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The Youth Resource Center is now open!
On Monday, July 15th, we had the pleasure of hosting the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for our
Youth Resource Center!
Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette was in attendance to help us commemorate the occasion.
The Youth Resource Center, our newest program, is Greenville's first program dedicated to providing resources, case management, drop-in services, and rapid re-housing services to homeless and runaway youth ages 17-24.
The Center's primary day facility features laundry access, showers, comfortable furniture for use during drop-in hours, a kitchen serving a daily hot meal, a computer lab, a donations closet, and on-site counseling.
Thanks to a strong community collaborative, we will also be partnering with medical, mental health, legal aid partners and other community volunteers, including barbers, tutors, employment counselors, and more.
"There are young people in Greenville and beyond who will spend tonight on the streets or in unsafe, unstable situations," says Jed Dews, Executive Director of Pendleton Place. "Many of these youth have experienced a lifetime of trauma, time in foster care, and run-ins with juvenile justice, and it is unacceptable to let them slip through the cracks. The Youth Resource Center will offer them a source of hope and a starting point for permanent housing and self-sufficiency."
We are incredibly proud to launch our Youth Resource Center and can only begin to anticipate the impact of our efforts to end youth homelessness throughout the Upstate, but we can't do this alone!
We are still in need of sponsors to provide a dryer, window shades for the computer lab, and a kitchen cabinet unit.
If you are able to help meet any of these needs, please contact Josh Crocker at (864) 516-1220.
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SYNNEX Share the Magic Community Yoga Class
On Saturday, August 17th from 8:30 - 10:00 AM,
SYNNEX Share the Magic will be hosting a community yoga class!
This event is in collaboration with
Avenue,
Maria Kugler Yoga, and
Southern Pressed Juicery. There will be rooftop refreshments following class, complimentary juice shots and Wildcrafted samples from Southern Pressed Juicery, and more!
This will be a fun event and is open to anyone! All yoga levels are welcome. Guests will need to bring their own mats.
To purchase tickets for the Community Yoga Class,
click
here
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Community Bag Program
Pendleton Place
has been selected as the benefiting non-profit of the Community Bag Program for the month of August!
We will receive a $1 donation each time a $2.50 reusable Community Bag is sold in August at the
BI-LO located at 2111 North Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC.
Small actions can have a big impact - pick up a Community Bag while you are out grocery shopping, and support families and youth in need!
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Donor Spotlight
We are excited to announce that the
F.W. Symmes Foundation has awarded Pendleton Place grant funding to purchase a new car for our Smith House residents! We are excited for the much-needed addition of a safe vehicle, which we will use to provide comprehensive driver's education to the teenage girls in foster care that we serve.
Thank you, F.W. Symmes Foundation, for making this possible!
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Volunteer Spotlight
We are truly grateful for the volunteers from
HTI
who came out and prepared our facilities for the launch of our Youth Resource Center.
This amazing team spent three hours on a Saturday morning cleaning the interior and exterior of the building to ensure that we are able to meet the needs of homeless and runaway youth in a clean and inviting space. Thank you, HTI, for your hard work!
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Make a Donation
Are you wondering how you can meet the direct needs of Pendleton Place?
We keep an updated list of specific needs throughout our agency. When you purchase an item from our online wish list, Amazon Smile donates a portion of the proceeds to our organization.
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Our mission is to keep children safe and support families in crisis through prevention, assessment, and intervention.
Our vision is a community where children are safe, families are strong, and victims become whole again.
STAY CONNECTED:
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864.467.3650
www.pendletonplace.org |
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