Time To Spring Forward and Give Back

LARGO, MD, March 26, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The Arnold Place, Inc. (http://www.arnoldplace.org) is a new transitional home devoted to the cause of homeless pregnant teens and troubled young women scheduled to open in Prince George’s County in the Spring, 2015. Arnold Place will serve as a place of serenity, comfort, transformation and hope for girls and young women (ages 14-22) from various Washington DC Metro Area neighborhoods. Its concentration will be on teen girls with AIDS and HIV. Using a customized twelve (12) month curriculum, each resident will receive personal development, guidance and assistance necessary to aid in the transition of their lives. The opportunity to receive counseling, employment assistance, job training, financial and computer literacy are among some of the services which will be made available to them. Even prior to the doors opening, this newly registered 501(c)(3) is making a profound statement in the world of philanthropy. Through its upcycling fundraiser campaign, Arnold Place seeks to obtain the remnants of this season’s spring cleaning to be used to secure the balance remaining for acquisition and renovation prior to its grand opening. Arnold Place values your trash.

Its “One Million” upcycling fundraiser hopes to collect one million pounds of women’s empty plastic containers of hygiene and toiletry products – such as perms, deodorant, shampoo, makeup, lotions, creams and dyes. This becomes a monetary donation back to Arnold Place, by its recycler.  The collection of one million pounds of unwanted clothing and shoes of any gender, any age, any condition (neither for use or sale), serves as an additional source of  monetary donations to Arnold Place, by its recycler.  The recycler, in this trend of upcycling, is committed to transforming discarded items into new, useful and creative ones to meet its corporate global responsibility. As you spring forward, Arnold Place asks that you not trash your unwanted items; instead, allow them to be used to give back.

The visionary of Arnold Place explains - "Our upcycling fundraiser proves to the community that our efforts are genuine - that as a new 501(c)(3), we will be worthy of our upcoming crowdfunding campaign, but for right now - we are diligent in pursuing creative avenues to engage the community; raise awareness of our cause and encourage upcycling."

Tracy Arnold, Executive Director

Tracy Arnold is the Executive Director of Arnold Place, CEO of Tracy Arnold Group (http://www.TracyArnoldGroup.com), comptroller of a local church with 14,000 members, and loan originator. This compliments Ms. Arnold's dedication to provide resolve to the scarcity of homeless resources for a special population of at-risk unaccompanied youth and fulfills the need for longer-term housing. Her career in the mortgage industry dates back to 1998. Her mortgage career, in 2005, was inclusive of the title, Chief Executive Officer. And with measurable results in just 2 (two) months, Ms. Arnold now serves young women in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, using a customized 6 (six) month syllabus in The Tracy Arnold Group 1st Time Homebuyers Program for Women. The transparency of Ms. Arnold's testimony speaks loudly to her cause. Humbled by life and with dear friends who are infected, Tracy is quick to say, “I am not victim to AIDS nor HIV but it very well could’ve gone the other way.”

In an environment contrary to homelessness, Arnold Place will empower with the feeling of home. Two (2) sites for Arnold Place have been identified. Arnold Place is seven (7) years in the making and has secured its funding, thus far, through a collaboration of businesses with similar passion for this cause.

Please visit http://www.ArnoldPlace.org for more information. Inquiries will be received at arnoldplacepr(at)gmail(dot)com.

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