Project Report
| Sep 1, 2022
WE'RE COMING HOME!
By Resa OReilly | Executive Director
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Just 17 months ago I received a call that I will never forget. It was an offer to provide $25,000 plus six weeks of volunteer labor to start rehabilitating Project Promise’s uninhabitable building in downtown Christiansted. All we had to do was quickly raise enough money to replace the roof before the volunteers arrived.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Incredibly generous donors from the community came through. The roof was replaced…the volunteers did a tremendous amount of work…Home Depot contributed $22,000 worth of materials…we had two additional rounds of fundraising…and now, if all goes smoothly, we’ll be moving into our new home in September. Woo hoo!
Right now, however, our building is just a building. To turn this house into a home there many things—both big and small—that we’ll need. We’re talking furniture, lamps, dishes, school supplies and more. Therefore, we are asking for your continued support.
Best Regards,
Resa O'Reilly
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Apr 27, 2022
The Final Phase is Next...
By Resa O'Reilly | Executive Director
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Dear Donor,
Last year, when Project Promise was given the opportunity to start rehabbing our dilapidated 2,200 square foot building in downtown Christiansted, the response to our fundraising efforts was overwhelming. Thanks to generous donors like you, the exterior of our building is completed and much of the interior work has begun.
Once completed, this building will be so much more than “just” a home for Project Promise. In fact, we are already making plans for the many ways in which the building will enable us to expand our services beyond our flagship multi-year after-school program.
With your continued supprt, our Building Rehab Project will be completed by the end of September 2022!
Best Regards,
Resa O'Reilly
Executive Director
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Dec 28, 2021
What A Year!
By Resa O'Reilly | Executive Director
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Since Project Promise’s inception we’ve been operating out of borrowed facilities, as our building in downtown Christiansted was not habitable.
In April our world was turned upside down when the Humanitarian Experience for Youth surprised us with an offer to provide $25,000 of funding plus seven weeks of volunteer labor to start rehabbing our building. The catch: We had five weeks to raise $50,000 and get the roof replaced, so that the building would be safe for the volunteers to be in.
The community response was so strong that between cash and in-kind donations over $86,000 was raised! This summer seven groups, each with 19 volunteers, got an incredible amount of work done, and the work has been ongoing since then. Electrical and plumbing has begun... Lap siding and doors have arrived... Metal roofing has been installed... and our windows and gutter system are on it's way!
We anticipate the exterior of our building to be completed by the end of February and being able to move into our building, which will also serve as a community center, just in time for the 2022- 2023 School Year.
Best Regards,
Resa O'Reilly
Executive Director
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