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History
of the Memorial Fund |
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Since our
father's death, and beginning in 1999, we have held annual
fundraisers with the proceeds being donated to various charities. We
are pleased to tell you that we have had an overwhelming response
from the community. On behalf of our entire family, we would like to
thank all of you who have participated in these fundraisers in
memory of our Dad. |
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To kick off the
fundraiser each year, the Shake Family makes a $5,000 donation on
December 5th in memory of our father. In
addition, we also donate 10% of the gross proceeds on December 5th
from our restaurants, Old Fisherman's Grotto, The Fish Hopper,
Isabella's Italian Seafood, Cabo's Wild Mexican Seafood, and
Lattitudes at Lover's Point. |
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This year's goal
is to raise $35,000 by midnight on Christmas Eve. We need your help
to accomplish this. |
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2007
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The Salvation Army - Monterey
Peninsula Corps |
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TOTAL COLLECTED - $42,541.00 |
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2006
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The Salvation Army - Monterey
Peninsula Corps |
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TOTAL COLLECTED - $36,483.81 |
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2005
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The Salvation Army - Monterey
Peninsula Corps |
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TOTAL COLLECTED - $37,365.00 |
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2004
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The Salvation Army - Monterey
Peninsula Corps |
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TOTAL COLLECTED - $25,858.71 |
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A Letter of Thanks from The Salvation
Army: |
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"Now that the holidays are over, and
we can look back at the last couple of months, we can see the
tremendous help provided to us by the Monterey Peninsula area. Over
1300 families assisted, 7,000 toys given, food boxes distributed,
holiday dinners, shut-ins visited, and people clothed, fed
sheltered. This represents a 50% increase in the number of people
assisted this year in comparison to last year. I want to thank you
for all that you did to help us make that happen. Sincerely yours, Tedd Lowcock, Major, Corp Officer, Monterey Peninsula" |
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2003
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The Salvation Army - Monterey
Peninsula Corps |
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TOTAL COLLECTED - $20,326.56 |
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The Salvation Army's Operation
Christmas Cheer Program helps those in need during the Christmas
holiday season. The circumstances of each person or family vary,
however, the needs are the same. They have hit on hard times, some
by job loss due to the current economy and others hit hard by
illness of a family member. The Salvation Army reviews each case
separately and decides which family is in the most urgent need. This
program offers our local people who are suffering this holiday
season some relief by helping them get "back on their feet". |
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2002
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Food Bank of Monterey County |
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2002 was an extremely difficult year
because of a shortage in food donations at the local food banks. The
Food Bank of Monterey County operates various programs such as the
Agency Clearing House, Emergency Food Assistance Program, Food for
Children, Congregate Feeding Sites, Senior Brown Bag and also the
on-site Community Pantry. The Food Bank of Monterey County has a
unique challenge with the large geographical area that they serve.
Distribution sites extend as far south as King City, north to Pajaro,
throughout the Peninsula, and to Salinas. They serve the working
poor, no and low income families and individuals, the elderly, the
chronically ill and the homeless population. They are the largest
supplier of emergency supplemental food in Monterey County. They
also supply a distribution network of 135 non-profit agencies that
provide emergency and supplemental food to those in need. |
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2001
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World Vision & Salvation Army |
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World Vision helps victims around the
world who have been devastated and traumatized by natural disasters
such as floods, cyclones, droughts, wars, etc. In 2001, the project
was the Afghan Refugee Relief. Even before the September 11th attack
on the United States and the resulting war, people in Afghanistan
were living in tenuous circumstances due to the ongoing civil strife
and a three-year drought (the worst in 30 years which have affected
more than 12 million people). People who have fled the country
number more than 1 million. On September 28, 2001, World Vision
declared the situation the highest level of
humanitarian emergency. World Vision along with other agencies
designed an overall strategy for response that included intervention
such as construction and oversight of refugee camps, primary health
care, water and sanitation and psycho-social programs. |
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The Salvation Army's Operation
Christmas Cheer Program helps those in need during the Christmas
holiday season. The circumstances of each person or family vary,
however, the needs are the same. They have hit on hard times, some
by job loss due to the current economy and others hit hard by
illness of a family member. The Salvation Army reviews each case
separately and decides which family is in the most urgent need. This
program offers our local people who are suffering this holiday
season some relief by helping them get "back on their feet". |
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2000
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Mother Teresa Missionaries |
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From 1931 to
1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but
the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls
made such a deep impression on her that in 1948 she received
permission from her superiors to leave the convent school and devote
herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of
Calcutta. Although she had no funds, she depended on Divine
Providence, and started an open-air school for slum children. Soon
she was joined by voluntary helpers, and financial support was also
forthcoming. This made it possible for her to extend the scope of
her work.
On October 7,
1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start
her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was
to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look
after. In 1965 the Society became an International Religious Family
by a decree of Pope Paul VI. |
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Today the order
comprises Active and Contemplative branches of Sisters and Brothers
in many countries. In 1963 both the Contemplative branch of the
Sisters and the Active branch of the Brothers was founded. In 1979
the Contemplative branch of the Brothers was added, and in 1984 the
Priest branch was established.
The Society of
Missionaries has spread all over the world, including the former
Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. They provide effective
help to the poorest of the poor in a number of countries in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America, and they undertake relief work in the
wake of natural catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and famine,
and for refugees. The order also has houses in North America, Europe
and Australia, where they take care of the shut-ins, alcoholics,
homeless, and AIDS sufferers.
The Missionaries
of Charity throughout the world are aided and assisted by Co-Workers
who became an official International Association on March 29, 1969.
By the 1990s there were over one million Co-Workers in more than 40
countries. Along with the Co-Workers, the lay Missionaries of
Charity try to follow Mother Teresa's spirit and charism in their
families.
Mother Teresa's
work has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world and she
has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope
John XXIII Peace Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion
of international peace and understanding (1972). She also received
the Balzan Prize (1979) and the Templeton and Magsaysay awards.
From Nobel
Lectures, Peace 1971-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr,
Editor Irwin Abrams, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore,
1997 |
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1999
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World Vision |
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