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On October 26, AmeriCorps members from the Spokane Service Team partnered with Center Pointe for a day of service to commemorate Make a Difference Day!

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On October 26, AmeriCorps members from the Spokane Service Team partnered with Center Pointe for a day of service to commemorate Make a Difference Day!

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Center Pointe

Center Pointe offers a Day Program for adults with disabilities. They provide services such as: reading, writing, math, social studies, painting, ceramics, woodshop, computers, & arts and crafts.

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Who we Served?

AmeriCorps members served both staff, participants of Center Pointe and customers of the Estate Sale.

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3 rooms were organized and cleaned

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2 classrooms were made more functional

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1 consignment shop was rearranged and cleaned

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Before and After

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What is your team's plan for an ongoing relationship with the nonprofit?

Currently, two AmeriCorps members are volunteering at Center Pointe a couple times a week as they pursue careers

in the healthcare field through the YouthBuild program.

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What would your nonprofit do if they won part of the prize money?

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We have served the Spokane Community for 57 years and are working diligently to make sure Center Pointe is around for many more years to come. Given the rough economic situation over the past several years we have slowly lost financial support from our community. In addition our clientele has also been impacted with increased financial burdens. At Center Pointe we rely solely on the generosity of our community, a small amount of client revenue, and the Estate Sale to support the operations & services that we provide. We are a United Way agency receiving some support through that avenue as well. We receive no state or federal funding to support our program. Given the decrease in financial support over the past several years we have found ourselves in need of assistance with our facility.

 

A few facility maintenance issues have recently developed and need our immediate attention. One of the furnaces stopped working over the summer and we do not have access to the funds needed to fix it. This furnace covers a major portion of our building. With the winter months among us we are using electric heaters to warm approximately 6,000 square feet. This is also contributing to an increased financial burden with higher energy bills.

We have an elevator that runs from the main floor down to the basement that has been out of order for several years. It is an inexpensive fix but one that we do not have extra funding to allocate to. Our Estate Sale, which contributes financial support to the day program, is located in the basement. This is an area that we would like to expand our day program to include job skill training among other areas of education for our participants.

 

The roof is in need of few minor repairs. The most significant issue with the roof is a leak that occurs over our entry way during extreme rainy weather and after snow fall accumulation. We have an additional leak that occurs within an emergency exit doorway and has created a significant mold issue that needs to be resolved.

The ceramics program is also in need of attention, the kilns need to be surrounded with firewalls to ensure proper safety for our clients and staff. The ceramics program is an area that we would like to expand to the public. Opening up the room to evening classes would bring in an additional source of revenue to support the day program. We unfortunately are not able to develop the evening program until we are set up properly.

 

Center Pointe provides a lunch program to our clientele. It is becoming significantly more challenging given the equipment breakdown within our kitchen. Our appliances need to be updated. We have two stoves that do not work and one that is extremely slow to heat water and cooks okay when temperatures are set above 500 degrees. Our main refrigerator just became temperamental and will only work when the cord is located in a specific area and even then does not perform with accuracy.

The final area that we would love to invest in but would require additional funding is a roof top garden. Gardening is very therapeutic and will offer additional skills and educational opportunities for our clients. Not only will this provide another education avenue for the program but we will also use the harvested ingredients within our lunch program.

We provide a very unique program at Center Pointe and have been faced with several extreme hurdles over the past couple of years. The hurdles coupled with a poor economic environment have placed severe financial burdens on our organization. We would love to use the generosity of this program to help us overcome some of our obstacles.

-Carol Weems

Board President acting as Interim Executive Director

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Thank you for your Consideration!