MAIN COURSE:                 $25 Gift Card from Food Lion for a turkey, ham, or chicken

SIDE DISHES:                      Stuffing, potatoes/ yams, cranberry sauce, canned fruit, canned                                               vegetables, biscuit mix, cream of mushroom soup

DESSERT:                             Cake mix, prepared icing, pie filling 

 (Many people/groups bring the food items in a box wrapped in holiday paper or in an actual basket…feel free to be creative!)  Please deliver by Friday, December 16 to the Food Pantry at 1390 Capital Blvd. (27603).

Please contact Josephine Charles, Pantry Manager, at 919.256.2170 with questions about holiday food deliveries.

3. “ALTERNATIVE GIFT GIVING” IDEA — Holiday Honor Cards!

Are you looking for a meaningful way to celebrate the people in your life during the winter holidays and provide assistance to struggling families at the same time? Urban Ministries Holiday Honor Card program enables you to extend holiday greetings while making a minimum $5 donation to Urban Ministries in the names of family, friends, clients or co-workers.  Special thanks to North Carolina artist William Mangum and Wells Fargo for making the cards possible.  Go to www.urbanmin.org to view all the holiday card options.

Please contact Kelly Leonhardt at 919.256.2187 or email kleonhardt@urbanmin.org for more information on ordering or selling honor cards.

4. CASH DONATIONS

Please consider making a cash donation to Urban Ministries – 94 cents of every dollar goes directly to client services.  With the lingering economic climate, Urban Ministries has never been so lean – we have nothing left to cut from our budget, and we do not want to reduce services to clients in need!  To make a donation, please contact: Danita Morgan, Director of Development, at 919.256.2172 or email Dmorgan@urbanmin.org .  You may also make a donation online at www.urbanmin.org.

5. GIFT CARDS AND MEALS FOR HELEN WRIGHT CENTER FOR WOMEN

Urban Ministries Helen Wright Center for Women provides emergency and transitional housing, meals, and comprehensive social services that help homeless women move into stable housing and employment.  The Helen Wright Center needs gift cards to Target, Sam’s Club, or Wal-Mart for supplies needed throughout the year.  In addition, gift cards to Domino’s Pizza (for last-minute meal cancellations) are welcome. Cards may be purchased and brought to our headquarters at 1390 Capital Blvd. (27603).   Gift cards are gladly accepted throughout the year.   Please contact Kathleen Donahue at 919.256.2166 for further information.

2012 MEAL CALENDAR – Hot meals are provided to the Helen Wright residents every night of the year.  On weekends, breakfast and lunch are provided as well.   Breakfast and dinner are served to 36 women, and approximately 20 women eat lunch.   For further information on preparing and serving meals at the Helen Wright Center in 2012, please contact Laura Ridgeway, Outreach Coordinator, at 919.256.2168 or email Lridgeway@urbanmin.org.

Friends of Urban Ministries of Wake County recieve $10 off tickets for FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 7:30PM at Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts

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>Join us for Stone Soup Lunch and Dinner on Wednesday November 16!

Urban Ministries invites you to bring your family and friends to the seventh annual Stone Soup Supper and Lunch. Both lunch and dinner will feature delicious soups, bread and dessert, great live music, and hand-thrown pottery bowls form the Triangle Potters Guild, which are available for a minimum donation of $25.  These beautiful hand-thrown pottery bowls make wonderful holiday gifts.  Go out for lunch or take the night off from cooking, get an early start on holiday shopping, and help make the holidays a little brighter for Wake County families in need.  There is no charge to attend, but donations are greatly appreciated. All funds raised go directly to helping our neighbors in need.

 You Have Options!

Lunch – 11:30 to 1:30, Church of the Good Shepherd in Downtown Raleigh

Soup provided by local restaurants, including The Irregardless Café, etc.

Local celebrity servers

Hand-thrown pottery bowls created by members of the Triangle Potters’ Guild

Raffle

Dinner – 5 to 7 p.m., White Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1704 Oberlin Road

Homemade soup made from fresh ingredients provided by Whole Foods and prepared by Donna Lupo of White Memorial

Hand-thrown pottery bowls created by members of the Triangle Potters’ Guild

Live Music

Raffle

If you or your company would like to sponsor a table, please contact Kelly Leonhardt at kleonhardt@urbanmin.org or 919-256-2187.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the Triangle Potters’ Guild, White Memorial Presbyterian Church, The Church of the Good Shepherd, Whole Foods of Cary, Side Street, and The Irregardless Café for making Stone Soup possible.

Apply for an Internship — Fall 2011 & Spring 2012

Why intern here?

• Flexibility to fit your schedule
  • 10-15 hours/week
  • Choose 2 days a week that work best for you
  • Choose your shift–mornings or early afternoons
  • No nights or weekends
  • Get class credit and gain valuable work experience with tangible projects and networking opportunities
  • Give back to the community by supporting a great organization, Urban Ministries of Wake County
  • Enjoy what you do and attend area events!

Qualifications

We’re looking for a smart, motivated college student to assist Urban Ministries in a variety of different capacities. 

