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2008 Recipient - Agape Home Expansion Project
For 2008 the Sink the Dinghy
Committee selected Agape House and specifically the building of their new Agape Home for Women and Children, being built by
the Lighthouse Mission.
According to Whatcom County's Homeless Count,
the majority of the local homeless are female or under the age of 18.
In Whatcom County, some of our homeless people live in parks and other public spaces. That's especially
hard to accept once you know that the average age of a homeless person in America today is nine years old. In fact, women
and children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population nationally.
The
Bellingham Yacht Club raised $11,025 for the building of the new Agape House which will help provide an additional 100 beds
for homeless Women and Children right here in Whatcom County.
So between now and January 1 2009, help
the Bellingham Yacht Club, its members, their businesses and organizations, to make a direct contribution to the 2008 Sink
the Dinghy Fund which is going to the Agape House Home Expansion Project.
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