Organization: EAST CENTRAL MINISTRIES INC
Mission: AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, WE ARE COMMITTED TO LIVING OUT OUR FAITH BY PARTNERING WITH OUR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS TO CULTIVATE SOLUTIONS, DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE SOUTHEST "INTERNATION DISTRICT" OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
Activities: 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS: -ECM WORKED ON LARGER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIONS BY HELPING LEAD THE SE HEIGHTS COLLABORATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COALITION. -ECM WORKED WITH COMMUNITIES MEMBERS FOR PRE-CENSUS PLANNING -ECM BENEFITED FROM A YOUNG MAN'S EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT THAT INSTALLED GUTTERS AND 2 LARGE WATER TANKS FOR WATER CATCHMENTS. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS: -ONE HOPE FINISHED UP THE PCORI RESEARCH WITH CLINIC DIABETES PATIENTS, HOSTED VOLUNTEER MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE OVER 900 PATIENT VISITS, HELD WOMEN'S HEALTH AND NUTRITION EDUCATIONAL CLASSES ON A MONTHLY BASIS -PATHWAYS HAD THREE NAVIGATORS WHO PROVIDED INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT TO OVER 100 CLIENTS. -CASA SHALOM HOUSING COOPERATIVE HAD 13 FAMILIES LIVING AND PARTICIPATING WITH RUBEN DURAN AS THE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR. -GROWING AWARENESS URBAN FARM GREW AND SOLD OVER 22,000 VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS, DONATED OVER 1000 TO COMMUNITY GARDENS AND NEIGHBORS, HAD 25 VOLUNTEERS HELPING AND PARTICIPATED IN THE ID URBAN AGRICULTURE TEAM -COMMON GOOD THRIFT STORE OPERATED 5 DAYS PER WEEK UTILIZING OVER 70 VOLUNTEERS AND PROVIDED EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO OVER 15 INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. -FOOD CO-OP OPERATED 6 TIMES PER WEEK WITH 85 PARTICIPATING FAMILIES GETTING 1.5 MILLION LBS OF FOOD DONATED FROM 8 DIFFERENT STORES. EXCESS FOOD REGULARLY WENT TO ANOTHER 4 NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD PANTRIES. -YOUTH PROGRAM HAD 8 PRE SCHOOL KIDS MEETING 4 MORNINGS PER WEEK, 25 CHILDREN MEETING 2 AFTERNOONS PER WEEK FOR HOMEWORK CLUB AND 6 YOUTH INTERNSHIPS.
NTEE category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Secondary category: Housing & Shelter