Urban Ministries of Durham connects with the community to end homelessness and fight poverty by offering food, shelter and a future to neighbors in need.
UMD welcomes all neighbors regardless of race, ethnicity, religious beliefs or non-faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
TONIGHT @ 7:30pm at First Presbyterian Church, Durham NC! All proceeds will benefit Urban Ministries of Durham. Singers of New and Ancient Music (SONAM) is a chorus committed to creating high-quality sacred and secular music and giving back to the community. The concert will feature music about turning sorrow into joy, including works by Byrd, Palestrina, Schütz, Rachmaninoff, and more. Thanks, Sonam Chorus! https://www.facebook.com/events/721797208986688/?active_tab=about
Join UMD for the 48th Annual CROP WALK this Sunday, April 10th! This year the Durham CROP Hunger Walk hopes to raise $180,000 for global hunger relief with Church World Service CWS. 25% of funds raised are donated to local agencies like UMD combatting food insecurity. Sign up to walk at the link below, and meet Team UMD at Duke University Chapel at 2pm. The first 20 registered walkers will receive a free t-shirt! Register here: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2022/team/urban-ministries-of-durham
Here's something to smile about: Our friends from the Rotary Club of Durham and Local Start Dental were here this morning passing out dental care bags and conducting screenings for UMD clients in need of dentures. Thanks to an $8,600 grant from the Rotarians, these clients will be eligible for free treatment at Local Start later this week!
No endorsement means more to UMD than those from people we've been able to help support. This week it came in the form of a $25 donation from a former client. It's such an honor to go into our financial database and update their address from residing at our shelter at 410 Liberty Street to their new place! This isn't the first time that former clients have returned to UMD to help their neighbors. When asked why they would give what little they have, the answer is always the same. "I'm living proof that UMD works. I know what homelessness is like, and I want to help end it for others. "
Thank you to Unscripted Durham for making our snowy weekend a safe one by providing a few rooms for our frontline workers to spend the night within walking distance to UMD. It kept staff off the icy roads and ready to serve our neighbors in need without disruption. Being fully staffed not only means keeping beds open and hot meals ready for distribution, but it allows greater flexibility to respond to needs as they arise. That meant opening our doors to a few extra community members for white flag night and allowing residents to stay indoors when it's below freezing. Thanks again, Unscripted! Your provision of shelter sure had a snowball effect!
"There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it... There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will." --MLK, Nobel Prize Lecture, 1964 These words spoken by Dr. King ring with a whole new weight almost 60 years later. The only difference is that today--there's even more we can do to combat poverty. UMD has been a refuge for our neighbors in need since 1983, but each year we learn how to be more strategic in our fight against poverty and homelessness. But one thing has never changed--YOU! Together we are able to fight poverty in our little neck of the woods because of your gifts of money, donations, and time. Make a difference today in honor of Dr. King by making a gift to UMD: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/UMDurham