EUMA

Goal: $25,000.00

Specific Need

EUMA took ownership of a 10 unit building and a single family detached home in Meadville, Crawford County, PA in October of 2023. All units are dedicated for use by Crawford County neighbors who are, or who have experienced a housing crisis. It is a momentous occasion - one that is the core of EUMA's mission. In partnership with CHAPS, EUMA will be helping provide permenant and affordable housing options for our most vulnerable neighbors in Crawford County. To do so, these properties require maintenance to truly create a welcoming space. We ask that you help support our move to Crawford county by giving to EUMA on Crawford Gives!

Mission

Erie United Methodist Alliance is ending homelessness in Northwest Pennsylvania by making it rare, brief and one-time, as Jesus would.

Profile

EUMA (Erie United Methodist Alliance) ends homelessness in Northwest Pennsylvania by making it rare, brief and one-time as Jesus would. We accomplish this by providing those in our community who are homeless and in need with safe shelter, basic necessities, and faithful support as they work toward achieving their greatest potential. EUMA recently acquired two properites with 11 units total in Meadville, PA. These units are now dedicated to your neighbors facing homelessness in Crawford County.

Our homeless neighbors in Meadville and throughout Crawford County, deserve a safe and affordable place to shelter and call home! Every child, Veteran, youth aging out of foster care, family with children—every single person deserves a home. That’s why we need your help!

Month’s after acquiring two buildings in Meadville, EUMA’s 10-unit apartment building, South Main Place, suffered a sprinkler system break. High pressured water sprayed water throughout the newly renovated first floor. Upon arrival, water flowed through the front door of one of the guest’s apartments and down the stairs like a waterfall. All first floor dry wall, flooring, furniture, security camera system and homeless guest’s belongings
were damaged or destroyed. While EUMA has insurance, uncovered costs are mounting and are projected to reach $25,000.

What EUMA RAISES in Crawford County, STAYS in Crawford County! Your gift on Crawford Gives Day will end homelessness by making it rare, brief, and one-time, just as Jesus would, right here in Crawford County!

You have supported your EUMA’s The Refuge. Last night 10 private shelter rooms were full with single Moms and single Dads all, working to get on a pathway to permanent housing.

You have supported your EUMA’s Liberty House for homeless Veteran men. Last night ten men, who first served us, now are getting the help they need to enter recovery, battle their mental illness and secure a permanent home of their own.

You have supported your EUMA’s Our Neighbors’ Place seasonal overflow shelter—Erie County’s shelter of last resort. Last season, youth, 18-24 and adults 65 years of age and older increased by double digits. You kept them safe and helped ten of them move into permanent housing.

You have supported your EUMA’s Rainbow Connection Thrift Store voucher program that gave away over $55,000 in items our neighbors needed including the coats, hats, shoes, work/school clothes, small appliances, furniture and other household items, free of charge to those in need.

TODAY, we seek your support to end homelessness, through your EUMA, right here in Crawford County, by providing both temporary and permanent housing for our homeless neighbors in greatest need.

From all of us at EUMA, thank you. By the way you pray, give and engage, together, we really are ending homelessness, in Erie and now Crawford Counties!