Signal Mountain Social Services typically provides between $150,000 - $200,000 of critical services to Signal Mountain children, seniors and families each year. The following are representative stories of how we used your donations to care for your Signal Mountain neighbors in need.
SMSS client, Sarah, was recently widowed and lives on a fixed income. She saved for a long time to put a new roof on her home, which turned out to be faulty and leaked. After several attempts to get the roofers back to fix the faulty roof and not getting any response, Sarah turned to SMSS. Our contractors were able to assess the situation and found that not only did she need a new roof, but her home was also in need of major structural repair (pictured here). After engaging our amazing SMSS home repair team, Sarah’s structural issues were fixed, and she now feels safe in her home.
Your generous donations were recently used to provide a new roof for a small house that contained 3 generations of family members. On a fixed income, this family could only afford minor repairs to their roof for many years until it was in danger of collapse. Between our generous volunteers who offered their labor, and community donations to help cover the cost of materials, we provided a new roof to ensure this family was safe in their home.
On average, generous community donations allow SMSS to feed close to 200 children and 300 adults with over 700 bags of groceries each year.
SMSS uses specific donations earmarked for “Back to School” programs to provide backpacks, school supplies and clothing vouchers to over 80 Signal Mountain children each year.
With the help of your donations, SMSS provided tutoring and mentoring services to over 50 K-12 students to help ensure their High School graduation.
On average, SMSS provides Life Skills Counseling to over 85 families each year that helps guide each client to financial stability. Our Social Workers specialize in applying a wide variety of services to meet each vulnerable families’ unique needs.
