NEW YORK — More than 800 hotel workers, janitorial staff, security guards and other workers who lost their jobs in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have been the beneficiaries of more than $1.4 million to date in Southern Baptist benevolence funds.
The assistance is a key component of “Enduring Hope,” the long-term plan for spending more than $3.5 million in relief funds contributed to the North American Mission Board, Metropolitan New York Baptist Association and the Baptist Convention of New York.
The direct grants make up 40 percent of the relief fund — part of a total of 60 percent for victim benevolence and counseling ministries, according to the allocation plan announced by the three entities in January. Also included in that category are funding for a resident chaplain and other ongoing disaster relief ministries.
In addition to the $3.5 million, state conventions in Florida and South Carolina have contributed $226,000 to the victim benevolence effort, and an additional $244,000 from the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma is going toward both the benevolence and the chaplaincy efforts.
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