Beeson Senior Services
Provides case management services to low-income elderly clients (60 and older) who live in Jefferson County, including client referrals, home visits, transportation assistance, and financial assistance.
Persons served in 2011: 208
Community Church without Walls
Urban Ministry provides office, worship, study, and recreational space for this UMC church start. The church is our primary partner in the Transportation Ministry and WE Community Gardens. Participants: 200
Community Kitchen
Provides a hot noon lunch, Monday through Friday.
Meals served in 2011: 27,005 Persons served: 2,448
Emergency Care and Food Pantry
Provides utility and rent assistance, food boxes, and Christmas assistance for persons and families in emergency situations.
Persons served in 2011: 1902
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing
Provides housing assistance and case management services for families who are homeless or at immediate risk of homelessness due to job loss. Persons served in 2011: 131
Joe Rush Center for Urban Mission
Our dorm facility at Walnut Grove UMC hosts work groups to complete volunteer projects and provides exterior house painting and maintenance for low-income elderly and disabled persons in Jefferson County.Homes painted in 2011: 31 Residents served: 65
Our dorm facility at Walnut Grove UMC hosts work groups to complete volunteer projects and provides exterior house painting and maintenance for low-income elderly and disabled persons in Jefferson County.
Homes painted in 2011: 31 Residents served: 65
Prison Ministry
Supports two Kairos weekends per year for inmates at Donaldson Correctional Facility.Number of Participants: 150
Supports two Kairos weekends per year for inmates at Donaldson Correctional Facility.
Number of Participants: 150
This after-school and summer learning provides year-round academic support and enrichment activities for students in grades three through eight.Participants in 2011: 30
This after-school and summer learning provides year-round academic support and enrichment activities for students in grades three through eight.
Participants in 2011: 30
Volunteer Program
Provides meaningful service opportunities for local and national volunteers.Volunteers in 2011: 1,477 Volunteer hours worked: 17,969 Value of volunteer hours (Independent Sector 2010): $383,818
Provides meaningful service opportunities for local and national volunteers.
Volunteers in 2011: 1,477 Volunteer hours worked: 17,969 Value of volunteer hours (Independent Sector 2010): $383,818
WE (West End) Community Gardens
Provides garden plot rentals, tools, and seeds, community harvesting opportunities, nutrition and gardening classes, community health and wellness festivals, and a seasonal market selling fresh, affordable produce to the West End Community and beyond. Participants: 713
Provides garden plot rentals, tools, and seeds, community harvesting opportunities, nutrition and gardening classes, community health and wellness festivals, and a seasonal market selling fresh, affordable produce to the West End Community and beyond.
Participants: 713