• The applicant should be computer literate (Microsoft Office Suite)
• Detail-oriented, and have professional phone, email and interpersonal communication skills. 
• Ability to commit for an entire semester
• Interns must supply their own transportation
• Outgoing and enthusiastic personality

Urban Ministries of Wake County

• A non-profit human service organization that helps alleviate poverty in Wake County by building awareness of the issues of poverty within the larger community and meeting people’s basic needs
• We assist in five fundamental areas: food, shelter, crisis assistance, health care and job placement

Internship Specifics

• Internship is unpaid
• Six different areas of focus:
  • Marketing/Public Relations – Social Media initiatives, web updates, online marketing, content strategy
  • Development/Administration – Tracking donations, answering phone calls and emails, updating documents and databases
  • Special Events – Helping with fundraising events, contacting vendors and locations, creating brochures
  • Outreach – Food Bank drop-offs and coordination, food pantry tour organization, food insecurity research.
  • Band Together 2012 Intern – Work with the Band Together team to raise funds, raise awareness, and raise the bar while helping to locally showcase all tiers of musical talent on this special fundraiser for the agency in 2012.
  • Grant Writing Intern – Research and evaluate grant opportunities for the 2012 fiscal year, facilitate proposals, and compile reports on grant prospects.
  • Reports to the Manager of Development and Communications
  • Offices located on Capital Boulevard, near Wade Avenue in downtown Raleigh.

Please send your cover letter and resume via emia to Kelly Leonhardt, Manager of Development and Communications, at kleonhardt@urbanmin.org if you are interested in this opportunity.

GSK & Urban Ministries of Wake County: A Partnership that Really is More Than Medicine.

By Terry, GSK Patient Engagement on August 2, 2011 1:33 PM | No Comments

Special Announcement: Urban Ministries is Suiting Up with Dress for Success Triangle!

Dear Friends of Urban Ministries:
You may have noticed the construction going on for the past few weeks in the unfinished space adjacent to the Open Door Clinic within our 1390 Capital Boulevard Facility. We are so pleased to announce that Dress for Success will be moving into our building this Fall! The construction was completed on August 1. Dress for Success is decorating the space and will officially open for business in September. Services from Dress for Success are by appointment only.

DFS offers professional clothing and job seeking skills to low-income women.

Founded in April 2008, Dress for Success Triangle has grown in the past three years to include several locations and has suited hundreds of women. Their programs are designed to engage volunteers (with 99% of services being delivered by volunteers) and promote economic independence for women. When initiating discussions with Dress for Success Triangle founder, Pat Nathan, about opening a boutique within Urban Ministries, Urban Ministries realized the positive impact Dress for Success has had in the community and became even more excited about a dynamic partnership between our agencies and the people we serve. Women clients already served by Urban Ministries will have the opportunity to connect with Dress for Success to enhance their professional skills through effective and targeted programs supporting economic independence.

As we get closer to their opening date another communication will be sent with more details on this exciting new partnership

To learn more about:

Visit the Dress for Success Website!

Sowing the Seeds to Feed Families in Need

By Graham Sullivan

I came to Urban Ministries this summer through Notre Dame’s Summer Service Learning Project program.  Each year, Notre Dame sends out over 300 students to all corners of the country to participate in an eight-week service project organized by local alumni clubs.

I honestly had no idea what to expect as I made the long drive down here from my hometown of Rochester, New York.  I knew little about Urban Ministries, had never been to the Triangle, nor had I met any of the four families that would be hosting me.  My first impression as the Raleigh skyline appeared on the highway was of the extreme heat, something that I still have not gotten used to in my eight weeks here!  Over time I have become deeply impressed by the number of people in Wake County whose lives have been touched by Urban Ministries, and also by the tremendous amount of volunteers who give up their free time to help others.

My service project is to help the team launch a community garden this summer.  To me, gardening had always meant the endless weeding and mulching in my mother’s garden at home.  I had never even heard of a community garden before now.   I had no idea that a few raised beds could potentially provide a large yield of fresh fruits and vegetables.  The vision is that the garden will support the food pantry and be maintained by volunteers.  Sommer Wisher, the Volunteer Coordinator for Urban Ministries, has been dreaming of this project for a long time and I began to feel her enthusiasm for the project right away.  Urban Ministries could fulfill its mission of providing caring for individuals not only by providing fresh produce, but also by educating clients about the value of nutrition. 

The first thing I realized was how much I did not know about gardening.  There is much more to it that simply dropping seeds in the ground. What type of soil would we need and what could we plant?  Where could I get the materials to build the raised beds?  How many beds would we build and how big should they be?  Each day seemed to have more unexpected questions!  After plenty of research, we finally came up with the plan to build five 12’ by 4’ raised beds, giving us 240 square feet of planting space.  I enjoyed the Carolina sunshine and worked on my farmer’s tan while digging the beds out back.  This week, if all goes according to plan, the beds will be built and filled with soil and compost with the help of several Notre Dame Alumni Club members. Unfortunately I will not get to see the vegetables planted since I am returning home in a week, but I hope to hear that the garden is plentiful and I can tell my family that I actually have a green thumb!

