$3,000 a year provides
one year of daily personal care for a senior
citizen with Alzheimer's disease.
$1,500 a year provides 12 weeks
of drug rehabilitation for a woman with acute substance addictions.
$1,000 a year provides four months
of preschool and therapy for a child with severe disabilities.
$50 a month provides an unemployed
person six months of the training he or she needs to find a good
job.
$25 a month provides 45 days of
transitional housing and services to help a family gain self-sufficiency.
$10 a week provides eight families
with enough food to keep them fed for 30 days.
$5 a week provides a full year
of activities, mentoring and tutoring for an at-risk youth, helping
keep him or her off the streets and out of trouble.
How Did Your Contribution Build Community?
200 children, removed from unsafe,
abusive environments, received counseling and individualized
educational services at St. Mary's Home, providing the skills
necessary for a successful transition to adulthood.
46,000 students in Clarke, Mobile
and Washington Counties learned the attitudes and skills needed
to avoid drug use from the Drug Education Council.
358 pre-school and 93 school-aged children received affordable,
quality child care based on ability to pay at the Child Day Care Association.
480 adults in our community with
physical and/or mental disabilities were placed in jobs through
Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast.
59 adults received job training
and 373 adults gained independence
by learning to read through Goodwill Easter Seals literacy program.
Bay Area Food Bank distributed over 4.25 million
pounds of food worth $8.2 million to fight hunger. 40 percent
of this food went to area children.
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