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The Carpenter
House, Inc. was created by Baltimore native and retired NFL player
Keion Carpenter in 2005. During his 7 years playing professional
football, which included 3 seasons with the Buffalo Bills and five
with the Atlanta Falcons, Carpenter always knew that he wanted to
take the opportunities afforded him on-the-field and use them to
make a relevant and significant impact off-the-field. Having been
raised in a single-family household, Carpenter saw the struggles his
mother went through. It is this first-hand experience that sparked
his passion and desire to give back. And, when he retired in his 8th
year with the NFL, Carpenter began the formal
transition
from being a professional athlete to that of businessman and
community advocate.
The lack of
affordable housing is a significant hardship for low-income and
single-parent households, preventing them from meeting the basic needs
of nutrition, healthcare, education and financial stability. TCH looks
to address these issues by providing the tools and opportunity often
not available to this demographic. Working in partnership with local
government agencies and community/civic organizations, TCH will
purchase properties as well as accept donated sites within Baltimore
City; rehabilitate them; and, make them available to qualified
low-income and single-parent families that would otherwise not be able
to experience the American Dream of homeownership.
TCH will also offer
educational workshops, financial mentoring/management services and
holistic family programs in the effort to positively change the dismal
statistics that disproportionately plague low-income families and
at-risk communities; directly attacking homelessness, poverty, hunger,
joblessness, substance abuse and domestic violence.
TCH believes that when you EMPOWER a family, you EMPOWER a community!
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