With just four days left in our Board of Directors matching gift campaign, thanks to your generosity, we have raised $12,825 to support our work to end homelessness in Cecil County and beyond. If you haven't given a "Board Match" gift yet, we could still use your help!

 

We would not be able to offer the services and support to those in need without the donations we receive. Every dollar helps to:

• Promote personal well-being by having access to showers, personal hygiene items and laundry services available
• Feed as many as 150 per day
• Assist with application fees when seeking permanent housing
• Daily case management and referrals to services needed
• Transportation to job interviews and medical appointments
• Employment resources, including interview skills, job application assistance, resume writing
• Assistance with obtaining birth certificate, social security card and State ID.

These are just some of the services that your donation can help so that we can continue to create a path to home for our participants

As a reminder, the Board, in a generous show of commitment to our programs, has offered to match 50% of funds received from donors until March 31st up to $20,000.

 

Please consider a donation today, and your gift will go even further than it has before! Send your checks to Meeting Ground and indicate "BoD matching funds" on the Memo line. Or, if you donate online, indicate that your gift is for the "Board Match" in the "Designation" field at the top of the webpage. And finally, you can send money directly from your bank account if you prefer. Just contact us for our account information and let us know when you initiate a transfer so that our Board knows to match those funds!

Dear Friends of Meeting Ground,

 

With the help of many local churches and a very large number of volunteers we have managed to keep the Emergency Rotating Shelter open since the week of Christmas. Those experiencing homelessness in our community have had a safe, warm place to eat and sleep during the bitter cold weather. This is a volunteer effort that still requires a lot of coordination from Meeting Ground's Sheri Snyder, who has been very capable and committed to directing the Emergency Rotating Shelter and Mary Randall Center. Thanks to all of you who have helped out in some way.

 

Meeting Ground provides many other services that are not volunteer based. Providing in-house small group workshops, as well as knowing who to refer to what assistance program, providing a warm place to stay during the mornings, a place to shower and do laundry, housing women and children short term until they can get into their own place, helping with rapid rehousing, getting people connected with health services, housing veterans, encouraging addiction counseling, etc. is all part of what Meeting Ground does every day. It takes trained personnel to get these things done. As you know, many Americans are a paycheck away from losing their apartment or home. Meeting Ground strives to be there for people when that happens, but also to intervene to prevent it from happening.

 

Meeting Ground is experiencing some very tough times financially. Income is not keeping up with expenses. Belt tightening has occurred in many ways, unfortunately at the expense of some services. We get many grants from private as well as government sources, but they are not sufficient for this rather labor-intensive type of community care organization.

 

The Board of Directors, in a show of commitment to meeting the needs of people receiving assistance from Meeting Ground, would like to announce a matching gift proposal. As a group, we are offering to match 50% of funds received from donors between now and March 31st up to $20,000. This will take the pressure off the finances for a time and allow Meeting Ground to continue providing the high-quality assistance that has provided hope to so many of our brothers and sisters.

 

In Christ's love,

 

The Board of Directors of Meeting Ground: