OTeam Makes Charitable Contribution to Local Food Bank
OTeam Gives Back to SECOR
At Osgood Team Real Estate, we support and believe in the work that SECORCares is doing in our community and it was a great privilege to make a donation. We also give back on a weekly basis by taking food that has been bagged at the SECORCares store to participating schools. Through a partnership with SECOR and Food for Thought, healthy food is provided for the most vulnerable children, giving them meals needed for the weekend.
SECORCares is an organization in Parker, Colorado that serves the suburban population living in poverty. There are currently over 50,000 families in Douglas, Elbert, and Arapahoe counties living in poverty- the areas where SECORCares serves.
The fastest growing segment of poverty in America is SUBURBAN POVERTY- growing 10% annually
More than 37,000 (1 in 6) elementary aged children in Douglas and Arapahoe counties are not eating on the weekends due to Suburban Poverty. That equals 229 students per school on average.To live in a two bedroom apartment and be self sustainable, requires an income of $57,000. The average pay in the forty-two zip codes SECORCares serves is $15-$17 an hour. $17 an hour, comes to $35,360.00 annually.
SECOR Cares goes MOBILE
Currently, SECOR is raising $100,000 for a Mobile Market, which serves families unable to make it the store in Parker, Colorado. Each time SECORCares takes the mobile market into the community, it costs around $1,000 to load and distribute. A single delivery provides a family of four with enough food for two weeks. The truck has a huge impact on the community, allowing SECORCares to serve an additional hundred families.
Get Involved
Easing the burden of poverty is tireless work. If you are moved and passionate about this need, there are many ways to get involved. The SECORCares store is a great place for families to volunteer together. There are always jobs to be done and they encourage at least one two-hour time slot per week. The mobile market is a current financial need that has a huge community impact. We encourage you to check out their webpage for more information about giving to this solid and effective organization.
A little more about SECOR
Mission: Loving kids, families, those in need with food and financial assistance while restoring dignity and hope for a better future!
Vision: to build a team implementing our services to 5,000 of the more than 45,000 families in our 42 zip codes while collaborating with other like-minded organizations as well as planting the SECOR model in additional locations.
As a faith-based organization, we are about restoring justice to a fearful, hidden, hopeless, and significantly unreached group through redemptive love and grace in the face of suburban poverty’s devastation.
We are committed to breaking the chains of suburban poverty in our area allowing those who are set free to discover their God-given purpose to make a contribution to this world.
We believe that all people are created in the image of God and therefore deserve respect, compassion and dignity…we will serve them to that end.
How You Can Join Us
We know our contribution is but a small portion of what is needed to help reach the needs of those in our area and we’d love to tell you more about all the amazing things SECOR is doing in our community. We encourage you to stop by and tour their facility, consider volunteering, and when you can…GIVE! Are you a local business? They still have schools that need sponsoring for their Food for Thought program.
For more details on SECOR, visit www.secorcares.com. For more info on Osgood Team Real Estate, text/call 303-810-5757
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” ― Melody Beattie
