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A Dorcas society is a local group of people, usually based in a church, with a mission of providing clothing to the poor. Dorcas societies are named after Dorcas (also called Tabitha), a person described in the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 9, v. 36). One Dorcas society was founded in Douglas, Isle of Man in December 1834, as part of the community's thanksgiving for being spared from an outbreak of cholera.〔(Isle of Man Dorcas Society )〕 Other Dorcas societies were established by missionaries in the Americas in the early 1800s. One English Dorcas society in Sydenham met during five Tuesdays in Lent, producing 166 garments in one year. Dorcas societies were at their height in the 1800s,〔 but there are still Dorcas societies around the world, providing clothing and other physical needs.〔〔 ==References==
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