Flower City Chaplain Corps Inc. (FCCC) is a
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in and the county seat, seat of government of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the List of municipalities in New York, fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a populati ...
based non-profit Public Charity chaplaincy corps engaged in
pastoral counseling Pastoral counseling is a branch of counseling in which psychologically trained ministers, rabbis, priests
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans ...
at crime scenes, hospitals and businesses to provide crisis counseling during traumatic events.
[Wright, Norman. Crisis & Trauma Counseling. Ventura, California: Regal, 2003. p. 21]
History
The organization's founder, Tommy Davis, a former correctional
chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intellige ...
, former manufacturing CEO (Hope Initiatives CDC), and graduate of
Apex School of Theology,
Tennessee Temple University
Tennessee Temple University was a private Christian university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Temple Baptist Seminary was the university's graduate school of Christian theology, also operating in Chattanooga. The university merged ...
, and Piedmont International University (Ph.D.), served as its
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization.
CEOs find roles in variou ...
until September 2017. As indicated on their website, the corps "seeks to sustain those in crisis, support those in need, and enhance the effectiveness of our towns, schools, police, firefighters, businesses, private citizens, and other public servants."
The FCCC was incorporated in the State of New York February 24, 2012 and received its
tax exemption
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from the IRS in July 2013 as a
charitable organization
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The legal definitio ...
. It is registered with the New York State Public Charities Bureau. Their First Division central office is located at 244 Lake Road, in the town of Webster, New York.
References
External links
*{{official website, https://flowercitychaplains.org/
Non-profit organizations based in New York (state)
Organizations based in Rochester, New York