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Client Stories: Teresa
Teresa was advised to contest rent payments until repairs were made to her apartment. Luckily, new management took over the complex and fixed her maintenance and pest issues. Unfortunately, this left Teresa with a large sum of late rent payments. Thanks to DESC, Teresa and her son will not be evicted and they have a […]
Read MoreDESC On Channel 4
DESC volunteers Mike and Sharon Williams, and board member Sherrick Gilbert on WJXT 4 talking about how you can volunteer at DESC! Disclaimer: The videos provided are property of New4Jax.com.
Read MoreClient Stories: Carly
When Carly took maternity leave from her job, she was left without money for her bills. With small children to feed, she was in desperate need of help. Carly was horrified that her family would be evicted and scared that she would have to raise her children on the streets. Thanks to DESC, eviction and […]
Read MoreDiaper Drive: Minute for Mission
By Nancy Chamblin Every day, people walk down dark steep stairs into a crowded fluorescent waiting room with a few folding chairs and run right smack dab into the Beautitudes. DESC people are uneducated, poor, mostly unemployed, often homeless, nutritionally insecure (that means hungry), powerless, invisible; many are sick in body and in spirit. If […]
Read MoreQ&A with DESC Volunteer Laura Crooks
Meet Laura Crooks! She has volunteered at DESC for about 10 years. During her tenure as Coordinator for Early Childhood Disabilities for Duval County Public Schools, she was invited to be the keynote speaker at the First International Early Childhood Conference of Dar es Salaam, East Africa. This gave her the opportunity to meet professionals […]
Read MoreShop on Amazon and Support DESC
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Read MoreWelcome to DESC
As part of our Bubba’s Back dinner, we were able to create a series of videos about DESC. Here is the first. Please share. We would also like to give a big thank you to Don Flynn Pictures for their generosity in helping us make these videos a reality!
Read MoreThe 2015 Great Underwear Challenge Update
The 2015 Great Underwear Challenge Update Thanks to everyone who came out to Mellow Mushroom Avondale JAX for the Great Underwear Challenge benefiting Downtown Ecumenical Services Council and helped us exceed our goal of $50,000. We hope you had a great time and can’t wait till next year! Be sure to visit the our Facebook […]
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