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A PLEA FOR SURVIVAL

TO ALL NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINTED MEDIA or to www.IDEALIST.org

December 29, 2011

Please keep Mission of Love Charities in your prayers during this holiday season.  A 20 year old non-profit, critical to the needs of Prince George’s County and neighboring poverty stricken communities, will soon close due to a lack of funding.  We need ideas on how to procure funding to keep it open.  While the need for our services goes up, funding levels have gone down.  Moreover, Mission of Love Charities is the only non-profit in the area with the capacity to offer the services we provide to the poorest-of-the-poor at no cost. That’s one reason we have such a large volume of donors from around the state and the region.  However, individual donations are not sufficient to fund our operations and critical services, so we are reaching out for help.

Can you assist?  Can you, or do you know  of an organization/individual who can donate 1.2 million dollars or provide an endowment to help our organization stay open for one more year, and then help us develop a long-term funding strategy that will remove the constant threat of lay-offs and/or closure?

Mission of Love Charities, an organization with a rich history and a strong track record of helping people and changing lives, was established in 1990 and officially opened its doors in 1991. Mission of Love Charities, Inc. (MOLC) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, multi-faceted health and human services organization.  MOLC is dedicated to meeting the immediate, basic human needs of the underprivileged and impoverished throughout the region by providing free programs and services designed to provide them with both short-term and long-term stability.  MOLC is committed to equipping individuals and families with the tools needed to survive and to grow, by providing services such as Life Skills and Work Readiness training, Youth Development and more.

Based in Prince George's County, Maryland, near the dividing line between DC and Maryland, approximately 70% of all clients come from Maryland, 25% from the District of Columbia and 5% from Northern Virginia.  More than 90% of our funds are from Maryland in spite of 30% of our clients coming from neighboring jurisdictions.  We do not turn anyone away who qualifies under Housing Urban Development income guidelines. As of June 30, 2011, MOLC had provided critically needed services to more than 306,743 underprivileged and impoverished individuals and families throughout the Washington metropolitan region.  In a single year, MOLC assists an average of 6,000 first-time clients and 4,000 repeat clients, who receive over 17,000 units of service.  Most clients are adults ranging in age from 18 to 50 who live in, or are homeless in, the Washington metropolitan region and who support themselves and their families with an income of under $22,000 per year.  Many are women with children who are unsupported and are transitioning from welfare to work.  A diverse range of organizations supports us and 83% of funds go directly to service our clients, helping them become more responsible and involved citizens.  We are true to our motto – we are “Helping People, Changing Lives.”

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