Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Becomes Faith in Action

A new name for the local group, Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, signifies the group’s affiliation with the national Faith in Action movement. Healey Tonsing, IVC program coordinator, said the IVC and other similar caregiver groups are changing their names to Faith in Action so they will be recognized nationwide.

IVC started with two grants totaling $35,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. IVC has always been part of the interfaith effort, but the foundation’s Faith in Action program has expanded to become a national effort and the local group wants to be part of that, Tonsing said. Clear affiliation with the national organization should help the local group to identify those in need, attract volunteers and raise funds.

The local group operates through an affiliation with Washington Regional Medical Center, but provides services throughout Northwest Arkansas, she said.

“We serve primarily those people with very little family support — those who if wasn’t for volunteers coming in, they wouldn’t have anyone,” Tonsing said. “We try to fill that gap.”

The group is based at the former WRMC location at 1125 N. College Ave., Fayetteville.A new name for the local group, Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, signifies the group’s affiliation with the national Faith in Action movement. Healey Tonsing, IVC program coordinator, said the IVC and other similar caregiver groups are changing their names to Faith in Action so they will be recognized nationwide.

IVC started with two grants totaling $35,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. IVC has always been part of the interfaith effort, but the foundation’s Faith in Action program has expanded to become a national effort and the local group wants to be part of that, Tonsing said. Clear affiliation with the national organization should help the local group to identify those in need, attract volunteers and raise funds.

The local group operates through an affiliation with Washington Regional Medical Center, but provides services throughout Northwest Arkansas, she said.

“We serve primarily those people with very little family support — those who if wasn’t for volunteers coming in, they wouldn’t have anyone,” Tonsing said. “We try to fill that gap.”

The group is based at the former WRMC location at 1125 N. College Ave., Fayetteville.A new name for the local group, Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, signifies the group’s affiliation with the national Faith in Action movement. Healey Tonsing, IVC program coordinator, said the IVC and other similar caregiver groups are changing their names to Faith in Action so they will be recognized nationwide.

IVC started with two grants totaling $35,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. IVC has always been part of the interfaith effort, but the foundation’s Faith in Action program has expanded to become a national effort and the local group wants to be part of that, Tonsing said. Clear affiliation with the national organization should help the local group to identify those in need, attract volunteers and raise funds.

The local group operates through an affiliation with Washington Regional Medical Center, but provides services throughout Northwest Arkansas, she said.

“We serve primarily those people with very little family support — those who if wasn’t for volunteers coming in, they wouldn’t have anyone,” Tonsing said. “We try to fill that gap.”

The group is based at the former WRMC location at 1125 N. College Ave., Fayetteville.A new name for the local group, Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, signifies the group’s affiliation with the national Faith in Action movement. Healey Tonsing, IVC program coordinator, said the IVC and other similar caregiver groups are changing their names to Faith in Action so they will be recognized nationwide.

IVC started with two grants totaling $35,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. IVC has always been part of the interfaith effort, but the foundation’s Faith in Action program has expanded to become a national effort and the local group wants to be part of that, Tonsing said. Clear affiliation with the national organization should help the local group to identify those in need, attract volunteers and raise funds.

The local group operates through an affiliation with Washington Regional Medical Center, but provides services throughout Northwest Arkansas, she said.

“We serve primarily those people with very little family support — those who if wasn’t for volunteers coming in, they wouldn’t have anyone,” Tonsing said. “We try to fill that gap.”

The group is based at the former WRMC location at 1125 N. College Ave., Fayetteville.A new name for the local group, Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, signifies the group’s affiliation with the national Faith in Action movement. Healey Tonsing, IVC program coordinator, said the IVC and other similar caregiver groups are changing their names to Faith in Action so they will be recognized nationwide.

IVC started with two grants totaling $35,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. IVC has always been part of the interfaith effort, but the foundation’s Faith in Action program has expanded to become a national effort and the local group wants to be part of that, Tonsing said. Clear affiliation with the national organization should help the local group to identify those in need, attract volunteers and raise funds.

The local group operates through an affiliation with Washington Regional Medical Center, but provides services throughout Northwest Arkansas, she said.

“We serve primarily those people with very little family support — those who if wasn’t for volunteers coming in, they wouldn’t have anyone,” Tonsing said. “We try to fill that gap.”

The group is based at the former WRMC location at 1125 N. College Ave., Fayetteville.