Angel of Edgewood, Inc.

🎉 Our incredible partners Zohara Mediterranean Kitchen Kitchen (Doro Restaurant Group) have been nominated for a “CRAZIES”award for “Restaurant of the Year!” 🏆 For those who already know and those who don’t, Zohara has been a key partner in Angel of Edgewood, Inc. serve our community with some of the most delicious food imaginable. 🍽️ Yes, they’re a fantastic restaurant, but their commitment to fighting hunger and introducing individuals from underserved neighborhoods to a variety of high-quality meals is truly unmatched. ❤️ We’re so grateful to Scott Miller & Kara Rosado for their unwavering support! 🙌 Please take a moment to celebrate with us by voting for them online! 🗳️💻✅ Let’s show our appreciation for all the incredible work they do! #SupportLocal #CommunityFirst #Zohara #Vote #Share https://lnkd.in/eMY_7At3

My name is Jendayi Scott-Miller, and I am the Founder & CEO of the nonprofit organization, Angel of Edgewood, Inc. 🔥 Help Over 100 Families Affected by the Concord Hills Apartment Fire – They Need Us Now! 🔥 On August 10th, 2024, a devastating fire tore through Concord Hills Apartments on 105-111 Sherbrooke Avenue, displacing over 100 families. These families, some of whom have lived in their homes for more than 20 years, have lost EVERYTHING: food, clothing, and their most precious belongings. Many are still living in motels, both inside and outside of Hartford, in unfit conditions while waiting to return to their apartments—an agonizing wait that could last until February 2025. 😔 🚨 They are in dire need of HELP NOW. 🚨 As if losing their homes wasn’t devastating enough, tenants have been robbed of over $300,000 worth of their possessions by individuals with master keys entrusted to assess damage. Families like Jenna’s, who is the mother of a newborn, have seen their vital documents stolen, their furniture destroyed, and their lives turned upside down. 💔 Some tenants are forced to live in mold-infested motels with leaking ceilings and bugs, struggling to care for their infants in unimaginable conditions. Mothers like Destiny, who is raising a 2-month-old baby, have nowhere to go but these motels, where the safety of their children is threatened. In one instance, management allowed only 15 minutes to gather belongings, only to find their homes destroyed beyond recognition. 😢 The city is somewhat covering their temporary housing for now, but these families need much more than that: they need food, clothing, medication, deposits, application fees, gas money, public transportation funds, diapers, school uniforms, work clothes, basic human needs, and dignity restored. The property management company isn't returning calls, forcing tenants to sign paperwork to give up their rights just to retrieve the rest of their belongings, and taking no accountability whatsoever.🥺 We desperately need your help to provide immediate relief to these families who have been stripped of their homes and humanity. All donations collected through Angel of Edgewood, Inc. will be managed and distributed by the Law Offices of DeVaughn Ward in Hartford, CT, ensuring transparency and fairness. Angel of Edgewood will not benefit from any of the donations. 🙏 These families have been through enough. It’s time for us to step up and give them the assistance they need and deserve. Every dollar will help rebuild their lives. 🏠❤️ 💪 Let’s show them that they are not forgotten. 💪 Please donate today to support our community members in their time of greatest need. Your generosity will provide food, clothing, and hope to those who have lost everything. 🙌 Thank you for caring and helping us make a difference, while others stand by and watch. 💖 If you can't donate, we understand. We just ask that you PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE THIS POST!

Huge thanks to Liberty Bank - CT & DamtheGram for shining a spotlight on our work at Angel of Edgewood, Inc. and spreading so much community kindness! 🌟 Your generous gift of this amazing bench and surprise $100 gift cards brought so much joy to our families, especially during these challenging times. 💙 We proudly painted our bench in autism colors to honor the incredible autistic families we serve. 🧩 Thank you all for sharing your stories and for being champions of kindness in our community! 🙏💖 #CommunityKindness #AngelOfEdgewood #AutismAwareness #Grateful

We’re still here fighting! Thank you Sam Smink & WFSB TV - Channel 3 Eyewitness News for continued coverage. Tenants are scheduled to meet with the Mayor on Friday, September 12th @ Noon! We will keep the public posted!

🚨🎉 HUGE SHOUTOUT to Kia of East Hartford for selecting Angel of Edgewood, Inc. as their “August, Hearts of Hartford” $500 Winner! 🙌💰 We are beyond grateful for this generous donation and can’t wait to pay it forward by helping those in need in our community during these challenging times. 💖🤲 Looking for a new ride? 🚗💨 Head over to Kia of East Hartford—their showroom is absolutely SHOW STOPPING! ✨ Big thank you to Shelly Melanson, and the entire Kia team for your support! 💪💙 #Grateful #CommunityLove #KiaOfEastHartford #AngelOfEdgewood #PayItForward

