* 242 different households for housing counseling and
case management
* 187 different households for housing search assistance
* 109 different households for financial assistance
* 35 adult learners, 13 of these graduated with their GED's
* 40 single homeless adults in transitional shelter
* 46 families in permanent affordable housing
* 5 men in permanent supportive housing
Welcome to Construct, Inc. a non-profit organization based in Great Barrington, MA, committed to providing housing for those in need.
THIS YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WALK!
The date is Sunday, October 19th. The start point is Ski Butternut on Route 23, and ending at Construct Inc., located at 41 Mahaiwe Street in downtown Great Barrington. Registration will be at 12:00, with the WALK starting at 1:00.
For those of you interested in a longer, more physically challenging WALK, please contact us about the 20K Challenge Walk. A "Getting in Shape" program plan is available for long walkers.
Our fund raising goal this year is $60,000, doubled from last year, because the expected need for assistance has doubled with the rising food and energy costs. The number of people, especially the elderly and disabled on fixed incomes, who will need our support is rapidly swelling.
This year we are seeking out teams to join in the WALK. We are asking individuals to head up a teams, enlisting 19 friends and associates to make up teams of 20. Each team member then asks 10 people to contribute $20 or 20 people to contribute $10. All teams are invited to join in the WALK with hundreds of others on Sunday October 19. Teams may make a sign, wear matching hats, give themselves a name, or simply travel anonymously.
"It only takes two or three friends to notice that they're concerned about the same thing - and then the world begins to change" Margaret Wheatly, Turning to One Another.
With the community coming together we as a group of friends - a very large group of friends - can bear witness to our neighbors' struggles. We can, then, realize how we have all played a significantl part in changing someone's world, as well as our own.
Please join us and help make a difference in someone's life.
WALK
SUNDAY OCTOBER 19, 2008
Our
Mission:
To provide comprehensive housing support and educational services to persons
of low to moderate income or who are homeless in the southern Berkshire region.
"This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer."
To file a complaint of discrimination write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20250-9415 or call (800)795-3272 (voice) or (202)720-6382 (TDD)
