The District’s Department of Energy & Environment remains a critical partner in our work to provide emergency air conditioning services to families in addition to weatherization and energy efficiency measures. DOEE recently awarded Yachad a major grant to see that multi-family and single family homes have working AC and other mechanical systems in this hottest of summers.

The Lois and Richard England Family Foundation and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation continue to generously support our work. Both foundations moved up their funding cycle so as to make their new grants available to Yachad sooner. We are grateful.

The Kemp Mill Synagogue Monday Night Bible Study Group, made a donation to Yachad’s Kitchen-Aide Program in honor of their teacher, Dr. Erica Brown to support the purchase of kitchen appliances for families without working ovens or refrigerators. Hill Havurah donated its Sukkot in Spring sponsorship fee even though the program had to be cancelled this past spring.

Yachad’s work is in demand despite the pandemic. For the last few weeks Yachad has been back at work addressing critical remediation repairs.

One family living without air conditioning and hot water, received a new HVAC system and hot water heater, another family had a major plumbing leak fixed. A family living without a working refrigerator for months, received a new one. And a new handrail was installed for a homeowner with vertigo making it safe to use the stairs again.

We are grateful for extra assistance from M&M Appliance, a local appliance store that is a partner in our Kitchen-Aide Program, and Let Frank Do It contractor and Yachad HandyMensch, providing safe home repairs to some of our families.

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