Highlights of Our Work

Patrons for Peace Project continues to work with very vulnerable clients in Laurel helping them to get needed services. One man has declined help for two years due to fear and paranoia. Members of the organization continued to try to help this individual in the streets of Laurel, never giving up.

Sometimes it involved buying a meal or helping with a phone bill when he would be seen panhandling. Eventually this man said he would accept help. The man allowed us to get him his disability, housing and now has a mobile psychiatric team involved with his care.

Patrons for Peace Project was honored to help a man die with dignity and the love of his family surrounding him. He was unhoused and terminally ill with no ID or insurance. He was sent to the hospital in an ambulance. His dying wish was that we find his children. He had carried a photo of his children around for two decades. Their names were written on the photos. With the help of a private detective, his children were found. We advocated for a charity hospice bed. His children were by his side when he left this world.

Patrons for Peace Project helped a woman who lived in a tent who had a fractured her ankle. We purchased a Knee Scooter for her. This permitted her to move around a little bit. We paid for a hotel room during her long-term convalesces. Eventually, we applied for and she was awarded disability benefits.

Patrons for Peace Project helped a man navigate through the judicial system with a pro-bono lawyer regarding some non-violent misdemeanor charges. Ultimately the cases were favorably resolved. This allowed the client to finally gain employment. We purchased him a phone and connected him with QCI Behavioral Health so he could receive the necessary services – all increasing the likelihood of future job retention.

We also identified an unhoused veteran with a brain injury. It was a tragic situation because he was eligible for benefits, but due to his brain injury, his cognitive issues impeded him applying for and receiving help. Patrons for Peace arranged for transportation to all his many appointments. We paid for neuro-cognitive testing with a psychologist to document his brain injury. Ultimately, we were able to get him disability, housing, and VA benefits.

At the request of a local unhoused man, Patrons for Peace Project hired a private detective to find his sister, from whom he had been estranged for more than 12 years. He fled his family home feeling ashamed from a situation centering around finances. He got on a Greyhound bus, dropped out of society, and was living on the streets of Laurel. We were able to locate his sister on the other side of the country and a heartwarming reunion took place after we transported him home.

Patrons for Peace Project was able to secure a charity bed from a treatment center and admit a man who had been on the street, unhoused for over 14 years. The treatment center worked with us since the man had lost most of his identification documents. Once he finished his inpatient treatment, we then assisted him and paid for three months’ rent in the halfway house until he secured a job and could pay his own rent.

Patrons for Peace Project helped develop and manage a home makeover project which ultimately assisted in helping a young, disabled man live comfortably in his home. The project involved renovating the existing dwelling and constructing a large bedroom and handicapped accessible bath for this young man.