There are two mosques, a religious charity and a library in the town.
But people who can't afford to get their teeth fixed don't need religious charity.
Bush evidently would have preferred to talk to the press that day about tax cuts and religious charities.
Generally speaking before the Great Depression most social services were provided by religious charities and other private groups.
A White House official said that was probably the most money the federal government had given in one year to religious charities.
Government or religious charities provide no support to women they consider tainted with sin.
Many people in the small Muslim community here pray together and make donations to religious charities, they said.
A press release at the time reported that it had assets of $500,000 and intended to contribute to religious charities.
The President talked about how religious charities and organizations, no matter what creed, do important charity work in communities across the country.
Most important, he favors lowering the barriers between church and state by giving government money to religious charities.