The Need Is Great and Growing!

With today’s high rates of unemployment in our community, the need for our services is great and this need is growing daily.  Our funding has allowed our students to receive technical training that helps them break out of poverty.  With Greenville Tech’s Quick Job Program (90 days or less), students can be trained rapidly in order to be “work-ready” for our community’s workforce.  Since no state or federal funding is available for Quick Jobs courses, Michael’s Way is unique in offering funding for this program which improves the health of our community.

Michael’s Way has found an innovative way to move people out of poverty and into financial stability.  Continuing education provides the op­portunity to make that dream a reality. Our students have taken the first step when they come to us.  Today, we don’t find them—they find us!

How You Can Help?

Join our Just Help One Campaign and sponsor one or more students.  Courses range from $475 to $2,000.  An average cost per student is $1,000.  If we all Just Help One, we offer a bright future for those looking for a better life and a way out of poverty.  What greater way to participate in your church’s outreach and mission component?

Sponsor a person in need and allow us to keep you informed of his/her progress. These are real folks with real needs.  Help give them the chance they deserve!  Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if we could wipe out poverty – - if everyone had the opportunity to find a better way to provide for themselves and their families?

Your Sponsorship Will

“Make A Difference”

in a Life and A Family.

Below are just a few examples of

courses funded by Michael’s Way

Administrative Medical Office $ 797
Physician Practice Clerk $ 822
Phlebotomy $ 1,559
Ophthalmic Medical Assistant $ 1,558
Hemodialysis Technician $ 961
Medical Billing & Coding $ 1,434
Basic Carpentry $ 475
Medical Terminology Coder $ 1,393
Unit Secretary $ 1,253
Truck Driver Class A $ 984
Welder (includes $200 tools) $ 989
Forklift Operator $ 169

]]> http://www.michaelswayupstate.org/blog/2011/12/just-help-one/feed/ 0 http://www.michaelswayupstate.org/blog/2011/11/oyster-roast-benefiting-michaels-way/ http://www.michaelswayupstate.org/blog/2011/11/oyster-roast-benefiting-michaels-way/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:58:04 +0000 janhoward http://www.michaelswayupstate.org/blog/?p=134 Continue reading →]]> (A Benefit for Michael’s Way)

When: Friday, December 9th, 6:00 – 8:30 PM

Where: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall

1002 S. Main Street, across from Fluor Field.

Price: Minimum Donation – $25, Kids 11 and under eat free.

What: Steamed oysters (Some will be Charleston or Savannah local clusters,

some will be big ones) and Frogmore stew.

Tea will be served, personal coolers are welcome !!

Bring oyster knives if you have them, a glove or two and an appetite.

For planning purposes, reserve ticket sales only.

Deadline for purchase November 30, 2011.

For Tickets call Patty Slay at 864-303-0727

Oyster Roast

Your donations, especially in-kind donations, are greatly appreciated. However, we have improved our system.

Michael’s Way welcomes financial donations for our mission to help adults break out of poverty through education. Your donation will fund adults in need of a technical certification course, work-related clothing shoes, exam fees, to become “work-ready” to return to our community’s workforce.

A Different Way to Donate

In addition to financial donations you can donate goods to Support Outreach Services – - SOS Thrift Store. Many of our clients do not have the appropriate clothing for interviews. SOS will help them get to that next step for a job or a better paying job.

When you drop off your donation do so in the name of Michael’s Way.

SOS Thrift Store
1184 N. Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29607

864-244-0911

Call in advance.Call in advance, for pick ups.

Organization’s goal is to serve 125 job seekers this year. Read more…

I was surprised to discover that the minimum wage in South Carolina does not allow a family of four to live above the poverty level.  A gap of $3.95 per hour (or $158 per 40 hour week) exists between the minimum wage and the wage needed to live above the poverty line. Closing the gap through education and training can make the difference to so many Greenville families struggling to survive.

Times have changed. Most entry-level jobs now require additional technical training, certification, or specific skills in order to compete for non-minimum wage, higher paying positions. In today’s economy, even skilled, experienced workers are facing layoff, plant closures and other industry changes that leave them in dire need of alternative career planning and retraining.

Michael’s Way is a 501(c) 3 non-profit dedicated to helping low-income adults break the cycle of poverty through educational opportunities that lead to better jobs and higher incomes.

Attached are our upcoming 70′s Disco Fever fundraiser sponsor level opportunities and ways for you to support the Michael’s Way mission.  Your sponsorship will allow us to play a meaningful role in improving our community’s economic health.

I will be following up with you soon to discuss how we can partner to fund these educational opportunities for families who need our help.  At the end of our fiscal year, you will be sent a progress report on those for whom you have made a difference.

Thank you for helping Greenville families to live a better life.

Sincerely,

Michael’s Way, Inc.

Board of Directors

(864) 241-0972