Pyramid Professional Resources

July 2005,  John Rinck and Ruth Mark e-mailed and talked of some of the ways the homeless needed to be helped to get on their feet.  They needed a job, but had no address, no money for a telephone or a voice mail, they had to carry their back pack everywhere they went to apply for a job, and didn’t have a place to wash their clothes, or put on  appropriate clothes.  We researched all the available services in the community.

August 2005, John introduced Ruth to several men from Room In The Inn, and with this small group, we  put together a Board with an organizational structure, and plans for a day program to  assist the homeless find work.  

September – October 2005, Ruth made a presentation to Christ Church Cathedral Vestry who extended the  invitation to use an “old” large youth room in the basement of the church with access to  Upper Street on the back side of the church building.  

November 2005, Volunteers from three churches and two homeless men painted the room and the  concrete rough ceiling with a brush and then with a paint sprayer. Volunteers,  and  businesses donated furnishings, drapes were made, carpets were taken from an adjoining apartment building that was to be refurbished.  It was decided that we would not have a  religious or church designation, but that we should live the example of the churches we  represented in  compassion, concern and faithfulness to our Lord, and to our clients.  

December 2005, we accepted our first five men from Room In The Inn as our clients.

January 2006, we applied for our Kentucky State Incorporation Papers.

June 2006, our Board was expanded  to meet our By-laws of 8-10 members. (see our Board listing)  

Application forms were drawn up for future board members.

Several churches donated funds to assist us with the day to day operations of buying  coffee, snacks, office supplies etc.

September 2006,  there was a need to apply for a government 501 (c) 3 of our own for donors who wanted  to contribute to this ministry. Jesse Mark and Michael Noyes helped us in that endeavor.  

Our 501 (c) 3 was granted June  07.

February 2007, Church of the Good Shepherd donated funds from their “Gala” of $9800 for operations.. Bob Gibson from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church  helped us keep our old computers operating.

August 2007, we started our quarterly  Newsletter

September 2007, we received a United Thank Offering Grant  of $9360 from the National Episcopal Church  for new computers and computer instruction for our homeless clients.  Lexington Public Library donated four computers and a large computer table which houses six computers.  

Second Presbyterian Church and St. Martha’s Episcopal Church donated funds for bus passes for the year as well as several valuable volunteers. 

Bob Gibson teaches new clients the basics of the computer.