Passage Home had a productive year. Here are some of our highlights.
Safety Club
Bragg St. refurbishment
Before and after of refurbished client housing.
Annual Book Bag Drive
We handed out close to 300 book bags filled with school supplies.
Halloween
2nd Saturday
The 2nd Saturday of each month is our volunteer day.
Share Your Blessings Turkey Drive
Annual Angel Tree
Passage Home provided gifts and a holiday meal for more than 200 needy families. Kids from our youth program also created a thank you poster for Bayer’s contribution.
Youth & Afterschool Program
We saw long time programs members graduate High School while other program participants increased in reading skills and letter grades. The afterschool program has also recieved priceless support from people such as Jackie Joyner Kersee.
Our award winning Agricultural Specialist, Lester Clay
(2nd from left) Board Chair Alfred Leach, Agriculture Specialist Lester Clay, and CEO Jeanne Tedrow accept award from Coastal Federal.
Alpha Garden
Our Alpha Garden shared a 33K award from Coastal Federal, provides jobs to local residents and produces 75lbs of kale in 30 days to further our Social Enterprise.
Easter Celebration
Face painting, an easter egg hunt and fun with the Easter Bunny.
Fish Fry
We served over 300 plates and reached our $5,000 goal.
Our very own Jeanne Tedrow
Triangel Business Journal: Women in Business Awards
Our Founder and CEO was one of 25 local business women honored by Triangle Business Journal.
The completed mural at 500 Hoke St.
1st Annual South Park Festival
Drummers, singers, face painting, food, a live mural, healthy eating demonstrations, fellowship and community. We had a great turnout and fun was had by all!
Jobs for Life graduation
12 Program participants graduated in the accelerated small business course that taught resume writing, interviewing skills and time and resource management.