Beaman Home's Basic Needs Center Moving to Winona Ave. Location
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jordan Fouts-
The campaign to renovate the shelter’s new facility on Parker Street has raised 70 percent of the $1.8 million needed, according to Director Tracie Hodson. She anticipates completing the fundraising sometime in the spring, meaning the clothing and home goods donation center temporarily housed there must be moved off-site for construction to begin.
The BNC will open to clients and donors at 1023 E. Winona Ave. around the middle of next month. The new location should offer plenty of space to accept and organize clothing, personal care items, household items and food, as well as space for Beaman clients to “shop” – at no charge, she said.
When setting up a new home, the families they serve often need small household items and emergency food supplies, Hodson said by email Friday. Clients can choose from casual clothes, work-appropriate clothes, outerwear, jewelry and other items.
If housed at the new facility, the BNC would have taken up about half of the planned Outreach Center, cutting into space for educational and children’s programs, she noted. So it made sense to house the center off-site in order to focus on Beaman’s main mission.
“The new facility will house Beaman’s most crucial programming – emergency shelter for victims fleeing their abusive situation; outreach and education for survivors who are trying to rebuild their lives after they’ve left their abuser; and programming for the children who enter our programs with their abused parents,” she said. “While important to Beaman’s ability to help stabilized victimized families, the BNC Program is an auxiliary program for us.”
To learn more about donating or volunteering to sort items, contact Tonya Coldren at 574-267-7701 or [email protected][[In-content Ad]]
The campaign to renovate the shelter’s new facility on Parker Street has raised 70 percent of the $1.8 million needed, according to Director Tracie Hodson. She anticipates completing the fundraising sometime in the spring, meaning the clothing and home goods donation center temporarily housed there must be moved off-site for construction to begin.
The BNC will open to clients and donors at 1023 E. Winona Ave. around the middle of next month. The new location should offer plenty of space to accept and organize clothing, personal care items, household items and food, as well as space for Beaman clients to “shop” – at no charge, she said.
When setting up a new home, the families they serve often need small household items and emergency food supplies, Hodson said by email Friday. Clients can choose from casual clothes, work-appropriate clothes, outerwear, jewelry and other items.
If housed at the new facility, the BNC would have taken up about half of the planned Outreach Center, cutting into space for educational and children’s programs, she noted. So it made sense to house the center off-site in order to focus on Beaman’s main mission.
“The new facility will house Beaman’s most crucial programming – emergency shelter for victims fleeing their abusive situation; outreach and education for survivors who are trying to rebuild their lives after they’ve left their abuser; and programming for the children who enter our programs with their abused parents,” she said. “While important to Beaman’s ability to help stabilized victimized families, the BNC Program is an auxiliary program for us.”
To learn more about donating or volunteering to sort items, contact Tonya Coldren at 574-267-7701 or [email protected][[In-content Ad]]
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