Fighting for The Least Among Us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 12, 2010
Contact: Anita Shipp
(203) 820-7684
PORTLAND, CT--Dr. King believed that each of us should devote time each day to care for the least among us.
Each day of each year--including holidays--the dedicated public servants at St. Vincent DePaul Place & the Amazing Grace Food Pantry provide food, clothing, shelter and basic human services to poor and homeless individuals regardless of race, creed, national origin, criminal history or recidivism.
Their soup kitchen serves more than 88,000 meals annually. Their food pantry
provides food to more than 800 households per month. Children make up one-third of their clientele. This is why the Collins Foundation, Inc. is proud to award St. Vincent DePaul Place & the Amazing Grace Food Pantry with its 2010 Power of One Community Service Award.
The Power of One Community Service Awards to extraordinary local agents of change who have demonstrated a commitment to positive social change through their actions and initiatives in the greater Connecticut community.
The Collins Foundation, Inc. will honor and recognize St. Vincent DePaul Place & the Amazing Grace Food Pantry at its annual M.L. King, Jr. Day Breakfast.
For more information about this event, please contact Anita Shipp at info@collinsfoundationinc.org or visit our website at www.collinsfoundationinc.org.
See below for more information about St. Vincent DePaul Place & the Amazing Grace Food Pantry or visit their website at www.stvincentdepaulplace.org.
St. Vincent DePaul Place & the Amazing Grace Food Pantry
Facts & Figures:
Soup Kitchen
88,445 meals served
244 meals/day average (363 days)
6% increase over 2008
Amazing Grace Food Pantry
218,180 meals distributed
788 households per month (Jan - Dec 2009)
830 households per month (Jun - Dec 2009)
15% increase over 2008
33% are children
2009 Total meals (Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry combined) = 307,000 meals
Operation Fuel
$68,877 in heat and non-heat utility assistance
196 households from Middletown & Portland served
Community Assistance
$21,830 in emergency assistance
109 households served
Types of assistance: rent (56%), utilities (29%), transportation (8%), legal (3%), medical (2%), other (2%)
Supportive Housing
40 units - Liberty Commons (single-site)
16 units - scattered-site apts
Adults w/ disabilities (mental illness, addiction disorders, formerly homeless)
