Exodus Homes, a Catawba County United Way agency, will host a special “Everything Free” Community Outreach event on October 4, 2014 from 11:00am – 2:00pm at the Ridgeview Recreation Center 700 1st St SW in Hickory. This will be a lively event with great music and testimonies of recovery from addiction and incarceration to encourage the community that people can learn a new way to live. Exodus Homes has been hosting “Everything Free” Community Outreaches for the past 16 years and many people have reached back for help as a result. The last outreach event in July drew between 500 – 600 people from the Hickory area.
The “Everything Free” giveaway will include free furniture, clothing, Bibles, haircuts, manicures, and face painting for kids, with hot dogs and drinks for all who attend. ALFA will provide free and confidential HIV testing with immediate test results during the event, and the League of Women Voters will offer voter registration. The Republican and Democratic parties have been invited to participate, and candidates running for office will be able to speak to the crowd briefly about what they stand for. BOOST Hickory will be present with information about the upcoming bond referendum.
The Hickory Branch NAACP will be present with opportunities for people to become members or renew their membership. Veterans Helping Veterans will have information about their fellowship and the Stand Down next April. The Umoja Project will have information about the Theology of Inclusion, and Exodus Church clergy will be available to talk one on one with people who need spiritual support and guidance.
For more information about the Exodus Homes “Everything Free” Community Outreach, contact Rev. Susan Smith Walker at revsusanwalker@gmail.com or 828-962-8196.
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Exodus homes is ran by con-artist. Yes they are making it seem like they are so for giving back to the community. While those that are in the program pay $190.00 a week to live in apartments that look like abandon houses. I know this because my friend attended and I seen first hand. That Longcrier dude is a theft. He all about money and how to get more he doesn't care about those addicts. He just wants the community to see him as a wonderful person. Pastor of a church and don't even help the church members. Gay married couples preaching. When you attend church you have to pay for breakfast and lunch. I want everyone to take a tour of exodus homes and look at the mold. Ask pollen how much they pay. What are they learning! On this very website it says residents pay $120 and that's a lie my friend paid $190.00 every week. Why pay so much for recovery?