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Date of the Event: Oct 23
Date of the Event: Oct 23
What's the gist?
What's the gist?
The Grace Welcome Center needed a lot of donations to keep up the place and they updated their website so people can donate online. The Grace Welcome Center didn't let COVID-19 close down their business like the other businesses.
The Grace Welcome Center needed a lot of donations to keep up the place and they updated their website so people can donate online. The Grace Welcome Center didn't let COVID-19 close down their business like the other businesses.
Volunteers excited to serve the guest in any way they can.
Drive up service is one way to get food to the community.
Checking the bags to make sure there's food. The volunteers are getting the food from downstairs and bringing the food outside to serve to the people who are walking up.
What are the details?
What are the details?
The pandemic was really hard on the Grace Welcome Center because 140 people came to the Grace Welcome Center for food and supplies due to a lot of people losing their jobs from the pandemic and not being able to buy food.
The people lost their jobs and a lot more people were going to the Grace Welcome Center because of the pandemic.
The Grace Welcome Center continues to tell their story on their Facebook page and on their website. The Grace Welcome Center hope that more people from their community use their donation page.
The Grace Welcome Center updated their page so they can get more donations. they posted their problems on Facebook and their website which led to receiving more donations from people.
The Grace Welcome Center was looking forward to purchasing a cargo van so it would be easier to get the food that was donated to them.
It would be better using a cargo van to help get the donated food more easily. The cargo van will hold more food. If they had this van then they wouldn't have to make as many trips to pick up the food and it would get to the Grace Welcome Center faster.
Their food pantry quickly surged to 40 families to 140 families. The number of families went up because of the people losing their jobs from the pandemic.
The families lost their jobs. The Grace Welcome Center served more families. The families didn't have enough money to buy food and they barely made paying their rent each month. The parents didn't want to see their kids go hungry, so they went to the Grace Welcome Center to get food.
The Grace Welcome Center had to deliver everything outside but they wished that they would welcome the people inside again.
The Grace Welcome Center wanted to welcome the people inside again and didn't want to have to deliver outside. The Grace Welcome Center didn't want the people to stand in the cold or hot weather.
Who was involved? How were they were involved?
Who was involved? How were they were involved?
Pastor Barker : Pastor Barker was the one that kept the center up and didn't close it like the other business. He wanted to help the people that were losing their jobs and the people that were homeless.
Pastor Barker : Pastor Barker was the one that kept the center up and didn't close it like the other business. He wanted to help the people that were losing their jobs and the people that were homeless.
Denise Russel: Denise Russel helped a lot when COVID-19 started. She coordinated the new system in response to the pandemic which is providing over 150 families food each week.
Why is this event/moment important to the Uptown Community and greater Kenosha?
Why is this event/moment important to the Uptown Community and greater Kenosha?
This moment was very important because it's when COVID-19 started and it was hard for a lot of people. A lot of businesses were shutting down but the Grace Welcome Center did not close. They wanted to help the people that were losing their jobs, homeless and more. This is important to the community because the Grace Welcome Center was helping the people in the community that were struggling.`
This moment was very important because it's when COVID-19 started and it was hard for a lot of people. A lot of businesses were shutting down but the Grace Welcome Center did not close. They wanted to help the people that were losing their jobs, homeless and more. This is important to the community because the Grace Welcome Center was helping the people in the community that were struggling.`
Sources:
Sources:
Non profits_ Grace Welcome Center provides a warm welcome _ Local News _ kenoshanews.com.pdfNon profits: Grace Welcome Center provides a warm welcome
(Kenosha News Oct. 23rd 2020)
(Kenosha News Oct. 23rd 2020)
Interview with Rev. Jonathan Barker
(Kenosha Community Media July 10th 2020)
(Kenosha Community Media July 10th 2020)
Author of Web Page
Author of Web Page
Jaquelyne Ibanez-Anderson 7th Grader at Harborside Academy (May 2022)
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