Contact: Kreda Yokley, executive director
Phone: 615-742-1113
E-mail:
mckyokley@aol.com
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DATE: May 17, 2006
LEBANON -By helping Stacy Odom of Mount Juliet purchase a reliable automobile, Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency is enabling another Middle Tennessee family to become self-sufficient.
“MCCAA programs are designed to give those in need the tools and resources they need to become productive members of society,” said Kreda Yokley, the non-profit agency’s executive director.
“Our Transportation Down-Payment Assistance Program helps our clients buy a reliable vehicle to get to and from work. They save up money for a down payment, and then the agency contributes toward the purchase of the vehicle.”
Since 1971, MCCAA has provided a number of home energy assistance, medical support, transportation, rental, mortgage and utility assistance, and nutritional services to Middle Tennessee families. Agency programs include Head Start and Early Head Start, Self-Sufficiency and Income Tax Preparation. The agency services eight Mid-State counties, which include Cannon, Cheatham, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson.
“This has been a blessing for me,” said Odom, a mother of two who works for the agency’s commodity-food program. “I originally came here hoping to get help with my electric bill and to also see if they could help me find a job.
“Being without a car was really tough on me and my family. But they worked with me and helped me buy a good car. This agency has been a godsend to me.
“The people I’ve encountered here have been really sweet. They actually care about you and do all they can to help.”
Stacy Odom, left, and Gayla Brooks of MCCAA’s Wilson County office admire the 1997 Geo Prism that Odom was able to buy through the agency’s Transportation Down-Payment Assistance Program.
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