Union Hill Home Fund to help meet the needs of poor, elderly
The December Newsletter from the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods has word on the Union Hill Home Fund:
In addition, the “Union Hill Home Fund” has been set up to help meet the needs of poor, elderly, disabled, widowed or orphaned neighbors living in the new District; it is already set up to receive tax-deductible donations by mailing a check to the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods or by donating online at richmondneighborhoods.org and specify “The Union Hill Home Fund.”
We are pleased to announce the Union Hill Home Fund and have already taken steps toward making it a self-sustaining entity dedicated to the service of our neighbors in need. Credit goes to our councilwoman, Cynthia Newbille, and Cedar Street Baptist Church for this idea. Both have agreed to serve as directors of the fund in future weeks, along with a member of the UHCA, a local realtor, a preservationist, and a Union Hill businessperson.
The law firm of Williams Mullen has offered, pro bono, to create the 501c entity and to register it with the United Way, accordingly. Until then the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods has established a separate account to receive donations as you describe above. Please consider the Union Hill Home Fund in your year-end giving if you have not already done so.
We hope to announce a major gift to this fund soon.
The Union Hill Home Fund has a new website:
http://homefund.unionhillrichmond.org/
Matt,
Congratulations. This is a superb initiative.
John
Union Hill creates home fund (nbc12 12/8/09)
Union Hill Offers Fund to Assist Poorer Residents (STYLE 12/15/09)
The Union Hill Home fund was supposedly folded into the Storefront for Community Design more than a year ago, but they have never even heard of it. So, does this fund still exist, and if so, to whom does one direct inquiries?