Operations
With the
community’s support we have helped over 6,000 people in 2010 with a 10%
increase in most of our services and 24% in transportation. We participated in the School Supplies
Program and the Holiday Giving Project with Faith Connections. We held our 40th CROP WALK for
hunger with 79 walkers at Damascus Regional Park. We ate out on Thanksgiving in February (TIF)
to raise funds to feed the hungry in Montgomery County. An Empty Bowls Luncheon was held in March to
benefit Damascus Help.
Families Served in 2010
|
Holiday
Giving Families Thanksgiving 262
Christmas 320 Food: Families served 698 Adults served 1,417 Children served 1,224 Financial
Assistance: Families served 218 Adults served 334 Children served 344 Furniture Families served 49 Adults served 65 Children served 70 School
Supplies for Children 255 Transportation Rides given 71 |
2010
Financial Summary
Income Expenses
|
$67,201.88 |
$72,093.06 |
|
34% Campaigns** |
63% Utility Help |
|
21% Individuals |
15% Food Help |
|
19% Churches |
12% Housing Needs* |
|
17% Local
Events*** |
5% Healthcare Help |
|
6% Grants**** |
4% Program Services |
|
2% Businesses |
1% Holiday Project |
|
<1% Organizations |
<1%
Administration |
*Rent, furnishings, beds and clothing.
**United
Way, Combined Federal Campaign,
America’s Charities & Wells Fargo
Community Support Campaign
***TIF, CROP Walk, Empty Bowls Luncheon
****Allegheny Power Matching Funds
Special
Projects Chairperson
worked with Church World Service who sponsored our CROP Walk which brought in $3,042.48
to help with local hunger needs. Also we
received $3,004 from our participation in TIF.
The donations from the Empty Bowls Luncheon came to $2,991.
Transportation was given by our volunteers for 67
rides for 71 people to medical or social service appointments.
Volunteer
Committee
We had approximately 70 dedicated
core volunteers with another 20 seasonal volunteers.
There is an ongoing campaign
looking for new
people to work on the various
committees.
Our thanks to all who gave
through their donations of goods, money, time, vehicle use and facility spaces.
Services
Holiday
Giving Project is
a coordinated effort
of Damascus Help and Faith Connections, Inc. Families are adopted and given food and gifts
by community churches, businesses
and individuals. Those not adopted were
served by Damascus Help and Faith Connections.
Food was both donated and bought to
help those calling our help-line for assistance. The committee members picked up and sorted
food, stocked shelves and made 698 deliveries.
Financial
assistance was
given to 218 families with 63% for electric, 10% for fuel oil, 9% for water, 7%
for healthcare, 6% for natural gas and
5% for housing, for a total of
$51,899.79. Referrals were made to the county
for monetary energy grants if families qualified.
Furniture and household items were
donated, collected and delivered. Fifteen
beds, 8 bedcovers, and baby items were purchased for those with special needs.
A total of 261 items were placed.
Officers
of the Day (ODs). We
have 21 OD’s answering our help-line in their homes through the call forward system.
They assess the callers’ needs then refer to the appropriate committees or to other
agencies if callers are out of our area.
School
Supplies Program
served the Damascus and Clarksburg schools. Community groups donated backpacks and
supplies for 255 children.
Board
of Directors
December 2010
Our
governing body is all-volunteer and includes the elected officers, agents
appointed by the General Chairperson, and chairpersons of standing committees.
Rita
Noble, General Chairperson
Jan
Buckley, Recording Secretary
Jeanne
Obenland, Corresponding Secretary
William
Mahylis, Treasurer
Douglas
Noble, Chair of Food Committee
Rita
Noble, Financial Assistance Committee
Donna
Hill, Chair of Furniture Committee
Susan
Allison, Chair of Officer of the Day
Helen
Mahylis, Chair of Special Projects
Kay
Orr, Chair of Transportation Committee
Kathy
Thornett, Chair of Volunteer Committee
Volunteer
Positions
Food Committee
Food Delivery Drivers
Food Pantry Sorters
Food Pick-up Drivers
Food Purchasers
Financial
Assistance Committee
Caseworkers
Furniture
Committee
Pick-up and deliver furniture
Officer of the
Day Committee
Answer Help-line from home
Special Projects
Committee
Help
coordinate projects
Transportation
Committee
Drivers use their own vehicles
Our Mission
The
purpose of this corporation is exclusively charitable, as the term used in
Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We provide assistance to
needy persons and families in the upper portion of Montgomery County, MD and
adjacent areas in the form of emergency food, holiday food baskets and gifts,
transportation, furniture and emergency financial assistance. No one shall be
denied service because of race, color, creed, age, sex or marital status.
Service
Area
We serve the areas of upper Montgomery
County covered by zip codes 20871, 20872, 20882 north of Brink Rd and 20876
from route 27 north of Brink Rd. On a case by case basis we provide help to
people who live just over the Montgomery County line in Monrovia (Frederick
County).
Our thanks to all who volunteered this year to help
fulfill the mission of helping our neighbors in need.
2010 Annual Report
DAMASCUS
HELP, INC.
P.O.
BOX 126
DAMASCUS,
MD 20872
Phone:
301-253-4100
E-mail: dh20872@aol.com
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No. 8425 No. 30335
