To make a donation through PayPal please click the "Donate" button. When the PayPal page loads, enter your name (and organization) in the Item Description field, and the amount of your donation in the Item Price field. Click "Update" and choose your method of paying for your donation. 

To make a donation by check, please make your check payable to Durham Economic Resource Center, then mail it to:

Durham Economic Resource Center

c/o Union Baptist Church

904 N. Roxboro Street

Durham, NC 27701

Thank you - Thank you - Thank you

A donation to the Durham Economic Resource Center will contribute to our community job training program, as well as to the stocking of the DERC community warehouse. We thank you for your generous contribution and ask that you please continue to support and spread the word about the Durham Economic Resource Center.  

 

 Rev. Kenneth Hammond (Runner 220), DERC Board President and pastor of Union Baptist Church in Durham, participating in the 2011 5K Great Human Race ---  an event which provides an opportunity for nonprofit agencies like DERC to raise money for their own programs and enables businesses and individuals to support these nonprofits.

 

FACTS ABOUT DURHAM & POVERTY:

  • Durham has one of the highest median incomes ($48,900) in North Carolina.
  • Duke University, one of the highest ranked private Universities in the country, resides in Durham.
  • Durham has an adult poverty rate of nearly 14%.
  • 20% of children in Durham live in poverty.
  • Northeast Central Durham (NECD) has an unemployment rate of 15% and poverty rate of 36%, as well as harboring one of the highest crime rates and high school dropout rates in the city.
  • In 2005 the youth poverty rate in the Durham metro area was 29%, surpassing both the North Carolina (23%) and National (19%) rates.

DERC hopes to bridge these gaps and support our community members in need.

 
 
 
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