| Dear Colleagues and Supporters of Mission of Love Charities: In this holiday season of our 31st year, the Mission of Love Charities persists in its commitment to serve the neediest people of the community. Our mission has always been to serve homeless and low-income families and individuals, but with the severe impact of the COVID pandemic, the number of people who are coming to the Mission for assistance with food, rent, utilities, health and other basic needs has increased dramatically. The negative impact of the pandemic has been particularly extreme in Prince George’s County. Indeed, most months more than 1,000 people have received food assistance at the Mission. Most, if not all of these people are faced with food insecurity, and Mission of Love Charities seeks to provide them with food supplies that will help them during this difficult time. Additionally, many of the people who come to Mission of Love Charities for help are faced with the possibility of being evicted from their homes because they do not have money to pay the rent or the utilities. We have been able to help hundreds of families and individuals over the last year who simply didn’t have the money to pay the rent. A strategic priority for the future of Mission of Love Charities is developing its Workforce Development, Education and Job Training Program. Many of the people who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic may not ever get their jobs back. And providing them with the training to get back on their feet economically is perhaps the best long-term solution to their situation. The program provides training that includes how to address the causes of lack of interest and confidence in getting a job, basic computer skills, financial literacy, writing skills, goal setting and how to dress for success – as well as specific training to become a Certified Nurse Assistant or Geriatric Nurse Assistant, a Meetings Planner, or an OSHA Construction Inspector. The program also includes the Cisco Networking Academy, which teaches coding skills.
The demand for these training classes is high with a long waiting list for people who wish to sign up for the training. Most, if not all, of the graduates of these programs have gone on to secure full-time and part-time jobs. While all of these programs and services continue to contribute to the Mission, a major goal of the Mission is to raise the funds needed to renovate, rebuild and repurpose the abandoned school building across the street from its current facility. This building is the former Lyndon Hill Elementary School, which the Redevelopment Authority of Prince George’s County has leased to the Mission for $1/year. The renovation of the building is projected to cost about $4 million. The new building promises to provide larger, improved and better equipped space that can accommodate several new and expanded programs that serve the needs of homeless and low-income community. Raising money and finding the financial resources to support the completion of the new building is central to the operations of the Mission. We look to our friends, stakeholders and past and prospective donors to help us with this effort. We humbly ask you to think about the vital, important work of the Mission of Love Charities this holiday season when you sit down to write your year-end donations. Please be as generous as possible. And we promise that your contribution will be applied with the utmost care and scrupulous attention to responsible financial management. The return on your investment will be something we can all be proud of. Thanks to all of you for your support. Happy Holidays! Sincerely,
Deborah Martinez CEO
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