Community Development Outreach Ministries (CDOM)

Site Description:

The CDOM is a division of the United Methodist Church that provides outreach ministries to the city of Charleston and surrounding rural areas. CDOM has two community centers—the Coal Branch and Avesta Drive Community Centers—in neighborhoods on the outskirts of Charleston. CDOM operates an after school program for children already in school and a summer day camp. These programs are for children in Kindergarten through 12th grade. In the past students at CDOM have participated in home rehabilitation, listened to speakers on West Virginia welfare issues and Catholic Social Teaching, and visited a mountaintop removal site.

Site Resources:

www.gbgm-umc.org/wvcdom/

Site Contact:

We discourage students from directly contacting the site; all reservations are made through the Center for Social Concerns. Further emergency contact information will be provided to students upon enrollment in the seminar.
Main number: 304-342-0029

Lodging:

Showers are provided. Students should bring a sleeping pad and pillow, and should consider bringing a cot, sleeping pad, or air mattress as they will be sleeping on the floor.

Travel:

Students will travel to the site on Sunday, October 16, and will return the following Friday, October 21.

Personal Expenses:

Students must pay for their own meals while they travel from Notre Dame to the site on Sunday and back to Notre Dame from the site on Friday or Saturday. Students are requested to bring enough money to pay for these 2–3 meals, and it is also suggested that students bring extra spending money for personal purchases during their immersion. The availability of ATMs varies with each site, and so in the interest of avoiding fees or running out of money, it is suggested that students have a reasonable amount of cash on hand before the immersion.

Meals:

Students will use Center credit cards to purchase groceries and prepare their own meals.