I recently made a promotional video for the Old Town Mission in Cottonwood, Arizona. I was really happy to have a chance to make this video for them. They are doing a lot of good work for the local community. One of the things I like most about them is that all donations stay in the local community unlike other charities where your donations leave the community and get redistributed.
Here are some other things I found:
In the last year clientele (those receiving services) has tripled. Those currently receiving services tend to be working families. Of course the elderly has been severely affected. Shockingly, a large number of recipients are families living in their vehicles. Single and dual parents families are roughly equally represented. The average family size contains three children.To help put this in perspective, last year they had 20 regulars for the lunch time program and this year they now have 70.
They currently distribute seven tons of food and eight tons of clothing each month.Tents and sleeping bags are in extremely high demand.
I was intrigued that one of the last things people give up before going homeless is their pets. People tend to give up tv, phone, etc before their pets.
This year, 900 kids received back to school help. That equated to 35% of the Cottonwood/Oak Creek school district.
The Old Town Mission is currently implementing programs to help people transition to self sufficiency. One of the ways they help is by providing people with free haircuts and showers.
Currently, the Old Town Mission has 250 regular volunteers donating 27,000 volunteer hours. With the addition of the new Thrift Store those hours are expected to double.
You can see the video I produced by clicking here.
Here is the YouTube version:
Be sure to visit the Old Town Mission at the following address:
The Old Town Mission
116 East Pinal Street
Cottonwood, Arizona 86326
Phone: (928) 634-7869
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