
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 1991                   TAG: 9104180091
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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TRANSITIONAL CENTER TO RECEIVE $2,500

The Transitional Living Center operated by Total Action Against Poverty on 24th Street Northwest in Roanoke will receive a $2,500 grant from the Roanoke District of the United Methodist Church.

The Rev. T. Eugene Carter, the church's Roanoke District superintendent, said the money comes from the Board of Missions and Church Extension. United Methodists support the board in its service ministry to people who are not members of the church. Carter noted that a number of individual parishes also have donated money, time and furnishings to the transitional center.

The center offers temporary lodging to individuals and families becoming re-established in jobs. More than half the house's operating expenses must come from community donations, which match a federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Dan Deane, project manager, said the Methodists' donation "will help us a lot."

by CNB