From Cap Cod-
There is a friendly but seldom-acknowledged rivalry between the congregations of two South Yarmouth churches.
And the beneficiaries are residents of the Cape who might otherwise end up homeless.
Each week after services at their respective churches, parishioners at St. Pius X Catholic Church and St. David's Episcopal Church, along with members of other churches across the Cape, can buy food certificates — plastic cards that look like your average store gift card. They can be used by purchasers to buy groceries at participating stores.
For every dollar spent on one of these food certificates, the Housing Assistance Corp. in Hyannis earns a 5 percent donation from the participating store.
"Bring it on!" said Debbie McDevitt Hayes of the competition between members of her church, St. David's, and members of St. Pius, which includes her friend David Akin.
"Whenever I get the chance, I tell Debbie that we are raising more money at our church than hers," said Akin, who like Hayes is a member of the Dennis Yarmouth Ecumenical Council for the Prevention of Homelessness.
"Did he tell you that his church is bigger than ours?" Hayes asked.
At the heart of this good-natured contest is the food certificate program that benefits the Housing Assistance Corp. Since the inception of the program in 1994, it has raised more than $1 million toward preventing homelessness on Cape Cod, according to Akin and Hayes.
More here-
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100426/NEWS/4260304
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