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In Chapel Hill. 8 dated events, 1963–2021.
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Books, articles, records and pictures in the index about Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, found by its names in titles, catalog subjects and the index’s descriptions, and read one by one. Those held at OCPL come first.
Dorothy J. Kiester's account of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, the Chapel Hill and Carrboro charity through which local congregations pooled volunteer and professional effort, subtitled 'a volunteer/professional partnership'. Published by the council in 1984, 68 pages with illustrations. It relates to charities, churches and social service in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
A 1996 publication of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill, describing the agency as a partnership between volunteers and paid staff. Topics include social service in Chapel Hill and volunteer workers in social service.
Myles Presler's 1996 report on the demonstration phase of the Employment Project, which paired job training with substance abuse treatment for homeless people in Chapel Hill. The introduction gives the aim as helping participants overcome addiction and reach independence through work. Topics include Community House, the town's shelter, occupational training and substance abuse treatment in Chapel Hill.
Kathryn M. Yount's 1991 case study of Community House in Chapel Hill, examining voluntarism and how far it met the needs of homeless women. The bibliography runs on leaves 131 to 133.
Mary L. Dean's 1988 study from the Division of Occupational Therapy at the University of North Carolina, describing an intervention program for homeless adults at Community House, the Chapel Hill shelter. A bibliography runs on leaves 118 to 123.
A program from a community salute to the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, an evening event at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill on Tuesday, September 14, 1982. A note says it describes the council's past and present activities, which fall under social service in Chapel Hill.
Newspaper clippings from 1982 to 1999 about the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill, its homeless shelter and its other programs, copied in January 2005 from clippings that Pearson Stewart gave to the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill's Interfaith Council in a newspaper clipping, photocopied articles and copies of published material, from box 14 of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Vertical File Collection, where it sits in the town government series. Undated.
A periodical from the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill, with issues recorded from 2021. Social service in the town, citizen participation in it and the volunteer workers who staff it are its subjects. Published by the council in volumes with illustrations, 28 to 36 cm.
Issued in 1990 by the Social Action Committee of the Interfaith Council for Social Services in Chapel Hill, this newsletter reported on services for children in Orange and Chatham counties. The title follows the council's earlier Children's services news for Orange and north Chatham counties.
Newsletter of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill, covering social service and volunteer work in the town. Four volumes dated from 1990, measuring 28 centimeters.
Newsletter of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill, dated from 1989. Published by the council, concerning local charitable work. Volumes measure 36 centimeters.
Issued by the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill from 1986, this bulletin reports on the council's social service work, citizen participation and the volunteers who did the work. A large format run, volumes at 36 cm.
A 1981 newsletter from the Interfaith Council for Social Service in Chapel Hill, reporting on services for children in Orange County and northern Chatham County.
Charitable work by Chapel Hill congregations, reported in the newsletter of the Inter-Church Council for Social Services from 1979 onward. Volumes at 36 centimeters, a broadsheet size. The council's name identifies it as a cooperative body of local congregations.
Connections, the periodical of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, published in Carrboro. It covers charities and volunteer social service work in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. Issued in volumes with color illustrations.
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