Your Opportunity to Address the Root Causes of Poverty and End Homelessness
We invite the support of friends, both faithful and new, to give a gift to Meeting Ground's Annual Fund in support of our work.
Our desire to end homelessness and poverty is inherent in our mission, but we must constantly seek the support of loyal partners and friends. We use hundreds of volunteers and a large amount of in-kind donated goods and services to accomplish our work. This means that every dollar given is multiplied 3 times in the help it offers to homeless families in our community.
The Crisis
The crisis of homelessness and the poverty gap is growing in our country and in our community; it is a growing epidemic of wasted human life.
Our Mission
Meeting Ground addresses the root problems that perpetuate the cycle of poverty and homelessness. We bring homeless and non-homeless persons together in the context of shared life by providing hospitality, shelter, food, and education.
Our Success
For almost 30 years, Meeting Ground has developed a model faith-based approach to effectively change and restore the lives of people experiencing homelessness and disempowerment.
- 83% of people leave our residential shelter programs and are successful in finding safe housing
- 98% of people who are employment-eligible have a job or are engaged in activities to get one
- Rotating Shelter saves lives each winter through the help of 35 churches and hundreds of volunteers
- Each year we assists 300+ persons in the transition from being homeless
Make an Online Donation
Online Donations via Visa and Mastercard
Donate OnlineSend cash or checks to:
Meeting Ground
P.O. Box 808
Elkton, MD 21922
Contact Information
For more information, please contact Lisa Slinkard, Director of Stewardship:
410-394-9880
lisa@meetingground.org.
Meeting Ground is a Maryland non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are deductible for IRS tax purposes. Receipts are promptly sent for all donations received.
Give through United Way
If you would like to contribute to Meeting Ground through your local United Way, please use the donor codes, especially designated for Meeting Ground:
- United Way of Cecil County, Maryland
Designate: Meeting Ground, P.O. Box 808, Elkton, MD 21922
(Call 410-398-7572 with questions) - United Way of Delaware – Code #2731
(call 302-573-3712 with questions) - United Way of Southeastern PA – Code #5211
(Call 215-665-2598 with questions) - United Way of Tri-State (NYC) – Code #032079
(call 1-800-255-0418 with questions)
Donate Stock
Donate stock and other securities by electronic transfer or delivery of stock certificate(s).
The actual amount of your donation is determined by the actual date the stock was transferred, and you will be notified by your broker and by us as to the exact value of the gift for tax purposes.
For more information on donating stock, please contact Lisa Slinkard at 410-394-9880 or lisa@meetingground.org.
Endowment Fund
The Meeting Ground Endowment Fund was founded to provide a steady supplemental income to the operating budget of Meeting Ground.
Through development of an additional means of long-term financial support, we can ensure the continuation of Meeting Ground.
Gifts to the Meeting Ground Endowment Fund can be mailed to:
Meeting Ground Endowment Fund
C/O Endowment Committee
P.O. Box 1029
Elkton, MD 21922
In-Kind Gifts
We need gifts of goods and services
Please download the Complete List of Needed Items.