Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development (ACCORD) is a grant-funded community action agency, originally formed in 1972 as the Housing Action Corporation. It was established to fight poverty in Allegany County by a group of concerned citizens who recognized the need to improve housing conditions for low to moderate income individuals and families.
Today, ACCORD, due to its growth and expansion over the years, and because of rising needs in the community, now provides a multitude of different services.
The part of the organization that I would be working with is the Community Action Angels program. This program is devoted to providing hope to people experiencing any difficult circumstance. This program includes a holiday gift program for children, holiday food boxes, clothing/furniture collection and distribution, nursing home projects, services for the elderly, highway clean up, fundraisers, coat drives for children, disaster and emergency relief, transportation, financial assistance for medical co-pays, utilities and car repairs, purchasing of household goods, furniture and/or appliances, minor home repairs, baby and toddler clothing and/or supplies, and food drives for distribution.
My project was working with these Angels to host a stuffed animal drive to give to traumatized children for the book to buddy program. I had cardboard boxes in the SLC to collect the materials.
I advertised the event with posters, student announcement, poster on Pioneer Link and the cable channel, and created a Facebook event. The event was very successful and I donated three garbage bags of stuffed animals for the organization.
Allegany County Community Opportunities and Rural Development (ACCORD) is a grant-funded community action agency, originally formed in 1972 as the Housing Action Corporation. It was established to fight poverty in Allegany County by a group of concerned citizens who recognized the need to improve housing conditions for low to moderate income individuals and families.
Today, ACCORD, due to its growth and expansion over the years, and because of rising needs in the community, now provides a multitude of different services.
The part of the organization that I would be working with is the Community Action Angels program. This program is devoted to providing hope to people experiencing any difficult circumstance. This program includes a holiday gift program for children, holiday food boxes, clothing/furniture collection and distribution, nursing home projects, services for the elderly, highway clean up, fundraisers, coat drives for children, disaster and emergency relief, transportation, financial assistance for medical co-pays, utilities and car repairs, purchasing of household goods, furniture and/or appliances, minor home repairs, baby and toddler clothing and/or supplies, and food drives for distribution.
My project was working with these Angels to host a stuffed animal drive to give to traumatized children for the book to buddy program. I had cardboard boxes in the SLC to collect the materials.
I advertised the event with posters, student announcement, poster on Pioneer Link and the cable channel, and created a Facebook event. The event was very successful and I donated three garbage bags of stuffed animals for the organization.
