Community Services
Adventist Community Services (ACS) is a non-profit, humanitarian agency for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It works to meet the immediate needs of the people through social services. These services include tutoring and mentoring programs, youth volunteer corps, health screening education and assistance, inner city missions and disaster response. The mission of Adventist Community Services is to “serve the poor and hurting in Christ’s name.” As national crises increase and the needs of the people become more complex, Adventist Community Services purpose is to care for and show compassion to the disadvantaged by increasing its workforce, resources and innovative programs.
We are fortunate enough to have not just one, but two Adventist Community Service centers that reach out to the public. In our region they may also be known as the “Dorcas” Stores. One is located in Saint Joseph, the other is in Savannah. Both work to help those in need. Visit the World Wide Adventist Community Services Website.
A brief history of both the St. Joseph and Savannah Community Services stores may be read online. Click here to read.
The history is in .pdf format. If you do not have software that will read .pdf files, you may download Adobe Acrobat reader.
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