Edgerton Outreach is blessed to have a crew of 35+ volunteers that staff our Thrift Store. Volunteers have many roles and responsibilities at Edgerton Outreach. We would not be successful without their help. People who shop at our Thrift Store regularly may have noticed many changes in our sales floor layout. These changes have all been suggested by our volunteers. Read the rest of this entry »
Feinstein Challenge to Benefit the Pantry
The 13th annual Million Dollar Giveaway to Fight Hunger begins March 1st. Philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein will challenge food pantries and hunger fighting agencies to raise dollars, collect food items, and raise awareness regarding hunger in the USA. He is giving away one million of his own dollars as he has done for the past 12 years to reward agencies for their efforts. To find out more about the Feinstein Foundation go to www.feinsteinfoundation.org. Read the rest of this entry »
Lose Weight to Benefit the Food Pantry
Pastor Jean Bartlett, Pastor for the United Methodist Church in Edgerton, joined the Million Pound Challenge last week and suggested that I look into the program because there is a direct benefit to our Food Pantry at Edgerton Outreach. Read the rest of this entry »
Hope Housing
In the Spring of 2009 Edgerton Outreach requested funding through the Department of Commerce Emergency Shelter/Transitional Housing/Homeless Prevention Grant Program and was awarded dollars to provide ongoing rent assistance(up to 18 months) paired with case managment services. ECO is currently working with 7 households through this program which began in July of 2009. Six of the seven families were literally homeless when they began working with ECO. The household that wasn’t homeless was behind over $2000 on their rent because they weren’t able to work due to health issues. Read the rest of this entry »
ECO Update
Cassandra Anderson, a social work student from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, began her internship with Edgerton Outreach last week. She is a great asset to our social work team. She is bilingual which already has benefited our Spanish speaking participants. She has been working with our housing case manager to learn about home visiting households that are receiving rental assistance through our Hope Housing Program. In two short weeks we have bombarded her with information regarding the many programs offered by Edgerton Outreach. Read the rest of this entry »
Homeless Count
On Wednesday January 27, 2010 staff and volunteers from Edgerton Outreach and many other agencies throughout Rock County will attempt to count those who are homeless in our community. Agencies in Rock County, and throughout the state, on the 27th will track and log the number of persons provided shelter through a motel voucher, transitional living program, or shelter facility to assess the number of homeless persons receiving shelter services. Read the rest of this entry »
Pantry Update
The first half of January has flown by. If this month is a predictor of how busy Edgerton Outreach is going to be; we need to be prepared to provide Food Pantry Services at a level never experienced by Edgerton Outreach. This month to date, January 1-15, Edgerton Outreach has served 86 households through our Food Pantry. In 2009 during the first 15 days of January the Food Pantry served 57 households. This represents a 52% increase in demand for service in 2010 versus 2009.