About Meeting Ground
Since 1981, Meeting Ground has provided a faith-based response to the epidemic of wasted human life caused by homelessness in Maryland and Delaware.
Individuals and families experiencing homelessness will find a temporary "safe haven" where they can regroup and put their lives in order with the help and support of a caring community which is rooted in Christian values.
Our work includes:
- Emergency and transitional housing programs for families and single adults
- Shelter diversion, rapid re-housing, long term permanent supportive housing
- Serving meals and emergency food
- Helping individuals and families transition from being homeless
- Providing education, advocacy, and resources
- Youth volunteer mission groups
Locations:
Earleville, MD
- Clairvaux Farm
Elkton, MD
- Wayfarers' House
- Settlement House
- George Porter House
- Mary Randall Center
- Rotating Winter Shelter
Our Accomplishments
Each year we publish an annual report that summarizes our accomplishments and activities for the previous year. Download the 2010 Annual Report
Some of our accomplishments for 2010:
- Over 135 individuals received hospitality, food, group activities, opportunities to nurture connections with God, and case management through the services of the Mary Randall Center
- Provided nearly 30,000 bed nights of service to persons experiencing homelessness
- Distributed food from food closets to nearly 2000 people in 700 households.
- Hosted over 200 people who came to Meeting Ground as part of mission groups from churches or schools.
Our Partnerships
Meeting Ground community has taken significant leadership in helping to gather partnerships to begin new programs.
We work with individuals from churches and faith communities of many denominations. Among these partnerships are:
- Friendship House
- BorderLinks
- Elkton Community Kitchen
Mission Statement
We, the community of Meeting Ground, are a people of faith, hope and love. Our mission is to help meet basic human needs and to address the root problems that perpetuate the cycle of poverty and homelessness. We bring together homeless and non-homeless persons in a context of shared life and work by providing hospitality, shelter, food and education. We strive to live with compassion, respect, affirmation and advocacy. In the light of the loving community of God's grace, we invite all to participate fully regardless of needs, differences or gifts. At Meeting Ground, in humility, 'we all sit at the same table' in ministry one to another, each seeking to discover one's own identity.
Board of Directors
- Cathy Skelley, President, Newark, DE
- Susan Weissinger, Secretary, Wilmington, DE
- Rev. Tom Stout, Chair of Endowment Committee, Wilmington, DE
- Michael Foster, Elkton, MD
- Terri Lokey, Elkton, MD
- Edgar Oceanic, Earleville, MD
- Rev. Ellen Baxter, Elkton, MD
- Mark Olson, Esq., Vice President, Wilmington, DE
- Dan Dombroski, Wilmington, DE
- Laurie Smith, Middletown, DE
- Ralph Lewis, Wilmington, DE
- Ellen Wheatley, Lewes, DE