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DocuSign Envelope ID: EB541A3B-1E01-49AB-9E09-7987ECAEC1C4 I A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> 2. AGENCY INFORMATION <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency (Limit of 2 pages total): <br /> a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year) <br /> • Date of Incorporation: The 29th day of Oct. 2007 <br /> • Years in Operation: 43 years without incorporation, 8 years incorporated <br /> as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) <br /> b) Agency's Purpose/Mission <br /> • Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) seeks to address the <br /> environmental, educational and public health issues impacting the <br /> residents of our community and to promote a vision of environmental <br /> justice and sustainability among residents, partners and other similarly <br /> impacted communities. <br /> c) Types of Services the Agency Provides <br /> • Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) provides bags of food <br /> which are provided from the food bank at the Rogers Road Community <br /> Center. There are Jiu Jitsu classes offered for school aged children as well <br /> as adults. After school tutoring which is provided for about 40 kids. <br /> Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association also hosts its annual <br /> Valentine's Day celebration, Easter Egg Hunt, Fall festival and occasional <br /> movie night. The Rogers- Eubanks provides over 400 children with <br /> backpacks to start the school year off prepared as well as a Summer <br /> Enrichment camp to keep their skills sharp while out of school during the <br /> summer. <br /> d) Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request <br /> • North Carolina Environmental Justice Network- RENA plays an <br /> educational role and has won two awards in recent years in recognition of <br /> our organizing work <br /> • Justice United- Instrumental in giving a snapshot of the diversity of those <br /> negatively impacted by the landfill, and helping push back against the <br /> waste transfer station. <br /> • UNC Chapel Hill, the Bonner Scholars Program, the Campus Y, the Public <br /> Health School, Engineers without Borders, UNC Center for Civil Rights and <br /> other socially-engaged academic scholars have all helped strengthen our <br /> programs as volunteers, researchers, educators, and allies <br /> • Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History- helped <br /> gather and preserve the stories of neighborhood residents and related <br /> data to help us build and present our case before the local governments <br /> • Orange County, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill Governments- The Rogers Road <br /> small area task force has offered a unified table with neighborhood leaders <br /> to work together toward solutions to the unique challenges the Rogers- <br /> Eubanks community faces. The municipal governments recognize the <br /> need for, and are helping strengthen, the new community center that we <br /> hope will be a site of neighborhood-rooted revitalization <br /> Main Application1/25/2016P age 5 at 32 <br />