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City’s Housing Resource Center Gets $180,000 Boost From Two Virginia Beach Churches

Donations Part of $1 Million Fundraising Campaign Two years ago, the Virginia Beach City Council adopted an ambitious plan to end homelessness. A major part of that plan is building a Housing Resource Center, with day services for homeless people, temporary emergency shelter and community services to prevent homelessness. Recently, congregants at two Virginia Beach churches made substantial contributions to move that plan closer to reality. On Sunday, July 12, the congregation at Beach Fellowship Church donated $130,000 to help support operations at the center. The previous week, the congregation at Wave Church donated $50,000 for the same purpose. “Virginia Beach is fortunate to have so many compassionate and generous citizens,” Mayor William D. Sessoms, Jr. said. “The members of Beach Fellowship Church and Wave Church are truly caring folks. I can’t thank them enough.” The city will build the three-story, $39 million Housing Resource Cent