Sherbrooke Avenue Tenants Seek Help from City Council - Disturbing new issues come to light BY Anne Goshdigian, Hartford News Shortened… Dave: “I can’t understand why City Council and the mayor have done nothing to help us. We are being treated unfairly, and being held in limbo by the greedy landlord. We need assistance and we need it now. Motels are not even fit for habitation. Unfair, unhealthy, and inhumane.” Marya: “I have been living here 16 years and it’s been deteriorating since then. We are being treated as marginalized people. They stripped our apartments and our souls, where was the security? I lost valuable jewelry, electronic devices, clothes, and more. We must be compensated for the pain, desperation, and abuse. Where am I going to find the ashes of my grandmother? Management has only responded with animosity and a complete lack of empathy.” Destiny: “I have a 2-month-old baby, and have to wash its bottles in the motel’s bathroom sink. We’re getting bit up by bugs and the rooms reek of smoke. When I was allowed back into my apartment for a mere 15 minutes to see what could be salvaged, I found I had no walls or flooring, just studs. All my belongings had been tossed in bags and thrown all around.. They emptied out my bedroom drawers and now I don’t know where any of that stuff is. They had also pooped on the floors. These were malicious acts.” Jenna: “I am parent to a son 3 weeks old. They took my insulin, and stole my birth certificate, Social Security card, and driver’s license. They destroyed all my furniture. I’m from Louisiana and moved here in November 2023 and have no family here for support. My baby is in a dirty motel where the ceiling is leaking and there’s mold everywhere. I contacted someone at the city’s Health Department who said he would get back to me. That was 2 weeks ago and still no word. There are sex workers in the motel and crackheads outside my window, screaming and fighting and the baby is crying. I work at Hartford Healthcare and just out of medical training but can’t yet afford to move to a decent apartment.” Jendayi Scott-Miller, who quickly stepped up last month to help the “Sherbrooke Refugees” with food, and garnered donations of clothing and other items to help them replace some of what was stolen. She addressed the City Council saying “Concord Hills allowed these people to come in with keys and allowed their staff to wipe the tenants lives away, resulting in a loss of dignity and pride. Tenants have been manipulated and abandoned in their time of need. They deserve the same attention that’s been given to the plethora of ribbon-cuttings around the city. This is not just about material possessions; it’s about losing what makes us human.” The Council did seem to be listening intently throughout the session, much more so than usual. There was shock and even pain on some faces as the tenants spoke of their loss and suffering. What next steps the city takes to alleviate it are as yet unknown.

🎉 Exciting News! I had the incredible opportunity to represent Angel of Edgewood, Inc. at the Tow Youth Justice Institute’s Performance-Based Accountability: Youth Services Prevention Grant Initiative (PBA) training in New London, CT, this past Monday! 🙌 This powerful initiative is helping organizations like ours develop a strong framework to show the real impact we’re making in our communities! 💪 A HUGE shoutout to State Representative Anthony L. Nolan ☆ for his support and involvement—it truly means the world to us! 🙏 We’re so excited to continue working alongside amazing leaders and partners to drive positive change for our youth! 🌟 Shout out to The Place for Community Wellbeing, Ledge Light Health District for being amazing hosts and giving me a tour of your 5 Star pantry, and the impactful work that you do! #YouthServices #CommunityImpact #AngelOfEdgewood #PBA #PerformanceBasedAccountability #ThankYou #MakingADifference

¡Mujer en Vota! (Woman, Go Vote!) Hartford, CT, este es un mensaje para todos los que llaman a esta ciudad su hogar. Seamos claros: la mayoría de los políticos no nos entienden. No saben quiénes somos, no les importan nuestras necesidades, nuestra cultura, nuestras familias o nuestra salud. No les importan nuestras luchas, nuestra historia. Esta ciudad nos la han arrebatado en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, por inversores de fuera del estado que hacen tratos turbios, borrando nuestro patrimonio mientras nosotros, los pobres que luchan, nos quedamos viendo cómo los ricos se enriquecen más. Estas personas mantienen a las comunidades pobres y desinformadas para que no tengamos voz en nada. Pero sepan esto: no tienen que ser ricos para hacer un cambio. Su VOTO es su moneda… vayan a gastarla el martes, 5 de noviembre de 2024. No somos impotentes. Somos madres, padres, hermanas, hermanos, vecinos, miembros de la iglesia, compañeros de trabajo y amigos. Somos el latido del corazón de Hartford, y es fundamental que nos involucremos, hagamos las preguntas difíciles y, lo más importante, ¡VOTEMOS! Cada voto cuenta, y cuando no aprovechamos nuestro derecho constitucional al voto, nos silenciamos. Les dejamos pensar que no nos importa. Les dejamos creer que pueden ignorarnos. Hartford es nuestro hogar, no el de ellos. Este noviembre, te necesitamos en las urnas como nunca antes. Si nunca has votado, ahora es el momento. No solo votes en las elecciones nacionales; tu voto en las elecciones locales es igual de importante. Es hora de hacer oír tu voz, de recuperar lo que es nuestro y de mostrarles que nosotros, el pueblo, no seremos ignorados. ¿Necesitas que Angel of Edgewood, Inc. te traiga una tarjeta de registro de votantes? Solo háznoslo saber. ¡Mujeres votantes, las necesitamos ahora más que nunca! ¡Mujer en Vota! Woman, Go Vote!