Edinburg United Church Sponsors Freedom Run 5

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Edinburg United Church is sponsoring Freedom Run 5 on Memorial Day, May 26, 2014. This event is supporting Freedom House in Kent with all proceeds designated toward helping to end veteran homelessness. T-shirts are available for the first 100 entrants and all entrants are invited to the Carl Wadsworth Memorial Day Breakfast afterward between 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Download the full registration form here:

Freedom House

About Freedom House

Freedom House, located on Anita Dr. in Kent, is working with many orgainizations across the country to meet the 2015 goal to end veteran homelessness.

The Freedom House program was established in 2004 by Family & Community Services, Inc. and is a fourteen bed, transitional housing facility funded through the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Grant and Per Diem Program.

Freedom House Kent

The facility is staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Program participants and staff work cooperatively to develop a plan to end the veteran’s homelessness. The facility holds open weekly Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and has a chemical dependency counseling assistant on-site.

Shelter residents meet regularly with a staff member to achieve goals such as housing, income, job training, education, counseling, financial planning and more.

A 24 hour support line is open to admit new residents and provide a supportive environment to the homeless veterans staying at the shelter.

The VA provides a liaison to work with staff and participants in order to ensure the veteran is receiving the best care possible. Participants are given basic work details to keep the building clean. During its first two years of operation, the Department of Veteran Affairs reported the facility successfully provided housing for over 75% of the veterans who exited.

Volunteer!

If you would like to volunteer with Freedom House, there is a volunteer training the second Saturday of every month at Valor Home. Please call (330)773-7000 to register.

Freedom House Kent
1213 Anita Drive
Kent, OH 44240

(330) 673-0705

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