Over the years, The Box Project has expanded to offer a wider range of programs to help empower self-sufficiency-providing assistance for the myriad problems our members face, in a dignified and respectful way.
Our recipients are screened and referred to us through various referral agencies in the rural areas that we serve. To qualify they must live in a county designated as "rural" or "agricultural" by the USDA and they must earn less than 150% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Matching Programs:
Family Match - This program creates a long-term match between a sponsor and recipient. The sponsors provide encouragement, advice, and boxes of needed supplies about once a month.
Holiday Match - This program creates a short-term match for just one winter holiday season. Sponsors or sponsor groups provide gifts, food, or supplies to make the holiday season extra-special for a recipient family or a Community Center. Applications for the Holiday Match program are taken from September 1 to October 31.
Center Match - This program creates a long-term match between a sponsor or sponsor group and a community center in one of the rural areas that we serve.
Other Programs:
Disaster Response - The Box Project is not positioned to be an emergency responder, we ARE positioned to be there for the long term--long after emergency responders have left and headlines have driven national interest in another direction. Your direct financial response to The Box Project when disasters strike our recipient areas will enhance our ability to respond to increased demand or special needs. You may be able to help
in these ways:
- Current recipient families already in our program that will have greater needs and require more resources. Existing sponsors will be called upon to help their recipient families find resources to meet their needs and help family and friends that may now be living with them. They are going to need extra help from us.
- Even more families could be plunged into poverty. The already struggling economy of the affected area will be further compromised, and families that were self-sufficient before the storm, may need personalized short term help to regain that self-sufficiency.
- Small local helping organizations that have always been there for local people will be strained to their limits. They may not be the recipients of large government funding, though they may make a significant difference in disasters. They could use our help for the long term.
When a disaster occurs in one of The Box Project’s areas of service, please look for a direct link on this website telling you the ways we’re helpingand what we need from you.
Visit http://www.msema.org
to find out more information on the recent tornado in Mississippi.
Visit our Donation or What You Can Do pages for more information about these programs or for other ways you can join us in our quest to make a difference - one family at a time.
