Jefferson Avenue Campus Updates, Housewarming, Broadway Cares, and More

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Jefferson Avenue Campus- Construction Updates

Construction on the DOORWAYS Jefferson Avenue Campus continues to progress. The building took on a new look with recently installed signage which can be seen as you approach from either direction on Jefferson Avenue.

This new campus will provide our clients with barrier free access to long-term housing and other essential self-empowerment programs like mental health counseling and employment services to help them along their path to wellness and independence.

Mark Your Calendars! A Grand Opening event is being planned for Wednesday, October 19th from 10am-12pm. Invitations and event details will be coming soon.

Community support for this exciting project continues to be needed at any level. If you haven't made a gift, please consider doing so today. The “Beyond Tonight” campaign has raised $20M towards its $23.5M Phase One goal. With the planned grand opening later this summer, we have less than a year to raise the final $3.5M...your help is needed!

For more information or to make a donation, please contact Development Director, Jim Timmerberg at jtimmerberg@doorwayshousing.org or 314-328-2705 or visit www.doorwayshousing.org.

Housewarming Campaign Approaches Goal!

DOORWAYS will soon welcome residents to the newly constructed Comprehensive Flex Housing building featuring 50 furnished apartments on the Jefferson Avenue Campus. Many of the residents have been un-housed and will arrive with very little to nothing. They need sheets, towels, pots and pans, dishes, cookware, flatware, etc., all staples to creating a normal stable living environment.

We are within $4,000 of reaching our $50,000 goal for this campaign and to make sure all the apartments are fully ready when residents move in later this year. Help us reach that goal!

Join us as a Housewarming Host with a gift of $1,000 and provide a resident with all the essentials of daily living, including a welcome basket with laundry detergent, personal hygiene products, cleaning supplies and basic food staples. Housewarming Hosts will be acknowledged in our annual Impact Report.

To become a Housewarming Host or to make a donation to the campaign you can use the Text-To-Give option (text - housewarming22 to 44-321) for any amount or visit our website at www.DoorwaysHousing.org and click on the donate button.

We Appreciate our Grantors and Funders - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS!

Thank you to the many philanthropic organizations that support our life-saving mission and programs that help stabilize clients and create a foundation for achieving a self-directed life!

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS recently provided funding to supplement DOORWAYS housing services with the intensive empowerment services needed to create a foundation of stability from which clients may feel empowered and the ability to achieve a healthy and self-directed life.

These services strengthen multiple environments within the social determinants of health. As clients begin feeling hopeful, safe, and valuable, they often experience increased motivation to manage their lives. This includes adhering to their HIV medication regimen to achieve improved health and contribute to ending the spread of HIV.

Even when COVID-19 made the lights go out on Broadway, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) continued raising money to provide grants to more than 450 agencies serving people living in poverty and battling HIV. In the past two years, they have also funded resources to fill needs created by COVID.

BC/EFA is the philanthropic heart of Broadway and the American theater community, Since 1988, they have raised more than $300 million. DOORWAYS is honored to be a recipient of BC/EFA grants for most of our existence, since our founding in 1988. We are grateful for the recent award to help us continue serving clients.

THANK YOU Broadway Cares!

Grow With Us - Current Job Opportunities

DOORWAYS is growing and always on the lookout for compassionate dedicated people to join us in serving our community. As we look toward to opening our Jefferson Avenue Campus, our services and programs will expand and so will our staffing needs.

Here are the current open positions available agency-wide:

Behavioral Health Therapist
Building and Grounds Specialist
Comprehensive Flex Housing Care Coordinator
Cooper House - CNA
Cooper House - LPN
Facilities Maintenance Technician
Residential Program Assistant

A full list of job opportunities and job descriptions can be found here.

Tribute Gifts

HONOR THOSE YOU LOVE WITH A TRIBUTE DONATION THROUGH DOORWAYS

Question: How often does one action yield two results?

Answer: All the time, if you designate your DOORWAYS donation as a tribute to a loved one!

You may make a donation in HONOR of someone's birthday, anniversary, new job, new baby...the list is endless. You may also provide a donation as a MEMORIAL for someone who has passed away. Or, you may purchase a tribute BRICK to be placed in our garden at the Cooper House campus. If you wish to help us GROW THE TRIBUTE GARDEN, you may select from three sizes: $100 (4x8 brick), $250 (8x8 brick), or $500 (12x12 brick).

By expressing your admiration, love, and respect through a TRIBUTE GIFT, you are also providing critical funding to help DOORWAYS deliver housing, health, and hope to people living with HIV. Click here for more information about making a tribute gift while also supporting DOORWAYS' compassionate care to the most vulnerable in our community.

For more information about making a memorial or honorarium gift, please contact Jim Timmerberg at 314-328-2705 or email jtimmerberg@doorwayshousing.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

DOORWAYS Annual Meeting

The DOORWAYS Annual Meeting is an opportunity to come together to honor and thank those many volunteers who support DOORWAYS throughout the year. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 7, watch for your invitation coming soon.

DOORWAYS Jefferson Ave. Campus Grand Opening

DOORWAYS Jefferson Avenue Campus Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting is being planned right now! More information about the Wednesday, October 19th event will be coming soon.

Friends In Deed - Loafing With Friends

Friends In Deed is hosting a fundraiser for the Housewarming Host Campaign to be held at Union Loafers Cafe on Sunday, August 21st from 4pm-6pm. Come meet, mix, and mingle while enjoying artisanal flatbread paired with wine and signature cocktails provided by Lazy Tiger.

Visit www.doorwaysevents.org to RSVP. Tickets begin at $25.00.

Friends In Deed - BYOBoo Trivia

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Friends In Deed BYOBoo Trivia Night is scheduled for Saturday, October 22. We'll have more details about this favorite Fall/Halloween inspired trivia night as it gets closer.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

DOORWAYS is an interfaith non-profit organization which provides housing and related supportive services to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

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DOORWAYS, an IRC 501(c)3 tax-exempt Missouri nonprofit corporation, is registered to solicit funds for charitable purposes in Missouri and Illinois. DOORWAYS only solicits such charitable contributions in MO and IL.