The Coffeehouse at Good Shepherd was established in October 1997 to provide adults with developmental disabilities and others in the community a monthly opportunity to join together in a welcoming atmosphere to listen to music, socialize, and make new friends. Over the course of the Coffeehouse, attendees repeatedly heard many of the same questions from its participants. They began to wonder:
These situations and others are faced daily by adults with special needs. To establish a means to address some of these issues, The Serving Cup was formed in January 2000. The networks developed over the years through monthly Coffeehouses has provided a natural link in helping to tackle these questions.
The Serving Cup plans to develop additional Coffeehouses, with the goal that local residents will be able to attend a Coffeehouse somewhere in Wake County in every week of the year. The Coffeehouse at Resurrection, in Cary, was established in January 2002. It is our hope to eventually expand this model beyond Wake County.
The Serving Cup successfully secured a grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development in December 2005 to build six 2-bedroom apartments in Cary, North Carolina. Friends of the Coffeehouses at Good Shepherd and Resurrection will establish support teams to help transform these apartments into homes.
The Serving Cup's ongoing projects do not provide solutions to every question posed to friends of the Coffeehouse. In all of our efforts to do so, The Serving Cup aims also to erase the lines dividing people of differing abilities.
As we are increasingly sensitive to differences between cultures, we should learn to understand differences within our own culture.
Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!
- Kim Peek, inspiration for the main character in the movie Rain Man
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Gail Vaughn, President
Ginny Poston, Secretary
Dale Tutor, Treasurer
David Sloop, At Large
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Name | Email Address |
Michele Magill | mmmagill@ncsu.edu |
Dick Pailthorpe | rjphome8305@aol.com |
Ginny Poston | ginnyposton@nc.rr.com |
David Sloop | davidsloop@aol.com |
Dale Tutor | dale.tutor@lfscarolinas.org |
Eric Vaughn | evaughn@dnagroup.com |
Gail Vaughn | gailvaughn@nc.rr.com |
Christy Wilkinson | michelle.mcwilliams@lfscarolinas.org |
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History of the Serving Cup
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- Arc of Wake County, 1998 - 1999 Faith Community Award
- North Carolina CLA-TASH, Excellence in Innovation, "For its innovative efforts in providing a meeting place"
- The Lutheran, National Monthly Publication, Highlighted in the August 2000 issue
- Michael Peeler Grant, Summer 2004
- HUD 811 Grant Recipient, December 2005
- CDBG Grant from the Town of Cary, North Carolina,
Fall 2006
- HOME Grant from Wake County, North Carolina,
May 2007
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7000 Creedmoor Road
Raleigh, NC 27613
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The Serving Cup | info@servingcup.org | 7000 Creedmoor Road | Raleigh, NC 27613 | phone 919/848-1573
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