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Giving Tuesday

CEA JOINS WITH # GIVING TUESDAY 

This year, on Tuesday, November 28, 2017, CEA is participating in #GivingTuesday, an international day dedicated to giving. Everyone, anywhere, can participate!

Join in – right here in Catonsville – by donating to CEA.  Just click on the Donate button.  But it can be so much more! See below.

All funds raised on #GivingTuesday go to help our clients keep their utilities on

CEA’s goal:  raise $6000 on #GivingTuesday and during the following week. The CEA board will match the first $1800 received.  All funds raised will go to help our clients keep their utilities on.

CEA will be able to help clients who have received a utility turnoff notice or those whose utilities have been turned off and need help paying the bill.  This is so important in cold weather as not only are the lights and heat gone, but so is refrigeration and often the use of a stove on which to cook.

#Giving Tuesday harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.

You can be part of the action.

*Donate to CEA at http://catonsvillehelp.org/online-donation or click on the DONATE button above.  You can also use payroll giving to donate at work.  Payroll giving is becoming more and more popular at both companies and nonprofits.

*Ask others to help.  Ask friends and family members on social media or through email to donate and ask them to ask their friends.

*Share with others on social media the reasons why you’re giving and supporting CEA.  Post your personal reasons for giving on CEA’s Facebook page.  For example,  some of our donors have told us:

“At first I didn’t realize that people here need help,” but they do”,  so I’ve donated to CEA.

“Charity begins at home, and that’s why CEA is important to me.”

“Everybody knows someone who struggles, so you can make a difference by donating.”

“I give to CEA, because they help people here in Catonsville who need a hand.”

Post a selfie with a sign that says I gave on #GivingTuesday.  Be creative! Last year one donor posted a photo of their dog with a #GivingTuesday sign. And someone else made a short video.

*Donate time.  We’re happy to have you as a volunteer. Contact CEA at  http://catonsvillehelp.org/donating-time/.

Meet some of our clients.

Ray is a young man in his 30s.  Ray is a single father raising a young son. After an apartment fire, they lost everything.  Although he works full time, he was struggling to pay the bills as he dealt with the aftermath of the fire           and issues with the apartment management.  CEA helped him with his BGE bill enabling him to pay it in full.

Ray and his son have gotten a new apartment, and while they come to CEA for food assistance, they feel like things are getting back to normal.

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Emma has lived in Catonsville for 40 years. She lives with her elderly mother who is bedridden.  Taking care of her mother is now her full-time job.

Emma had been a bank manager for 27 years until she started having health issues of her own that made it impossible for her to continue working. She lost her job and got behind on her utility bills, which is a tremendous problem with a disabled, elderly mother to care for.

Emma said that CEA was the first place she turned when she needed help. She never had to ask anyone for help before. We helped her pay her back utility bill and then connected her with other useful services.

 

WHAT WE DO

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Catonsville Emergency Assistance serves greater Catonsville residents with emergency food, eviction prevention, and utility turn-off intervention. We rely on a generous community of donors. CEA operates frugally and uses donations responsibly to help our Catonsville neighbors in need.

• FOOD ASSISTANCE

Our current needs for food include: canned beans • canned vegetables • canned fruit • pasta sauce • pancake mix • pancake syrup • coffee • tea • sugar • cake mix • pudding • jello • dessert mixes • rice and pasta side dishes • jam/jelly • peanut butter

• WE URGENTLY NEED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS !!!!

Pancake Mixes • Muffin Mixes • Pasta Sides • Peanut Butter • Potato Sides • Mashed Potatoes • Rice Sides • Cake Mixes • Brownie Mixes • Frosting • Peanut Butter • Canned Chicken Soup • Snacks (cookies, crackers) • Canned Meats (Spam, corned beef, ham, salmon) • Pancake Syrup • Granola Bars • Canned Fruit • Canned Corn • Canned Meals (Chef Boyardee, Stews, Chili) • Tomato Products (especially diced tomatoes, tomato paste

• UTILITY CUT-OFF INTERVENTION

Energy costs can place a severe and continuing stress on a family’s budget, and sometimes, the BGE bill just can’t be paid. We provide utility turn-off assistance help to income-eligible residents within our service area. Last year we helped 22 families keep their utilities on. There are always more requests than we have funds to help. Donate now to help.

• EVICTION PREVENTION ASSISTANCE

Families facing immediate eviction because they are behind in paying their past due rent have a limited number of places to turn for help. We provide assistance to income-eligible residents within our service area. Last year we helped 36 families remain in their homes. The need is great for this short-term relief service. Donate now to help.

•Additional Donation Sites

*Narcissus Salon, 28 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville has graciously agreed to accept dry and canned food
donations for CEA. Their hours are: Monday 12 -8 p.m., Tuesday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Space is limited so a 1 or 2 bag donation is all they can accept.

*Hair-M Family Hair Care is also accepting can and dry goods donations during their business hours of 9 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Saturday. Please note that the salon at 1701 Edmondson Avenue is actually on Dutton Avenue (at Edmondson) next to Scittino’s. Because space in the salon is limited please keep donations to one or two bags.

*The Catonsville office of Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland (OACM) is our newest drop off site for your food donations. OACM is at 910 Frederick Road in Catonsville, and they will accept dry and canned food donations for CEA during their office hours Monday–Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Space is limited so a 1 or 2 bag donation is all they can accept.

*J. W. Trueth and Sons Meat Market. They are located at 328 Oella Ave.

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