Young Professionals Host Community Service Event at COMPOST2024

The USCC Young Professionals kicked off COMPOST2024 with their annual community service event, sponsored by Let's Go Compost. Located at Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM) in Daytona Beach, the YPs engaged in various tasks in HUM’s community garden, shared lunch with community members, and toured the HUM facility before returning to the Convention Center.

About the Organization

HUM operates two housing programs and two meal programs that serve their local community. The first, Hope Place, provides emergency housing for families with children who have been displaced from their homes by difficult circumstances, and a safe place for homeless unaccompanied youth to live while pursuing an education. They converted the former Hurst Elementary School to emergency housing rooms, transitional apartments for families, and dorm rooms for unaccompanied youth, and offer two balanced and nutritious meals a day to their residents and the broader community in the former cafeteria through Bridge of Hope Daily Hot Meal Program. The conversion is now being used as a model for success across the country!