Click above to enter a secure site at PayPal where you can determine the amount of the donation you wish to make. With your card statement and a follow up e-mail from ICOR you'll have a permanent record of your contribution for tax purposes. We appreciate any gift you can make and will put it to very good use.



Don Brown and ICOR Director, Inez Dale greet a client at the door.

ICOR staff first check for identification and assess the client requests for aid before they begin to process the client. Other ICOR volunteers conduct detailed interviews, checking facts and also looking for possible overlooked sources of help of which the client may not be aware.

Quite often, besides the food or financial assistance, the ICOR staff --drawing on their years of experience and caring for people in our community, provides clients with valuable information.

WHAT IS ICOR?
ICOR is a private, faith-based crisis intervention mission, which is supported by the united efforts of Kinston area churches, civic organizations and individuals.  It assists Lenoir County residents with food, medicine, fuel, housing, transportation or utilities when an emergency or crisis situation occurs. Through church and civic donations ICOR maintains a full service pantry. It coordinates efforts to relieve the client's crisis with all other Lenoir County social service agencies, including Salvation Army, Red Cross, Women's Outreach, Friends of the Homeless, SAFE and Ministries of Mercy.   
 
The only requirements for assistance are: a verifiable crisis; a written referral from any agency, church or organization in Lenoir County; and a N.C. Dept. of Motor Vehicles identification card (driver's license or ID) that proves residency in Lenoir County.  ICOR provides immediate monetary or food assistance along with helpful counseling that directs clients to other agencies that can aid in solving the crisis and provide ongoing assistance, if needed.  In many instances, our counseling is more valuable than the limited monetary assistance.   Payments are made to the vendor requiring payment, not to the Client.
 
We purposefully limit the number and types of assistance given to a family in order to allow them to utilize their own resources and to prevent dependency.  Many clients have poor budgeting skills or addiction problems that can be solved with the coordination of other agencies.  We cannot repeat service to clients who return to ICOR without having accessed the services we have recommended.

ICOR is fully supported by donations and provides our service at no cost to clients or others.  More than 30 volunteers working once or twice per month help to staff the offices and pantry of ICOR. Call if you would like to volunteer at ICOR. We need you and your services! It is a blessing to help in any way at ICOR.



Ora Brown, the Daily Coordinator, has been with ICOR 23 years.
She will be happy to talk with you --call 522-4357



We need you to get the word out and have people know this website exists --to remind people of ICOR's work, and to increase our donations. Please feel free to copy this website and all images to your church or business web pages. If you need assistance contact ICOR at 522-4357 for a referral to someone who can give technical assistance.

You can help by immediately linking this address to your e-mail correspondence, or paste the URL link wherever you think it might be useful. Thanks for helping ICOR and the people of Lenoir County.
Pass along or cut & paste this URL http://www.kinstonicor.org

Below are the Churches that assist ICOR on a regular and dependable basis:

Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
Deep Run FWB Church
Emmanuel Hill Memorial Freewill Baptist Church
Faith Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
First Freewill Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Grace Baptist Church
Grace Fellowship Church
Greater Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Gordon St Christian Church
Hickory Grove Methodist Church
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Immanuel Baptist Church
LaGrange United Methodist Church
Neuse Baptist Church
Northwest Christian Church
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
Queen St United Methodist Church
Rivermont Presbyterian Church
Sandy Bottom Baptist Church
Savannah Freewill Baptist Church
Southwood Memorial Christian Church
Spilman Memorial Baptist Church
Spirit of Life United Pentecostal Church
St Augustine Episcopal Church
St James AME Church
St John Freewill Baptist Church
St Mary's Episcopal Church
St Peter Church of Christ
Tanglewood Church of God
Trinity United Methodist Church
Westminster United Methodist Church
Westside Freewill Baptist Church

ICOR thanks all the churches listed above, all the many church groups and organizations that support our work, and we are thankful for every single offering of food, time, and money

May God continue to bless you.



Inez Dale, Director

Every day we who help at ICOR are well aware of the needs in our hometown and we're so happy to be able to do something about it --thanks to you and thanks to the United Way.