EZRA STATISTICS YOU SHOULD KNOW!
GENERAL STATS ON THE EZRA PROJECT
2011
EZRA Project Founded
2015
EZRA Project Incorporated
70+
Number of Christian workers recognized
43
Number of Churches with honorees
STATS ON EZRA INITIATIVES
Michael and Rosa Sailes Legacy Scholars – Community Service Awards
2016
Founded
Michael And Rosa Sailes Scholars
Russea Barfield (2019)
Maurice Barnett (2018)
Patti Caire (2017)
Kyndall Carter (2018)
Tyson Tryon Copeland (2016)
Amari Dixon (2019)
Carrington Jackson (2019)
Brittney Gano (2018)
Terrence Hargrove (2016)
Kanu Iheukumere (2019)
Jauron Morrison (2017)
Austin Rheme (2017)
Lanyaird Smith (2019)
Erin Snow (2017)
Alexander Stewart (2018)
Mariah Webb (2018)
Anti-Human Trafficking Church Education Initiative
31
Number of churches represented
700+
Number of attendees to workshops
Chicago, Atlanta, and Juneau
Major cities where training events took place
Thank You Thursday (COVID19 Response)
Lunches for Heroes – Lunches for First Responders and Essential Workers EZRA has provided lunches at local firehouses and a senior housing facility. 85 Workers Served.
In it Together Pen Share – Social Distancing Reminders distributed randomly throughout our communities by Board members and volunteers. Distributed 700 Pens
Essential Notes Blitz – Cards of appreciation to essential workers at places like groceries, drug stores, and post offices, as well as neighbors who are staying the course. Distributing 2000 Cards.
Roseland Hospital Drive – We partnered with organizations and individuals to raise funds for special thank you gift cards for workers at Roseland Hospital which is still struggling to meet community need. Raise funds for special thank you gift cards for all workers. Raised $4250
legacy awards program
Christian Workers Awarded
45
Christian Educators
17
Auxiliary Leaders
12
Pastors
Awardee Churches Represented
Apostolic Church of God
Apostolic Faith Church
Apostolic Pentecostal Church of Morgan Park
Bethesda Worship Center
Beulah Heights Apostolic Church (New Haven, CT)
Calvary Baptist Church
Christ Centered Church Ministries
Christ Community Church (South Holland, IL)
Christian Life Center Church
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ (South Carolina)
Church on the Way Praise Center
Covenant United Church of Christ (South Holland, IL)
Dixmoor House of Prayer (Dixmoor, IL)
Ebenezer House of Prayer
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
First Church of God (Gary, Indiana)
Greater House of Prayer
Greater Mount Olive Church of God in Christ
Harvest Bible Chapel (Rolling Meadows, IL)
Hazel Crest Assembly Church (Hazel Crest, IL)
Hope Presbyterian Church
House of Prayer (Kankakee, IL)
Indiana Avenue Pentecostal Church
Living Springs Community Church (Glenwood, IL)
Metropolitan Apostolic Church
Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church (Gary, Indiana)
New Joy Divine Full Gospel Church
One Vision Worship Center (Joliet, IL)
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Prince of Peace Apostolic Church
Rehoboth Apostolic Worship Center
St. Dorothy Catholic Church
Saint John Church Baptist
Second Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Shelton Heights Church
Third Baptist Church
Trinity United Church of Christ
True Light Missionary Baptist Church
True Vine Missionary Baptist Church
Victory Apostolic Church
Waterford Estates Congregation (Hazel Crest, IL)
Torchbearer Legacy Awardees
Charles Alexander (2019)
Dr. Estrelda Alexander (2017)
Maureen Beard (2013)
Ernea Bosley (2012)
Bishop Arthur Brazier (2017)
Isabelle Brazier (2012)
Lucille Brumfield (2012)
Doris Burton (2014)
Roscoe Butler (2016)
Bertha Caesar (2013)
Evangeline Carey (2012)
Jimmie Carpenter (2017)
Ida Carpenter (2017)
Richard Carter (2016)
Charlene Crosby (2018)
Joan Collier (2016)
Dr. Esther Cooper (2017)
Fred Cooper (2017)
Glendora Daniels (19)
Bishop Charles E. Davis, Pastor (2018)
Dr. Ella Mae Davis (2016)
Jessie Denson (2019)
Louis Ervin (2016)
Juanita Evans (2013)
Dr. Leon Finney(2019)
Sylvia Franklin (2012)
Dr. Joyce Gaye (2018)
Dr. Carolyn Goosby (2018)
Naomi Green (2013)
Florence Hall (2012)
Nathan Haymon (2013)
Clifton Howard (2013)
Patricia Ingram (2018)
Dorothy Jackson (2013)
Hiram Jackson (2014)
Bessie Jordan (2012)
Dr. Jeanne Porter King (2018)
Mae Ella Kinnard (2013)
Ada Landry (2017)
Maurice Landry (2017)
Dr. Barbara Martin (2019)
Sarah Martin (2017)
Will Martin (2017)
Richard McBride (2016)
Jessie McCall (2018)
Mary McElroy (2014)
Robert McGee, Sr. (2012)
Jesse Mitchell (2013)
Gerald Nuckolls (2016)
Ivory Nuckolls (2018)
Odessa Patterson (2012)
Joy Pearson (2014)
Mollie Plummer (2014)
Dorothy Randolph (2014)
Gloria Randolph (2018)
Charles Reid III (2019)
Esther Ruth Reid (2014)
Lou Della Evans Reid (2019)
Aaron Royster (2017)
Mabel Royster (2017)
McKinley Seaphus (2017)
Marjorie Seaphus (2017)
Shirley Shephard (2018)
Horace Smith (2017)
Ronald Smith, Sr. (2018)
Betty Stephens (2016)
Josephine Taylor (2016)
Katherine Thompson (2016)
Mary Thompson (2012)
Louis Toney (2016)
Barbara Trotter (2019)
Tommie Tyler (2012)
Lee Wakefield (2019)
Kenneth Walls (2014)
Charlotte Warren (2018)
Diane Wheeler (2014)
Wally Witten (2014)
John Wakefield (2013)
Avis West (2012)
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