Drive Change: Help Elders RAP (Rise Above Poverty)

In 2008, JFR instituted an annual fund raising effort to help support and expand its programs to help poverty stricken elders in the US and aboard. Our Donor Duo Challenge helps us with efforts such as: hiring a physician in Nicaragua to provide direct care to homeless elders, to assist in the refinancing of a non-profit licensed assisted living for low-income elders needed to remain open, and provide planning services for organizations seeking to provide shelter and services for low-income elders. In 2009, Drive Change: Help Elders RAP with Your Lincolns will feature a cross country road trip on the Lincoln Highway. A major focus will be the development of micro-enterprise models to provide financial support of chronically underserved elders.

1. Provide shelter, food, clean water and medicine for elders in need.

2. Improve access to housing and services for poverty stricken elders in the US and abroad.

3. To assist organizations and communities working on behalf of elders.

4. To offer opportunities for students and advocates to work directly with projects for chronically underserved elder populations.

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