There are 32 article(s) tagged MIFA:

• December 2019

  • With Meals on Wheels, results are real

    For many of the 1,200 homebound seniors served by MIFA each weekday, the volunteer who delivers the meal is the client’s only human contact in a day.

    By Sally Jones Heinz December 24, 2019

  • Meals on Wheels with music: Yes, he takes requests

    Volunteer MIFA driver keeps a song in his pocket.

    By Jill Johnson Piper December 24, 2019

• September 2019

  • Community Foundation marks 50 years of serving the Mid-South

    Community Foundation's new Forever Fund is a permanent endowment that will ensure grants will be distributed for generations to come.

    By Christin Yates September 08, 2019

• August 2019

  • MIFA hosting events on homelessness, including citywide book read

    MIFA is hosting a variety of community events this fall to help Memphis look at homelessness and creative solutions to an issue that often starts with an unpaid utility bill.

    By Jane Roberts August 13, 2019

• June 2019

  • Ms. Jean lived on a corner outdoors, providing a gift to her neighborhood

    Almost as if by a magnetic force, residents were drawn to Ms. Jean. The few gifts she would accept – a hamburger, a blanket, a bag of cherries – were small. But the gift she gave was enormous: She activated compassion and drew her neighborhood closer together.

    By Sally Jones Heinz June 19, 2019

• December 2018

  • Nonprofits see conflicting dynamics in city’s need

    For the last 20 years, First Baptist Church on Broad has celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner at the church that includes the homeless. A group of men from the church deliver hot Thanksgiving meals to around 1,000 more people that day as well.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2018

• September 2018

  • MIFA celebrates jubilee year

    Since its founding by church and community leaders on Sept. 15, 1968, the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association has spawned a number of organizations and has grown into one of the most important nonprofits in the Mid-South. In fiscal 2018, which ran from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, MIFA served more than half a million meals to more than 3,600 seniors; helped more 3,500 families with utility, rent and mortgage assistance; distributed more than 11,000 food vouchers; connected more than 250 families with permanent, stable housing; and screened more than 7,000 calls through a 24-hour homeless hotline.

    By Elle Perry September 22, 2018