Ecumenical Ministries assistance programs in Baldwin County.
Lower income and struggling families in Baldwin County Alabama can contact Ecumenical Ministries. The organization can help people with meeting their needs, including offering food, medications, home repairs, and Christmas assistance. Find how to get help from the faith based charity below.
Services from the Ecumenical Ministries charity organization can help low income individuals and families deal with a crisis situation. The organization has been operating in Baldwin County Alabama since the 1960s, and has helped thousands of families, individuals, seniors, and others. Staff and volunteers are committed to helping people who are faced with a crisis, and they will do what they can to assist low income families and others. A summary of their services and programs are below.
Get free meals, deliveries, holiday help and food
Disabled and elderly neighbors who are unable to prepare a hot nutritious meal on their own, people who are physically limited, and the homebound can turn to the Meals on Wheels program. Volunteers of Ecumenical Ministries provide this service, and they deliver free or low cost meals five day a week. Seniors will not only receive a meal, but the visitor will in effect be checking in on them and their health, and provide people with company.
The home delivered meal program only serves limited areas in the South Baldwin and the Eastern Shore communities. Food and meals are prepared at Westminster Village for the Daphne, Spanish Fort area of Alabama. The program also reaches to the areas of Foley as well as the Fairhope regions of Baldwin County. It relies on volunteers and donations from the community. For more information, or to volunteer, dial 251-928-3430. Or learn more on free delivery of food near you.
The organization does run free emergency food pantries in the region, and they are primarily stocked by local donations, churches, schools, charities, and individuals. Another option is EMI's Gleaning program, which adds fresh fruits and produce, baked items, perishable food, and more that is donated by restaurants, local farmers, and grocers.
Holiday assistance is offered from Christmas Sharing. This is a Baldwin County Alabama community outreach program that assists lower income families with Christmas gifts. The program really will focus on infants and children who are under 13 years of age, and who live in the agency‘s service area.
This program runs each and every year. It is an EMI effort to reach out to those children, families, disabled, and elderly in need during Thanksgiving and Christmas time. The program will do its best to provide specially requested food baskets, toys, and gifts to children and others. Contributions and donations are made by charities, individuals, churches, local businesses and other non-profit agencies through in Fairhope and Foley Alabama.
Ecumenical Ministries financial help, medications, and home repair services
Emergency aid and financial assistance may be offered, however it would be limited due to program constraints and funding. Many Baldwin County families need help paying utilities, food, housing and rent help, medical care, transportation and other services. Applications will be reviewed by Ecumenical Ministries volunteers and trained staff.
Prescription medication assistance is for the uninsured, senior citizens, and those with limited or poor health insurance plans. This vital program can provide medications at no cost to those who qualify. Dedicated volunteers and staff members help clients complete the necessary paperwork in filing for free prescription drugs. The staff from the charity can also help clients find a free government or private health insurance plan, or an affordable one. More on free health insurance in Alabama.
The EMI charity organization works and partners with participating pharmaceutical indigent care programs, local clinics and drug manufactures. An example of a partnership is the Ozanam Charitable Pharmacy in Mobile Alabama.
Home Repair programs offered by Ecumenical Ministries offer help for low to moderate income elderly and handicapped clients. They can apply for and look into assistance with addressing and completing basic home repairs, improvements, and safety updates. Many of the home repairs are often made by hardworking volunteers. Some examples of what has been done in the past includes wheelchair ramp construction, roofing, flooring, insulation, plumbing, as well as other safety improvements.
How to apply for financial assistance or free items from Ecumenical Ministries
An application process is in place for these programs, and in general your need for emergency assistance needs to be proven. Documentation required to determine eligibility includes, but is not limited to, proof of residency, Social Security cards, driver's license or some form of picture ID; a working telephone number; a Food Stamp Award letter or proof of total current household income.
There are two Ecumenical Ministries in Baldwin County. Eastern Shore Office (564 Fairhope Ave., Fairhope, Alabama. call 251-928-3430) serves the towns and cities of Montrose, Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Barnwell, Daphne, Malbis, Point Clear, Belforest. A second office is in the southern part of Baldwin County Alabama (102 W. Spruce Foley, AL 36535, dial 251-943-3445), and that location serves Bon Secour, Foley, Elberta, Lillian, and Magnolia Springs.
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