On Friday, December 11, 2009, the Housing Program of Skagit County Community Action Agency hosted a Christmas party at Crossroads Covenant Church on Pease Road in Burlington for its clients and their families.Activities at the party included a pot luck turkey dinner, a raffle for the adults, a giveaway of the knitted hats donated by Mount Vernon Manor House residents and crafts for the children, who also were able to choose one gift from a box of donated toys, as well as a Christmas story reading for the youngest.
In the past 12 months, the Housing Program has helped provide emergency shelter to 178 people in sixty one families and nearly 100% of those families have moved on to permanent housing. The Transitional Housing Program worked with over 58 families and the Housing Program has been working hard to establish Skagit Housing Connections. This “One Stop” homeless service center has offered housing assistance and case management to more than 500 individuals since January of 2009.
Donations from the public have provided clothes, food, transportation, even a full week of summer camp to 15 children, as well as helped to stock the new William J. Shuler Family Development Center. Thank you for your support!
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