Community Service
SOS has been committed in providing community service to homeless individuals and families, the elderly and children since 2001. In 2004 Sisters of Soul Book was recognized by the National Book Conference in Atlanta, GA for Outstanding Community Service. We had the opportunity to meet and mingle with renowned authors such as Walter Mosley, Terry McMillan and the late Bebe Moore Campbell.
Community Services Fact Sheet
& Adopted a family of 7 in Waldorf, Maryland, December 2006
This year we selected to sponsor a family residing in Waldorf, Maryland. This family is a single mother of 6 children from ages 18 to 4. In 2004 the mother was severely injured in a car accident causing one of her legs to be amputated. At the present moment she is having medical issues with the other leg. She has been unemployed since this time and is still waiting for approval of her disability benefits. She is humble in asking for any assistance but has relied heavily from financial help from various family members.
Items we provided: Christmas Dinner, household items, clothing, toys, family games, blankets, toiletries, socks, cleaning products, washing products, body soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and deodorant.
& Sponsored four homeless children to a trip to Hershey Park Amusement Park in Hershey, PA for the DC Coalition for the Homeless: Spring Road Family Apartments Program in July 2005. The Coalition for the Homeless provides shelter services to homeless families and single adult males in Washington, DC.
& Adopted 2 families in the Washington Metro area, November 2004 and December 2004.
§ One of the families is a family of five. The twenty-year old girl is raising her 4 brothers alone. Both parents are deceased. The father passed last December.
The second family has 5 children. The grandmother is raising her grandchildren, while caring for their disabled mother, wheel chair bound due to illness.
Items we provided: household items, toys, family games, blankets, toiletries, socks, pajamas, house slippers, cleaning products, washing products, body soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and deodorant.
& Donated a $20 Old Navy gift card to an independent living program for teenagers, December 2003
§ Catholic Charities Prince Georges Family Center
§ Independent Living Program
§ 6707 Marlboro Pike
§ Forestville, MD 20747
& Adopted a homeless shelter for single elderly adults, December 2003
§ Dwelling Place Shelter for Abused Elderly
§ 2812 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
§ Washington, DC 20020
· Provided toiletries, socks, house slippers, hats, gloves and scarves
& Held a book review with homeless women, February 2003
· Book discussed was “P.G. County” by Connie Briscoe
§ Catholic Charities: Dorothy Day Place
§ 251 N. Stonestreet Ave., Rockville, MD
o Purchased 8 books for 8 homeless women and held book discussion
& Adopted a Latino family for Thanksgiving, November 2002
· Catholic Charities Montgomery County Family Center
§ 11160 Veirs Mill Rd., Suite 700, Wheaton, MD
· Provided a nutritious food basket
& Adopted a homeless single-parent family for Christmas, December 2001
· Spring Road Transition Family Shelter
§ Spring Road, NW, Washington, DC
· Provided clothing, books, and house hold items
& Book drive for a homeless family shelter, June 2001
§ Volunteer of America: Shepard’s Cove Shelter St. Pleasant, MD
§ Sponsors: Barnes and Nobles Book Store, Rockville, MD
§ Catholic Charities: Montgomery County & Southern Management Realtors
§ Provided books, educational videos, held reading story time