ESCCC, Inc
Empowering Sustainable Communities - Connections - Causes
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Technology is a great tool, but cannot replace the benefits of actually bringing people together to achieve meaningful connections to empower individuals and communities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Women's Connection Center
The Women's Connection Center (WCC) connects adult women in the Grapevine and surrounding communities to existing resources in the community. -resources to develop mind, body, and spirit.
All women are invited, regardless of circumstances or religious views, to connect personally with a trained advocate. To visit the Center or meet with an Advocate is free of charge. Information and compassion are provided, but no actual distribution of money or material goods.
This first location was provided free of charge at 421 Church St. in Grapevine, TX. See the website for current location and hours. Everyone involved in the implementation and operation of this initiative is a volunteer.
Our vision is to create a sustainable model that can be easily replicated in other communities with a start up budget for each site being approximately $2000 with an annual operating budget of $1000 per site.
Through the WCC, we also offer Empowering Women in Transition Workshops as well as individual topic workshops - ie Social Security, Financial Matters, Health and Wellness.
Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope currently seeks to empower local women economically through jewelry making skills and sales opportunities. We are also seeking ways to help a new sewing school in Chicuque, Mozambique become sustainable.
History: Seeds of Hope began in 2006 as a project to empower women in the small fishing village, of Chicuque, Mozambique through a collaborative project they named by them as "Irmas Unidas de Chicuque" (Chicuque Sisters Together). Women were invited to learn jewelry making skills, product development, sales, and management practices. The project continued through 2013 when the majority of the women involved went on to individual endeavors having been empowered through the program. In conjunction with the Mozambique project, a not for profit store was operated in Flower Mound, TX from 2011 through 2013. The store sold product made by: Chicuque Sisters Together; Women's projects in Bolivia, Columbia, Mexico, and 7 other African countries through True Vinyard Ministries; and hundreds of artisans in developing nations all over the world through Ten Thousand Villages.
Community Engagement
The first Community Engagement pilot project project is under development. We aim to create collaboration between local nonprofits, service entities, businesses, and individuals seeking to serve in their communities and thereby creating stronger, more sustainable communities.
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Cumulative Total Number of participants benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided internationally.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Cumulative Total Number of participants benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided in the U.S.A.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
ESC3 aims to empower sustainable communities, connections, and causes through supporting the development of programs to achieve this goal. We are focused on the empowerment of individuals regardless of race, faith beliefs, education, economic status, political beliefs, or gender and collaboration to empower communities to thrive. We bring back the person to person connection in a way that a website alone cannot provide.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
By Oct 2020 - update the functionality of websites adding virtual options to communicate with those we serve and offer workshops online.
By Jan 2021 - establish a new location for the Women’s Connection Center and launch a pilot Community Engagement Center.
Within 3 years - fund additional opportunities through Seeds of Hope and launch additional WCCs and CECs
Within 5 years – launch WCCs and CECs to serve communities outside the DFW area and in other states
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have multiple leaders with experience in organizational leadership and volunteerism with charitable organizations along with a team of over 20 dedicated volunteers currently serving on steering committees and essential volunteer implementing our programs. We have recently been given the opportunity to lead a coalition of health and human resources in the Grapevine area. We have adequate funds to initiate the implementation of our current objectives.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have completed: a pilot Women's Connection Center in Grapevine, TX; operated 6 Empowering Women in Transition Workshops in Grapevine and Ft. Worth; conducted 10 special topic workshops in Grapevine; economically empowered over 100 women in the small fishing village of Chicuque, Mozambique and 20 local women through Seeds of Hope at the same time as raising funds for empowering more women.
Next steps include:
Implementing a Women's Connection Center on a permanent basis in Grapevine, TX. During the time of the COVID, we will convert our services to virtual options. We will also offer services in Spanish on selected days/times.
Development and launching of a pilot Community Engagement Center based in Grapevine, Colleyville, Coppell, and Southlake.
Financials
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Operations
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ESCCC, Inc
Board of directorsas of 09/06/2020
Diane Bishop
ESCCC, Inc
Term: 2014 -
Becky Nelson
Le Gourmet Baking
Diane Bishop
DBD Services, LLC
Diana Moog
Jane Quinn
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes