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- 1963 IFC forms as Inter-Church Council to continue work of Committee of Church Women United
- 1964 IFC begins clothing distribution (Turned over to PTA Thrift Shop in 1978).
- 1970 IFC establishes Food Pantry at Wilson Street
- 1973 IFC completes Chase Park and Elliott Woods apartments
- 1975 IFC coordinates community response to Vietnam refugees
- 1980 IFC coordinates statewide effort to repeal Food Tax, starts budget counseling for IFC clients
- 1981 IFC advocates for uniform Housing Code (Adopted in 1983)
- 1982 IFC Kitchen opens at Masonic Lodge
- 1985 IFC Kitchen moves to Merritt Mill Road; IFC shelter program begins in congregations; IFC temporarily locates Community House in the old town jail in the Old Municipal Building.
- 1987 Mayor's Task Force recommends permanent shelter in Old Municipal Building.
- 1990 New Community House (Emergency Shelter/Community Kitchen) opens at Old Municipal Building.
- 1990 IFC Kitchen moves to Community House
- 1998 HomeStart program inaugurated for homeless families
- 2003 HomeStart program revamped for homeless women and women with children
- 2008 IFC, town and UNC announce new location for shelter on Homestead Road, to open by 2011.
