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History of SEED
SEED’s Board Chairman Emeritus and Refreshing Spring Pastor, Bishop James E. Jordan, Jr. reactivated SEED in 2004 and placed many of the church’s secular community service activities under its umbrella. The Refreshing Spring Food Pantry, Coat of Many Colors Clothes Closet, the church’s summer camp and the Little Folks Child Development Center were all transferred from the church to SEED. At that time, the names of the pantry, camp and school were changed to the SEED Food Distribution Center, SEED Summer Camp and the SEED Learning Academy (SLA) respectively.
Academic Growth for Youth
Provide academic advancement opportunities to area children and youth during the school year and the summer months.
Emergency Aid & Family Support
Provide emergency services in the areas of food, clothing as well as outreach and public education in the areas of health care and nutrition for families.
Financial Education & Housing Support
Provide education and counseling to first time homebuyers, families facing foreclosure and individual and youth financial capability training;
Our Goals
Our goals are achieved through a variety of community service and education programs.The SEED Food Distribution Center and Coat of Many Colors Clothes Closet provides emergency food, clothing and diapers through partnerships with the Capital Area Food Bank, the DC Diaper Bank and other donations. We are also an enrollment site for Maryland residents seeking health insurance options through the Maryland Health Exchange and provide nutrition and health awareness classes through the University of Maryland and local health providers.
SEED is a HUD approved housing counseling agency, offering classes and counseling for first time homebuyers, foreclosure prevention for families in danger of losing their homes as well as financial literacy training for youth and families through our Family Financial Fitness Program. SEED also serves as an enrollment for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program for families in multi-family dwellings who are facing eviction.
SEED is also the operator of EXCEL Academy Public Charter School, offering a college-preparatory education experience to families throughout Prince George’s County; we provide summer enrichment as a sponsoring organization of the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School Program (EXCEL Academy Freedom School) and serve dozens of scholars the SEED Summer Bridge Tutoring Program. SEED also provides extended learning and tutoring to EXCEL Academy students during the school year.
In 2014 the SEED Board of Directors approved the opening of an expansion project in Detroit, MI which has resulted in thousands of households receiving classes and counseling for first time homebuyers, financial literacy for families, a monthly food distribution in partnership with Forgotten Harvest as well as a SEED-CDF Freedom School site serving 50 scholars as well as the SEED Summer Bridge Tutoring Program.
The SEED Board of Directors also approved SEED’s designation as a Community Development Organization and the addition of affordable housing and community development as a primary focus area. SEED is a recipient organization of the Wells Fargo Community Urban Stabilization Program (CUSP) in Detroit, MI and is in the pre-development stages of affordable housing development in Riverdale, MD.
