The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem received the Jeanne Williams Fund Development Award at the Shepherd's Centers of America national conference in October 2004, according to Sam Matthews, Executive Director. The award was in recognition of the outstanding accomplishments of the 2004 Annual Used Book Sale fundraising event. The event raised $32,000 for the programs and services of the ministry.

The Faith In Action Care Program of the Shepherd's Center also received the Outstanding Program Award at the Shepherd's Centers of America national conference in Kansas City in October 2003.

 

The Faith In Action Care Program of the Shepherd's Center provides visitation and respite care services for homebound older adults as well as minor home repair services and medically-related transportation for older adults in the community. The services are offered at no cost, except for repair materials, to anyone age 50 and over.

 

In June 2003, the Shepherd's Center assumed responsibility for many of the services offered for older adults by Winston-Salem Churches in Ministry (WSCIM) which terminated services at the end of May. At the same time the Shepherd's Center was approached by Serving Our Savior (SOS) to explore merging their operations into the Faith In Action Care Program. Beginning June 1, the Shepherd's Center assumed the transportation services previously provided by WSCIM and SOS and also assumed the minor home repair operations of SOS.

 

Requests for services through the Faith In Action Care Program more than doubled during 2003 and 2004. In the last two years, requests for services have grown significantly.

  

The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem is an interfaith ministry whose mission is to support and promote successful aging through educational, service, volunteer and support programs for older adults. The ministry was founded in 1985 and has provided services to thousands of older adults since its inception.