Believe it: Describe your project/org

We have 7 components: 1. Food Pantry and Outreach Center - provides emergency food and clothes for families in need. 2. Restoration Hair Salon and Barber Shop - provides free image makeovers to help young people improve their self-esteem by taking pride in their physical appearance. 3. Jobs for Life - provides workforce mentoring and training to help individuals that find it difficult to obtain and maintain employment. 4. Youth Development - our AllStars Program is an afterschool program designed to help young people develop the interpersonal qualities that lead to a successful adult life. We also offer tutoring and school supplies. 5. Hearts to Hands - We help families during the major holidays to enjoy the season and each other by eliminating the worry of providing food and other holiday embellishments (toys during Christmas, turkey at Thanksgiving etc.) 6. Steps Home - we help families obtain their first home by connecting them local, state and federal programs and by teaching home ownership classes. 7. Family Fun Night - Each 4th friday we celebrate the family by hosting families from public housing in an evening of food, fun and friendships. We also provide Movie Night and Family Literacy Night.

Build it: Steps taken to create the project/org and the kind of impact made

We have created a grassroots organization by soliciting volunteers from all walks of life and creating an organization that seeks first to establish respectful relationships with people and them partner with them to overcome barriers they are facing that get in the way of their success.

Vital Stats

Started On:	Now	Ended On:	Always
People Involved:	Over 25 volunteers	People Impacted:	between 200 - 500 hundred total
Money Raised:	Last year was great...but so far this year we are under $3000!

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Vital Stats

Started On:	Aug 1 2008	Ended On:	on going
People Involved:	6	People Impacted:	?
Money Raised:	0

Believe it: Describe your project/org

Build it: Steps taken to create the project/org and the kind of impact made

Vital Stats

Started On:	6/22/2008	Ended On:	8/24/2008
People Involved:	Depending on how many children want to participate, the number of volunteers could be anywhere from 3-10	People Impacted:	All children and parents willing to participate within the community
Money Raised:	N/A

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Vital Stats

Started On:	May 2007	Ended On:	September 22, 2007
People Involved:	Planning core-8 people, anticipate 300 + walkers at Rally	People Impacted:	213,000 people per yr in US diagnosed with Lung Cancer
Money Raised:	so far $7,500

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Build it: Steps taken to create the project/org and the kind of impact made

Vital Stats

Started On:	07/19/2007	Ended On:	10/01/2007
People Involved:	30	People Impacted:	n/a
Money Raised:	$150