2Nd Mile Ministries

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:2nd Mile engaged the local neighborhood through a variety of communityefforts. The annual Family Fall Festival hosted over 650 guests while alsooffering services in education, health, and economics to the community.2nd Mile operated a community nutritional garden, performed hundreds ofhours of community clean-up, led a growing neighborhood association, andheld events centered around basketball, games, and more for the localneighborhood to come

ELDER SERVICES:The As We Gather program combats senior social isolation by providing agingadults with socialization and education through virtual programming. Over80seniors were impacted by these efforts through in-person and virtualprograms.Participants were trained in technology, given health skills, participatedin ageappropriate exercise, and did art and craft activities in more than 120 sessions.As We Gather participants showed a 10% increase in quality of life and 20% improvement in loneliness in pre/post test measures.