Our flagship program provided room and board at a reasonable rate to mission groups, youth groups, and other volunteers coming to Jacksonville to do community service work.

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UME consisted of dorms that slept 42 people. Space includes bathrooms, showers, a shared kitchen, laundry, and even wi-fi.

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Unfortunately, groups are no longer traveling on mission trips because of the pandemic and there is not enough space to safely social distance properly.

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Time to rethink. We repurposed 3 big rooms with 22 bunks to 3 big rooms for individual or coupled occupants. We turned the dorm rooms into mini-apartments, each one private to the others with personal entries.

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AmeriCorps members and traveling healthcare workers have already taken advantage of the new arrangement.

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It is safe. It works. It helps.

 

Program-specific needs are cleaning products and linens. You can donate to this program by clicking here.