Repairers Lexington
You shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to live in. Isaiah 58:12
Repairers Lexington, formerly known as Repairers of the Breach, Inc., serves as a fiscal agent and governing body for two local grassroots nonprofit programs: Faith Pharmacy and the East Seventh Street Youth Program. As such, the agency's mission statement is a combination of its two programs: to combat the negative effects of poverty by providing direct social services and opportunity for substantial and lasting improvement in client quality of life.
Repairers Lexington, a local grassroots 501c3, was established in 1994 by a group of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church (MSPC) members originally in an effort to combat homelessness and substandard housing in Lexington, KY. In Oct. 1999, the Maxwell Street Legal Clinic (MSLC) was established and in July 2000, Faith Pharmacy was established, both as programs of Repairers. The E. 7th St. Youth Program was established by MSPC in Feb. 1999 and added as a program of Repairers Lexington in 2006.
As of Jan. 1, 2008, Repairers Lexington transfered oversight of MSLC to the Office of Kentucky Legal Service Programs, the nongovernmental coordinating agency for state and federally-funded legal services in Kentucky for low-income clients. Repairers Lexington was honored to establish and oversee MSLC, a trusted legal service provider for thousands of low-income newcomers from more than 80 countries for over eight years.
Faith Pharmacy is the only state licensed pharmacy of its kind. They have distributed over $1,300,000 in free medications to uninsured clients and help clients apply for long term assistance programs through drug companies.
Beginning with a partnership with God's Pantry Food Bank in Feb. 1999, the first Kids Café site in Lexington-Fayette County was established at the E 7th St. Center and has since provided over 26,000 meals to youth at risk for hunger. The Robert Kolpek Computer Lab was established at the Center in 2001. From 2001 to 2004, the Center housed a clothing bank in partnership with the Catholic Action Center. In 2004, a needs and assets survey of census tract 3 was conducted. Subsequently, the Center was expanded to reflect the identified needs of community residents to include tutoring, educational activities, field trips, a job training program, and social service referrals. In the summer of 2005, the Center employed 12 area youth, using funds from Partners for Youth Foundation. Currently, the Center employs 3 area residents as part of the job training program.
 Repairers Lexington is a new provisional member agency of the United Way of the Bluegrass.
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