig Viges and Bob Quigley
Two specific projects benefited from the funds. First, for a single mother, unemployed with two kids, living in a mobile home, they replaced her kitchen floor, which had been damaged from mold from past water leaks, the living room carpet and replace an unsecured front door. The second project was for a single mother with one son and very limited income also living in a mobile home. Her furnace ductwork was damage and disconnected by animals. They repaired the ductwork, replaced the insulation and repaired the trailer skirt to prevent the animals from entering the trailer, as well as replaced the flooring in the bedroom that was damaged from a previous water leak.
“Faith Works serves countless woman and families in need, in and around Rochester Hills. We have over 80 members skilled in all the trades. Our team has done every type of home repair from replacing a leaking faucet to fixing a furnace to installing a new roof. Our single limiting factor is the money necessary to purchase materials. The donation from the Woman’s Fund allowed us to change the lives of two woman in need;” Craig Vignes of Faith Works Michigan.
Faith Works is a non-profit 501-c (3) Christian based organization of over 80 members that volunteer their skills to help single low-income women with kids and single women with home repairs or remodeling needs. Founded in 2009, serving Oakland County, they can complete electrical, mechanical, framing, drywall, roofing, painting, flooring, siding, and most other request to meet homeowner needs.
The Women’s Fund is a permanently endowed fund owned and administered by the Community Foundation of Greater Rochester. Through grant-making, the Fund provides ongoing and future support for programs that aid women while preserving and managing its donations in perpetuity by spending only the fund’s income and annual earnings.
For more information, please visit their website at www.womensfundrochester.org or for questions please call (248) 812-0763 or email womensfundrochester@gmail.com. You can also follow them on Facebook at “The Women’s Fund.”
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