Volunteer Night Out

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Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 772-3269

Thursday, April 28 from 6-9 pm

Don’t Miss Out! Bring this !

Amazing coffee, great friends and 15% of proceeds benefit Urban Ministries of Wake County.

Dear Friends and Supporters of Urban Ministries of Wake County:

Urban Ministries of Wake County is asking for your IMMEDIATE help!   Wake County is proposing a devastating 23% budget cut to the Helen Wright Center and a 100% cut to the Open Door Clinic, and our agency will be SEVERELY impacted!  We need your help in contacting your County Commissioner THIS WEEK about upcoming funding cut proposals that are in the County Manager’s budget for Fiscal Year 2011-2012.  With these budget cuts, our agency will have NO CHOICE but to eliminate vital programs to the poorest of the poor in Wake County – people who already have no place else to turn!   Urban Ministries served more than 23,000 people last year alone!

We have listed the County Commissioners’ contact information below with simple “Talking Points” for you to make in your letter, email, or phone call.  As supporters, your calls go a long way toward advocating for the needs of Urban Ministries and the clients we continue to serve year after year. You may not realize how influential you are, but believe me, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS LISTEN WHEN YOU SPEAK OUT.  Please take a few minutes to make these important contacts!

TALKING POINTS for proposed cuts by the Wake County Manager for the 2011-2012 budget:

 1)       IMPACT on Urban Ministries’ Helen Wright Center for Women – 23% of funding for this shelter comes from Wake County funding – the amount of proposed cut: $22,000+!!     Urban Ministries operates the ONLY shelter for single homeless women in Wake County.  This is not a duplication of services. We provide shelter and supportive services (case management) to 300 women a year, most of whom have mental illness, substance abuse issues or both.  Without our services, many of these women would be using MUCH more expensive county services, such as mental health hospitalizations, jail, and EMS services.

2)       IMPACT on HOMELESS HOUSING COALITION – Urban Ministries is part of a coalition of nine housing agencies that are all facing a 23% cut to their Wake County Contracts funding.  The other agencies are PLM Families Together, CASA, Triangle Family Services, the Women’s Center of Wake County, Interact, Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network, Haven House and Passage Home.  Together, all eight agencies serve more than 2,000 homeless women, children, youth, and men a year.  It is IMPERATIVE that funding for all of these agencies remains intact.  The impact of these funding cuts will result in more than $2.5 million of other county services that these families and individuals will turn to:  mental health hospitalizations, jail, EMS, among others. 

3)       IMPACT on Urban Ministries’ Open Door Clinic – Amount of the proposed cut: $62,500.  The Open Door Clinic offers primary care and pharmaceuticals for uninsured, very low-income Wake County adults.  Fully 96% of all patients have debilitating chronic illnesses. Because of our disease management program and full medications, we enable these patients to live productive lives—to work, raise children, stay out of the hospital and avoid emergency room visits.    The funding the Open Door Clinic has received from Wake County has not increased in all the years of the contract, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CLINIC SERVES THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS IT SERVED IN 2006.   This was done by our hundreds of amazing medical volunteers and donated pharmaceuticals. 

At Urban Ministries of Wake County, 94 cents of every dollar is returned back into services for our clients – the poorest of the poor in Wake County.   How do we do it?  Because we excel in using hundreds of volunteers, donated meals, pantry food, and pharmacy medications, we are able to keep our overhead costs to 6% of our total budget.  Funders will not find a better return on their investment!   But we cannot continue to offer our vital and efficient services without critical funding from Wake County.   After funding is gone, it is very difficult to get it back…..

Commissioner Contact Information:

• Paul Coble – Chair, 2412 Tyson St., Raleigh, NC 27612, Wake County: 919-856-5577, Home: 919-783-7217, Business: 919-510-9185, email: paul.coble@wakegov.com
• District 1 – Joe Bryan, 206 Maplewood Drive, Knightdale, NC 27545, Wake County: 919-856-5575, e-mail: joe.bryan@wakegov.com
• District 2 – Phil Matthews – Vice Chair, 1901 Navan Lane, Garner, NC  27529, Wake County:  919-856-5576, email:  phil.matthews@wakegov.com
• District 3 – Tony Gurley, 10037 Sycamore Road, Raleigh, NC 27613, Wake County: 919-856-5579, Business: 919-215-0240, email: Tony.Gurley@wakegov.com
• District 4 – Stan Norwalk, 104 Crickentree Drive Cary, NC  27518, Wake County: 919-856-5574, Home: 919-363-4685, email: stan.norwalk@wakegov.com
• District 5 – James West, 2401 Sanderford Road, Raleigh, NC  27610, Wake County: 919-856-5573, Phone:  919-856-5573, email: james.west@wakegov.com
• District 6 – Betty Lou Ward, 1321 Deerhurst Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614, Wake County: 919-856-5566 , email:  bward@wakegov.com

Thank you,

Anne