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Service Totals for October 2011
Meals Served:  1450
Food Pantry
Households-51  Adults- 63  Children- 41  Elderly- 8  School Supplies: 4
Homeless Services: 99   Showers -114
Needed:
Kitchen: trash bags, paper goods
Pantry:  spam, oatmeal, ramen noodles, jelly, helpers, crackers,
toothpaste, shampoo (we are out of these items)
Homeless: coats, boots, lighters
Thrift Store: pots, pans, furniture, winter clothes

Service Totals for September 2011
 Served:· Meals: 1,281
Pantry: Households: 54·········· Adults: 81······ Children: 50·······
Elderly: 7 School Supplies: 12
Items Especially Needed Now:
Kitchen: trash bags, paper goods, dish soap
Pantry: spam, catsup, mustard, spaghetti, rice, toothpaste
Homeless: coats, boots, blankets
Thrift Store: furniture, winter clothes, kitchen items 

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Written by Administrator   
Monday, 09 August 2004 18:30

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We need volunteers and donations. For details click "How to Help" in the menu to the left.

2011 Heartland Combined Federal Campaign
If you are a Federal employee please consider designating Central Avenue Center of Hope, CFC Number 48774 for your pledge.

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 October 2011 18:18
 

Welcome 

  

Central Avenue Center of Hope, Inc.

 located at 11 N.15th St. Kansas City Ks. 66102

Telephone: 913-233-2511

Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM - 2 PM

A Place where All are Welcome

The Central Avenue Center of Hope is a local agency housed in a converted gymnasium, near downtown Kansas City, Kansas in Wyandotte County, staffed by one full-time employee and many volunteers.   The community served consists of many homeless, unemployed or under-employed, low- income individuals and families.  Many of our clients face the difficulties of medical conditions, emotional problems, or broken or harmful family relationships. Some are veterans who have not transitioned into mainstream society. Others have become victim to economic or health reversals. Yet others have lost homes and means of support due to substance abuse and/or the stigma of prison records. School-age children lack appropriate clothing and school supplies in order to go to school.  The needs of the people of this community are seasonal for some and on a daily basis for others.

To fill community needs Central Avenue Center of Hope provides help in several ways.   The Food Kitchen serves lunch-time meals each week day.  During the summer or winter vacations more children come with parents for lunch because they don’t have school lunches. Special meals are served on Christmas and Thanksgiving. Homeless outreach distributes blankets, coats, and food for days the center is closed and offers a place to rest during the day to endure the hardships of life on the streets.  Individuals may take hot showers and receive personal item kits consisting of soap, shampoo, a razor, comb, and other donated toiletries.   Families depend on the food pantry for distribution of  food, school supplies, and holiday baskets.  The Center of Hope is also a distribution point for State of Kansas Commodities.  The thrift store offers a place to purchase inexpensive clothing, furniture, household items, and toys. The thrift store also furnishes a small income to defer some of the costs of operating the Center of Hope.  Referrals are made for clients who need specialized care. http://centralavecenterofhope.org/

For some clients these measures are temporary assistance in times of job loss, seasonal lay-off, health problems, or loss of home.  Other families and individuals are literally sustained in their daily efforts of survival.  All points of need are up at the Central Avenue Center of Hope.  Need for commodities has more than doubled in the last two years, going from 448 qualifying households in 2008 to 968 qualifying households in 2010.  Higher numbers of meals and showers also indicate growing need in the community for this Center to remain as a viable part of the community.  

Central Avenue Center of Hope partners with Community of Christ, Midlands Mission Center, local churches, Mid-America Assistance Coalition, Wyandotte Countians Against Crime, and Central Avenue Betterment Association.

Service Totals for 2010

Meals:· 15,530·· Pantry: 407·····School supplies: 107···Showers: 1,521·

Homeless services: 795······ Commodities households: 1,080·

Volunteers: 140  Youth volunteers:· 153·· Youth· volunteer hours: 501.5··

CABA Youth hours:· 210·· Community Service hours:· 3,078·· Donors   144· ·


 

Service totals for 2009:

Meals: 16,196   Pantry: 390                       School Supplies: 67    
Showers: 2,218                                          Homeless Services 1,762      
Commodities households: 968                    Volunteers: 61 +128  

 Volunteer hours: 9,356                  Donors including groups: 289             

CABA youth hours: 144                             Community Service hours: 2,245          

   

Last Updated on Thursday, 03 March 2011 15:21
 
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