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The Walmart Foundation has given Mercy Housing Inc., a $200,000 grant to address food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 27, 2020 Contact: Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 | kpeterson@mercyhousing.org This grant will help increase food availability at current pantries, while creating pop-up pantries at properties without existing food distribution centers.

Kids can learn Spanish, French, and Swahili at Mercy Housing’s Appian Way community, thanks to our partner, National Real Estate Practice of EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants. Before coronavirus, EPIC’s Real Estate Forum collectively donated 120 new Chromebooks with software to Mercy Housing’s Resident Services across 10 communities in Seattle. So that everyone at these

Mercy Housing’s mission to create stable and healthy communities by offering program-enriched housing for families, seniors, and people with special needs who lack the economic resources to access quality, safe housing opportunities is more important today than ever before. This is an anxious time for everyone and the response from the community has been overwhelming,

7.8 Billion That’s how many people live on planet Earth today. Each of us going about our daily lives, and whether we’re interacting with family, friends, or the natural environment, we’re all interconnected. Now more than ever, due to COVID-19, we realize just how small our world really is, and how our daily interactions can

833 Bryant Street Permanent Supportive Housing will be the new construction of 145 studio apartments of permanent supportive housing for adults who have experienced homelessness. This is the prototype of what is hoped to model a new financing structure for permanent supportive housing. The goals of the project are to expedite the development process and

Carrie is a resident at Countryside Senior Apartments in Illinois and she turns 100 years old on April 26! Our Goal We hope to get Carrie 100 birthday wishes – via card or social media likes and shares by April 26. With social distancing and shelter in place guidance, we’re finding new ways to celebrate

Nothing is easy right now, especially for seniors with low incomes. Getting healthy, affordable food that’s easy to access without having to go out and brave the pandemic is getting harder by the day. The Walmart Foundation has partnered with us to make life a little easier for some of the seniors that call Mercy

Grocery shopping during a pandemic can be stressful and unsafe for many older adults and disabled people. Thanks to Interfaith Food Pantry, residents at Mercy Housing Lakefront’s Marian Park Apartments received bags filled with nutritious food delivered to their front doors. Interfaith Food Pantry took extra precautions handling the food to protect the health and

Knowing that the virus would have an impact on our most vulnerable neighbors, our friends at Batavia United Way sprang into action. Batavia United Way coordinated a food and supply drive to provide every family and older adult residing at Mercy Housing Lakefront’s Batavia Apartments with a grocery bag filled with food, hygiene items, cleaning

Social isolation is hard on everyone, especially for seniors with low incomes. But some of the residents at Mercy Housing’s Francis Heights community have a way to stay connected during this unprecedented time, best of all, seniors can stay at home in a way that’s safe and healthy. AARP Foundation partnered with us to provide