Open Door Community House

Opening doors of faith, hope and opportunity since 1935.

Opening doors of faith, hope and opportunity since 1935.

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Update from the 2018 Open Door Classic!

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The Open Door Classic 5k walk and run to end poverty has raised approximately $80,000 to date with more gifts coming in every day!  It was a beautiful day, and we had approximately 500 walkers, runners and volunteers “move to end poverty” and raise awareness of the needs of our neighbors who live in poverty and funds to address those needs—all for the ministries of Open Door Community House.

Congratulations to our award winners!

 

Pierce Chapel had the most participants with 215 walkers alone!

St. Luke raised the most money to end poverty at $16,740 (with more gifts expected!)

St. Luke School won the spirit award for demonstrating the most enthusiasm.  Pictured also are the winners of the Fun Run:  1st, Aaron Dozier; 2nd, Oliver Pendleton; and 3rd, Jake Copeland.

Upatoi UMC won the David and Goliath Award once again for a smaller church who represented in a big way.

John Martin won the award for the individual who raised the most money—almost $11,000!  He won the coveted gift certificate from Epic.

We are grateful to all who volunteered, ran, walked, raised funds for us or made a donation.  Many thanks to each one of you!

Classic Sponsors

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Check out this great list!

These businesses believe in the work of Open Door and we are grateful!

Dr. Charlene Black creates the “Elizabeth Learning Lab”

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Thank you, Dr. Charlene Black!  She selected the ministries of Open Door to be the recipient of the proceeds from her book sales celebrating the ministry of United Methodist Women.  Her generous gift will provide the Elizabeth Learning Lab for children and youth served in our Mathews Promise Academy as well as Bibles for distribution by our chaplain.  We thank Dr. Black and all who purchased one of her books.  The check presentation was made during the South Georgia Annual Conference of the UMC.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

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Leadership Columbus hit all the right notes when they volunteered to transform our “ceramics room” into a beautiful music room for our Youth in Unison students of the Mathews Promise Academy.  This functional and professional space brings us one step closer toward realizing our dream of one day having a children’s orchestra.  We invited the community and had a delightful ribbon cutting ceremony.  Many thanks to Leadership Columbus for making this happen for us and to volunteer music program director Tracy Leopard for her work every week with our children!