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STOP Celebrates 44 Years Of Advocacy

   The STOP Organization will mark 44 years of service to the South Hampton Roads community by acknowledging that May is National Community Action Month, a nationwide occurrence held annually.
      “For National Community Action Month, we want to highlight our success stories, but we also want to call to attention to the public the ever growing problems of poverty,” said Edith R. Jones, President and CEO of The STOP Organization.
“We take pride in what we’ve accomplished offering much needed services to South Hampton Roads’ low-income families, but many of our neighbors do not realize poverty is a problem here. We want to show local residents that poverty is, unfortunately a very real part of life for some families, but with programs like ours, these families can achieve financial stability.”
   The Community Action Partnership designates May as National Community Action Month to recognize success stories. National Community Action Month also calls attention to poverty-related problems and initiatives Community Action Agencies implement to address them. These initiatives are highlighted in Rooting Out Poverty: A Campaign by America’s Community Action Network, a new campaign that seeks to reach, educate and inform every American about the fact that the current extent of poverty is intolerable and correctable.   

Posted May 7, 2008

      
      “With foreclosures, rising housing prices, and other economic concerns, more and more people are worried about their financial futures, and the amount of families experiencing economic insecurity is increasing,” said Don Mathis, President / CEO of the Community Action Partnership. “In launching the Rooting Out Poverty campaign, we have drawn on the experiences and proven techniques of Community Action Agencies like The STOP Organization that are in the trenches fighting poverty on the local level. These agencies have seen what works, what doesn’t and have used this knowledge to develop solutions and strategies to help low-income families achieve economic security. We want to see these strategies serve as models for implementation on the national level.”
      The STOP Organization is the largest Community Action Agency and Head Start program in Virginia. Since 1964, The STOP Organization has been dedicated to improving the quality of life of low income individuals and families by providing educational, employment training, economic opportunities and housing assistance.  
  
   

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