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  • Author: Kathy L. Gilbert
  • Source: UMNS
  • Photo Date: 09/13/2006
  • Long Description: At Rising Hope United Methodist Mission Church in Alexandria, Va., church member Marionette Changes and Andy Powell pack bags full of produce for distribution to homeless, needy, elderly and handicapped people along Washington's Route One Corridor. Rising Hope, a church whose membership consists mostly of the poor and homeless, is a recipient of the United Methodist Committee on Relief's "Love in the Midst of Tragedy" grants given after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Centers. Many minimum-wage earners lost their jobs in the tourist industry following the attacks. A UMNS photo by Kathy L. Gilbert. Photo # 061070. Accompanies UMNS story #545. 9/13/06
  • Keywords: Rising Hope, homeless, needy, elderly, Alexandria