Community Renewal Of Pottawatomie County Inc

The friendship house initiative places special emphasis on neighborhoods that require extra support in the relationally restorative process. We build and staff homes with ample designated indoor and outdoor community spaces in neighborhoods of highest need. A community coordinator lives onsite with his / her family, working to make these homes hubs of resources and support to restore the neighborhood from the inside out. We currently have two friendship houses built in shawnee hosting programs that impact hundreds of adults and children in the two neighborhoods.

The neighbor-to-neighbor network is a network of volunteer adults across the community dedicated to intentionally caring for their neighbors, block by block -- thereby restoring the network of relationships across our community. This simple, intentional caring is a force for good in the community, expanding an individuals social capital and statistically preventing homelessness, food insecurity, domestic violence, drug abuse, and more. We have 156 adults receiving specialized relational health training.