May 2009
COME CHECK OUT THE COOPS – AND BENEFIT PEOPLE IN NEED!
On Saturday, May 16, 2009,Urban Ministries will again be the beneficiary
of a very fun and feathery project – the “Henside the Beltline Tour d’Coop.”
This is the fourth year of the tour and promises to be bigger than ever! Raleigh’s chicken owners invite you into
their backyards for a first-hand look at keeping chickens in an urban environment.Discover the variety of breeds,learn about
raising chickens, and see how families integrate chickens into their gardening practices. Various chicken coop sites are located
throughout the city (Five Points, Oakwood, and other neighborhoods),and it is great fun for all ages!
Previous years’ Tour d’Coops have been huge successes, with hundreds of visitors enjoying the event
and helping our organization. The event is held rain or shine.
Admission is non-perishable food or cash donations – 100% benefiting Urban Ministries. There
will be five collection sites around Raleigh, and maps of the coops will be available at each of the sites.
- Steven B. Andreaus, DDS, PA (Dental office at 1637 Glenwood Avenue, across from the Rialto Theater)
- CupAJoe (2109-142 Avent Ferry Road, in the lower level of Mission Valley Shopping Center)
- Seaboard ACE Hardware (802 Semart Drive, across from Logan’s Nursery)
- Ornamentea (509 N. West Street, one block south of Peace Street)
- Whole Foods Market (3540 Wade Avenue, in the Ridgewood Shopping Center)
Please bring the family, but leave pets at home, since some flocks are not accustomed to four–legged
visitors! For more information,please check out the
event website.
FROM SHELTER TO SCHOLAR
Cynthia Brooks, former resident of the Helen Wright Center for Women, is on her way
toward earning a degree in social work, due to a $7,500 education grant awarded by the Hendrickson Family Foundation.
Our thanks goes to Cynthia for sharing her story and for being an inspiration to others.
In the photo above from left to right: HWCW Lead Case Manager Amanda Blue MSW, P-LCSW, Julie and Don Hendrickson of
the Hendrickson Foundation, and scholarship recipient Cynthia Brooks.
Click here
to read a story about Cynthia in The News and Observer.
BIBLE APPLICATION CLASS BRINGS FOUR TONS OF FOOD TO THE PANTRY!
The Bible Application Class (BAC), under the leadership of Cheryl Hall, recently brought in four tons of non-perishable items
to the Urban Ministries’ Food Pantry. For the past four years, BAC has sponsored its month-long “Manna Project”
in the spring, providing us with items for our clients in need of food assistance. The BAC represents 58 congregations that
come together for a weekly Bible study. BAC has also conducted other drives for our agency, including winter boots for needy
families. Thank you, BAC!
Urban Ministries operates the second largest food pantry in Wake County. We are dependent on congregations, service groups,
Scout troops, and businesses throughout Wake County for direct donations to our Food Pantry.
Summer is the pantry's time of greatest need, due to children home from school. Please contact Laura Ridgeway, Outreach
Coordinator, to learn how your organization can conduct a Food Drive for Urban Ministries: 256-2168 or Lridgeway@urbanmin.org
DONATE YOUR USED CPAP EQUIPMENT TO LOW INCOME PATIENTS
Urban Ministries of Wake County’s OPEN DOOR CLINIC is currently collecting used CPAP equipment and nebulizers for patients with
obstructive sleep apnea and asthma. Prior to last year, we recognized that numerous patients had significant problems with
those issues, but we were unable to obtain CPAP equipment for them. Thanks to Active Healthcare, a local equipment company
that provides refurbished equipment to our patients, and our colleagues at WakeMed’s sleep laboratory who do the necessary
testing, diagnosis, and treatment protocols, we are now having great success treating these illnesses. For what seemed like an
untreatable disease to our patients, we are truly changing lives.
Please deliver any used CPAP and nebulizers in good condition to Urban Ministries, 1390 Capital Boulevard, Raleigh or call:
(919) 256-2168. You will be providing equipment that will significantly improve our neighbors’ lives. The Open Door Clinic
treats uninsured, indigent adult residents of Wake County.
“It is one of the beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely help another
without helping himself.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Our Birdhouse Event was a great success this year! See below for some examples of the
artful houses that were auctioned off to lucky winners:
Congrats to two of our Board Members, Whitney
Cain and Donald Esposito Jr., who both just received the "40 under 40" award from the Triangle Business Journal!
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Urban Ministries strives to alleviate poverty in Wake County by addressing people’s basic needs for food, shelter, and
medical care through the Food Pantry/Crisis Support, the Open Door Clinic, and the Helen Wright Center for Women.
Urban Ministries is projected to touch the lives of 24,000 diverse Wake County residents this year.
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