Inspired by the National Philoptochos Society, the Orthodox Christian Network will be featuring the outstanding charitable, benevolent and philanthropic outreach of this organization to preserve the sanctity of life and family and to perpetuate and promote our Orthodox Christian faith and traditions.  Please join us in raising awareness for their countless acts of kindness, and we invite you to learn more about the National Philoptochos Society.

Looking for a worthy cause to support?  We invite you to learn more about and support the
National Philoptochos Children’s Medical Fund luncheon.  The luncheon supports a very worthy cause.

During the luncheon, grants will be awarded to hospitals, universities and programs that benefit children throughout the Metropolis of Boston in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut.  The remaining funds will be distributed to programs throughout the United States at the 2016 National Philoptochos Biennial Convention. Since its inception in 1989, the Children’s Medical Fund has distributed close to $3 million in grants across the United States.

The Mistress of Ceremonies is Maria Stephanos, News Anchor, WFXT-TV FOX 25 in Boston.  The Honoree of the luncheon is Rosemary Nikas, the 2013 Luncheon Chair.

Since its establishment in 1989, the Children’s Medical Fund has sought to provide medical assistance to critically ill Greek, Greek American and Orthodox children, whose families are unable to afford appropriate and necessary medical treatment. The Fund also provides grants for innovative research programs to pediatric hospitals throughout the United States and to organizations with special programs that care for children with critical and life threatening illnesses.

Click here to make a donation to the Children’s Medical Fund.

To learn more about the Children’s Medical Fund Luncheon from the National Philoptochos Society web site, click here.

Source:  http://www.philoptochos.org/outreach/cmfsection/

Learn about Philoptochos

The Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society is the philanthropic arm of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with 26,000 members nationwide.  Philoptochos responds immediately to needs and crises and its philanthropic outreach extends to each area of the country and throughout the world. In 2014, National Philoptochos distributed $1.475 million in philanthropic aid.

Since its establishment in 1989, the Children’s Medical Fund has sought to provide medical assistance to critically ill Greek, Greek American and Orthodox children, whose families are unable to afford appropriate and necessary medical treatment. The Fund also provides grants for innovative research programs to pediatric hospitals throughout the United States and to organizations with special programs that care for children with critical and life threatening illnesses.

About the National Philoptochos Society

The National Philoptochos Society mission is to charitable, benevolent and philanthropic outreach to preserve the sanctity of life and family and to perpetuate and promote our Orthodox faith and traditions.”.  The organization is led by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Chairman, His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zela, Spiritual Advisor, Maria Logus, President, Arlene Siavelis Kehl, First Vice President, Evangeline Mekras Scurtis, Second Vice President, Jeannie Ranglas, Third Vice President, Christine Karavites, Secretary, Martha Stefanidakis, Treasurer, Georgia Vlitas, Assistant Treasurer and Aphrodite Skeadas, Advisor.  The organization’s Director is Helen Lavorata.

• The Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, Inc. is the philanthropic arm of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America that has offered eighty years of philanthropy through a multitude of programs that make a difference in the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world.  The Society was established in November 1931, by the late Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, who was then serving as Archbishop of North and South America.
• Philoptochos fulfills its mission to “help the poor, the destitute, the hungry, the aged, the sick, the unemployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned, the widowed, those with disabilities and the victims of disasters through its National and Metropolis Boards and its 26,000 members and more than 400 active chapters, nationwide.
• His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America called Philoptochos, “an army of nobility and the jewel of our Church.”

Please join the National Philoptochos Society in supporting Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine.  To be a part of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine Philoptochos Fundraising Initiative, please donate directly to your local Philoptochos chapter or your Metropolis Philoptochos.  For information and resources visit: www.philoptochos.org/news/saintnicholas

To learn more about the National Philoptochos Society, visit http://www.philoptochos.org.  For more information regarding this material and the National Philoptochos Society, please contact Rania Richardson, Communications Manager at rrichardson@philoptochos.org.

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