What it means to be a lifeline is well worth repeating!

AND ... it needs to be passed along to others by YOU. This is so easy to do ... SIMPLY CLICK ON FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO ANOTHER FRIEND, EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING ABOUT THIS CHARITY ... AND YOU WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY GIVEN ADDED THRUST TO A WORTHY CAUSE. What is not generally known is that thousands of underfunded people have ONLY one place for critical treatment, and they live hundreds of miles from their dedicated place for treatment. That place for well over half of Virginia is the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville. What can you say to introduce Interfaith Humanitarian Sanctum (IHS) to a friend? IHS is a totally independent, non-religious, 501(c)3, nonprofit, 24/7 public charity, accessed by all UVA Social Workers when no other charity, clinic, agency can be reached for assistance to assist indigent and underfunded patients and caregivers who MUST come to UVA Medical Center from great distances for treatment. That assistance MUST be directed as needed through the Office of Social Work, the responsible professionals who are fully acquainted with their patients and their ability to balance immediate physical needs for travel to and existence while in Charlottesville and away from home. These critical needs often include all of the following:   travel, lodging, food, prescriptions/co-pays, and other considerations. If these matters are not secured, that trip by far too many will be delayed. Time can be a factor regarding a possible diagnosis for life-saving treatment. This charity is a “silent partner,” working through UVA Hospital Social Workers ... a last lifeline YOU are among the approximately 650 contacts who receive this e-mail reminder no more than twice monthly. Among that number of recipients are the 50-60 Social Workers in the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, along with a limited number of medical staff scattered throughout several clinics. The balance who receive these notes are friends made over the last eight (8) years as a small group of volunteers called and visited churches, businesses and other gatherings, explaining why we exist and what we are doing to sustain and strengthen our objectives. Those we assist directly through meeting their temporary immediate needs do not know us The only contact a patient or caregiver will experience is with their Social Worker. The Social Worker relationship allows this charity to know that a need truly exists. IHS does not have a way of knowing a patient or caregiver background ... but a Social Worker does. This allows IHS to move more quickly to respond and expedite a request. And - a decision was made from day one that this charity would be open for contact to ALL Social Workers 24/7. Invite your friends to access the IHS website and watch the 6 minute promotional video. The website is:  http://www.interfaithhumanitariansanctum.org Please remember that all of us at IHS are non-paid volunteers, and we are all donating what we can to IHS personally. Also remember - for transparency we hold the "Gold Seal of Approval" from the Guidestar.org national clearing house. Please do what you can. And, if you would like to donate now to our cause, please click the button below to go to our encrypted secure on-line donation form.   Thank you so much for your ideas and invitations to expose this charity's vital mission. NEVER shy away from seeking gift-giving from others when you know it will serve the needs of the least able. Much love, T. Wade Clegg III and Sam McLawhorn