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TIS June

Newsletter

Read on to find out what YOU made possible at Talbot Interfaith Shelter this month!

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Thanks to YOU, we served 46 people this month, including:

11 Individuals

12 Families

20 Children

Guests ranged in age from 3 to 68 years old

June has been joyful at Talbot Interfaith Shelter! Many of our guests have moved on to the next step in their journeys, thanks to your generous support. We are so grateful!

Take a look at what you made possible this month:

Making Moves!

We are thrilled to report that two of our families received housing vouchers with the help of their case manager and moved directly from Easton's Promise into their very own apartments.

Another family has put down a deposit on their own apartment, and will be moving out of our transitional housing and graduating from the S4 Program next month!

One of the single guests at Evelyn's Place will move into one of our off-site transitional apartments at the end of this month.

Watch the video below to hear from one of our guests, Israel, about his experience with TIS and the S4 Program!

More Good News!

Two of the rooms in Easton's Promise have been renovated, and we are now scheduling interviews to welcome new families into the S4 Program.

A teacher from Easton Elementary School launched an after-school program for the children at Easton's Promise! We are excited to share that the program will be continuing during the summer. Our children will meet from 4 pm to 5 pm three days a week (two with a teacher and one with a volunteer) to participate in fun activities like art projects, games, and more!

Thank you to the generous donors who provided tickets for all the children in our program to see Finding Nemo at the Avalon Theatre! They also purchased refrigerators for two of our transitional apartments. We can't thank you enough!

Special thanks to the Church of the Holy Trinity in Oxford for donating pool passes for the George Murphy Community Pool as well as children's clothing for the families in our transitional housing program!

Our life skills classes keep rolling along, and our guests are getting a lot out of the experience. Please help us congratulate eight of the single men and women at Evelyn's Place, who will be graduating from Untangling Relationships class with their Case Manager DeWayne this month! They have also started to learn about poverty through the Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin' By World program with Operations Director Fran.

At Easton's Promise, a new group of guests has started Money Fundamentals with Case Manager Roland.

All of this is made possible by YOU and your generous support. There are not enough words to truly express our gratitude.

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We are expanding our Apartment Program!

Transitional housing is a very important component of the S4 Program. Once guests reach certain milestones while staying in one of our shelters, they are invited to stay in one of our transitional apartments.

They begin by paying a portion of the rent while we subsidize the rest. Over a period of approximately two years, their portion slowly increases until they are able to take over all expenses. This process allows guests the time to learn important financial habits and responsibilities, while having the supervision and support to weather setbacks should they arise.

With the opening of Evelyn's Place, we have many more guests going through our program, and there is a greater need for transitional housing. We have been incredibly fortunate to work with the Housing Commission of Talbot County as well as four private landlords to procure apartments for our guests. Over the past year, we have expanded our program from ten to sixteen off-site apartments!

We have also recently formed a partnership with Chesapeake Neighbors, a division of the Arc of the Chesapeake. Chesapeake Neighbors is dedicated to purchasing and building affordable, accessible housing in our community. They will be leasing a portion of all the apartments they purchase or build to Talbot Interfaith Shelter, including two apartments being built as part of Port Street Commons, which just broke ground this month. We will keep you posted as the project unfolds!

Evelyn's Place Turns One!

On June 6th, 2022, we opened the doors to our singles shelter at Evelyn's Place, thanks to your incredible generosity and support.

In the year that has passed, you have made a difference for many local men and women who otherwise wouldn't have had access to the resources provided through the S4 Program. Read below to learn about how you have changed their lives.

35 people have received shelter at Evelyn's Place - 13 men and 22 women

3 guests have moved into our transitional housing program

1 mother reunited with her children and is now living in our transitional housing

4 guests have moved from Evelyn's Place into their own housing

1 guest was accepted into Queen Anne County's rapid rehousing program

6 guests found employment (8 more came to TIS already employed)

1 guest purchased a car

1 guest purchased a scooter

2 guests have completed Money Fundamentals

8 guests have completed Untangling Relationships

Thank you for an incredible first year at Evelyn's Place! Here's to many more!

Spotlight on Team TIS!

From delivering dinners and donations to learning more about our mission to attending local Pride and Juneteenth celebrations, here's a look at what Team TIS has been up to during the month of June!

To become a TIS Volunteer, contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Nancy Cummings, at 410-690-3120 or nancycummings@talbotinterfaithshelter.org.

TIS Ambassadors Training

TIS Ambassadors training returned for the first time since COVID on June 7th at Evelyn's Place. Our attendees were welcomed by our Development Director, Laura Richeson, who spoke about the importance of being an ambassador for our mission and gave an overview of our events and fundraising efforts.

Next, our Executive Director, Julie Lowe, spoke about the history of the organization and gave an update on what is currently happening. Then our Volunteer Coordinator, Nancy Cummings, shared information about volunteer opportunities. Finally, volunteer and Board Member Ann Davis spoke about her experience as a volunteer and her passion for TIS and our mission.

It was a wonderful evening, and we can't wait to have it again! TIS Ambassador training will be available quarterly, with our next session occurring in September. We will announce the date as soon as it is scheduled!

If you are interested in becoming a TIS Ambassador, please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Nancy Cummings at 410-690-3120 or nancycummings@talbotinterfaithshelter.org.