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Visitors and vendors must adhere to all social distancing and COVID-19 requirements, including wearing a face covering. | Questions? Emailedeninfo@EDENcle.organd we will respond.
Housing is Our Foundation
EDEN Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Housing Solutions
On September 11th, EDEN celebrated its 30th anniversary with a Garden Party celebration. Nearly 300 supporters, community leaders, nonprofit professionals, and stakeholders attended to mark this achievement. We ate great food, competed for prizes, spent time with one another, and most importantly, we celebrated EDEN and its essential service to our community. What an invigorating and memorable evening!
At the event, we premiered our new video featuring our staff, a board member, landlord, and our tenants. We believe the message is clear: a safe, secure place to call home allows people to stabilize themselves, improve their health and well-being, participate in society, and work on their personal aspirations. Please watch it at www.EDENcle.org/video and let us know what you think about our hopes for the future!
We are especially grateful to our sponsors and donors. Please visit our event page for the list and to view their ads. If you wish to receive a copy of the program booklet, please send an email.
Thank you for your time, your treasures, and talents. Thank you for believing that a safe home builds stability and hope. Thank you for your faith in EDEN.
We look forward to working with you to meeting the challenges and opportunities of the next 30 years!
Sincerely,
Elaine Gimmel
Executive Director
Our Shared Priority: End Homelessness for Young Adults
Data confirms that homelessness is a condition that impacts people of color and other minorities a a much higher rate than their representation in the population. Working towards racial equity is an essential part of the mission and values of EDEN and our organization strives to promote racial equity, both among staff and among those we serve.
Along with our partners, YWCA of Greater Cleveland and FrontLine Service (FLS), we have been developing strategies to understand and address inequities that exist in our work. Our shared goal is to reduce the over-representation of young adults of color in the homeless system and end their homelessness by the end of 2021. We invite you to assist us in this worthy goal.
KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE
COVID-19 Update
At EDEN, we're continually monitoring developing news of the spread of COVID-19, so that we can make necessary adjustments to our activities. Our top priority is the health and safety of our clients, staff, and partners.
While appointments are encouraged, vendors and visitors will be permitted at HQ or any EDEN site. Please call our main line 216-961-9690 for scheduling. If there is no answer, please leave a message and we will respond as quickly as possible.
Visitors are required to follow standard protective protocols: wear a mask, engage in social distancing, and wash hands frequently.
Click here for more information about how EDEN is responding to the pandemic and how you can keep you and your family safe and healthy.
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Annual Highlights:
2020 by the Numbers
- During 2020, 4,522 households were served by EDEN, representing the highest total in EDEN's history.
- Despite the challenges presented due to COVID-19, our staff fielded an average of 2,500 calls per week.
- Close to 1,000 women were provided with emergency shelter at Norma Herr Women's Center.
- EDEN opened Harper's Pointe in October, its 12th Permanent Supportive Housing building serving the chronically homeless. The building contains 71 one-bedroom apartments, including eight ADA handicap accessible units and two units with accessible features for residents with hearing and vision impairments, in the Brooklyn Centre Neighborhood.
- The agency provided 967 households with Rapid-Rehousing throughout the year.
- Our Information Systems Department equipped 100 new users for remote working and deployed 70 total new workstations (a 400% increase over normal years).
- EDEN provided nearly 900 households with Homeless Prevention emergency support during 2020.
A Letter from EDEN's Executive Director
Dear Friends of EDEN:
I hope this finds you well during this incredibly difficult time.
As I reflect upon the year in order to draft this annual message, January of 2020 seems like a lifetime ago.
Beginning in March, EDEN's daily operations underwent a whirlwind of change, from workplace locations, to staff responsibilities, to COVID protocols, to methods of service delivery, but through it all, our staff has risen to each challenge with ingenuity, resilience, fortitude, and unwavering dedication to EDEN's mission, and for that I am deeply grateful. These unprecedented times have required adaptability and flexibility from each and every member of the EDEN team, and I am beyond proud to work with so many incredible people, and tremendously thankful for their willingness to take everything in stride. EDEN staff have truly been unsung heroes in our region's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Throughout the year, we have been and will continue making diligent, informed decisions around COVID-19, maintaining constant contact with our participants, community partners, and funders in the process.
Sudden changes in our society due to the global pandemic have made many more people vulnerable than ever before. Amid an unprecedented public health and economic crisis, EDEN has increased the housing options and related supports for Cuyahoga County's at-risk populations, and we have delivered these vital services to the greatest number of households in the history of our agency. Like health care workers, first responders, grocery workers, and more, EDEN staff are essential workers during COVID-19 and beyond. Housing is always essential.
But while EDEN has stepped up to address a massive surge in demand for safety net services, meeting this challenge has resulted in unexpected costs and revenue reduction. For example, we could not celebrate the critically-important work we do with you at our Annual Event, this year, which raises vital operating support for our programs and services.
Your support of this year's Annual Fund Appeal will enable us to continue to maintain and innovate our operations, and buffer against some of the most serious health, economic, and social consequences of the pandemic for our community through the foundational provision of a place to call home for our neighbors in need.
As EDEN embarks upon its 30th Anniversary Year, I can affirm that EDEN is uniquely prepared to help our community navigate through both the immediate response to COVID-19 and the long-term rebuilding process that will follow.
While we may not know the depth of the challenges in front of us, I know that we are at our best when working together. We would be honored and grateful to partner with you in the essential work of providing housing—and achieving a healthier, stronger, and more equitable community for all.
Please accept my wishes for a peaceful and healthy season, and brighter days in 2021, for you and your loved ones.
Sincerely,
Elaine Gimmel
Executive Director
EDEN's mission is to provide housing solutions to people facing the challenges of housing insecurities and homelessness.
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