VINE Faith In Action* coordinates volunteers and services to assist people with long-term health needs or difficult life circumstances.
VINE Faith In Action provides an opportunity for people to live their faith by serving others.
 We work with volunteers from many different congregations and from the community for the sole purpose of assisting people in need. We are a Faith In Action Program that reaches out to people who are finding life difficult because of age, disability, or life circumstance. VINE volunteers never proselytize. We choose, instead, to allow our loving actions to convey the faith that is in our hearts.
We believe that each person has been created to live a life of service to others. Our personal happiness is often related to our willingness and ability to share our gifts. VINE volunteers are trained to help "carereceivers" to find ways to also be "givers". Some of our best volunteers are people who have been helped by VINE during a difficult time in their own lives.
Our caregiving services are not intended to replace the traditional role of family caregivers nor do we desire to do for others what they are capable of doing for themselves. We work to support families as they care for their loved ones and, whenever possible, to empower people to assume personal responsibility.
We trust in a loving God and the kindness of people who recognize the value of our work, to provide for the ongoing operating expenses of our organization. There is no formal charge for the services of VINE and its volunteers. People who benefit from VINE's services will be provided with information about our costs and asked to make financial donations, as they are able.
We serve people in need, regardless of age, nationality, gender or creed, to enable them to maintain their human dignity and the greatest possible level of independence.
* Faith In Action is a national volunteer movement that brings together individuals, community organizations and religious congregations from many faiths.
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