Some offer talents, such as Jolin the artist, Judith the musician, the toy makers of Houston, the teddy bear makers of Seville, the whisper phone makers of Huntsville. Other offer money. Some have a lot of money and we welcome their gifts. Never turn your back on a person because he or she is wealthy. They have as much right as anyone to joy and satisfaction. No one should be punished because God gave him or her the burdensome gift of the ability to multiply their resources. Some have enough and to spare, enjoying a cushion against reversal of fortune. They, too, should be offered a share of our joy and satisfaction. Some barely get by, but that doesn’t mean they are not to be invited to the table of joy and satisfaction. And some have next to nothing, but their main joy and satisfaction is to empty their pockets for other people’s children. “Is there such a thing as half a scholarship for one of the children? I don’t have $140.00,” he said. Of course, of course.

The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once observed, “There are two kinds of people: those who are willing but unable and those who are able but unwilling.” Sorry, Soren, but there is a third kind: those who are willing but unable, those who are able but unwilling, and then there is You. (December, 2005)

More and more, friends of the Center are making gifts in the form of stock. With the information below, your broker can contact our broker, you will be notified of the transfer, we will be notified of the transfer, you will receive from us a note of thanks for the amount of your tax-exempt gift, and, lo, it is done.  Some say the process is easy, but I think of it as gracious. Thank you.

Account No. LW8-050180
Account Title Craddock Center, Inc.
Custodian: National Financial Services, LLC
100 Crosby Parkway
Attn: Mail Zone KC1R-FSV
Covington, KY 41015
Clearing No. 0226
Phone No. 800-877-2410
 

WE CAN HELP YOU DOWNSIZE

Household goods and furniture from our storage unit, please contact the Center. We again have good inventory and are in position to help families burned out or in some other emergency, making a new start necessary. And if you have something to contribute to our storage, please call; we have room. But please, clean and immediately usable. We have no one to do repairs.

We regularly need books ranging from board books to middle grade novels. Book donations, whether of new or very gently used books, are greatly appreciated.
 

The Craddock Center is a non-profit organization serving the needs of people in Southern Appalachia.  To do so, the Center enlists professionals from across the country and mobilizes talented people within the community to offer programs to address basic physical needs, to encourage self improvement and career enhancement, and to nourish cultural enrichment.