Mission: Chesapeake Housing Mission transforms lives by mobilizing volunteers to provide critical home repairs and wheelchair ramps for low-income individuals and families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. With faith as our foundation, we are dedicated to creating safer, healthier homes that enhance mobility, dignity, and independence, particularly for the elderly and disabled. Through compassionate service, we foster hope, strengthen communities, and share God’s love—one home at a time.
Results: In 2024, Chesapeake Housing Mission reached an incredible milestone—our 1,000th project. This achievement is a testament to the power of faith-driven service, dedicated volunteers, and the unwavering support of our community.
For more than 15 years, CHM has been providing life-changing home repairs and accessibility solutions for low-income individuals and families across Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The completion of our 1,000th project—a wheelchair ramp for Shirley W.—represents more than just a number. It signifies the countless lives that have been transformed through mobility, safety, and independence.
Each ramp we build and every repair we complete allow seniors and individuals with disabilities to maintain their independence, reducing the risk of falls and costly hospitalizations. With 70% of our clients aged 65 or older, our work is vital in ensuring they can age in place safely and with dignity.
This milestone would not have been possible without the incredible generosity of our donors and the hard work of our volunteers—more than 15,000 strong since our founding in 2009. Their dedication allows us to continue answering the call to serve, fostering hope, and strengthening communities.
Target demographics: Low-income residents with critical home repairs and accessibility solutions, like wheelchair ramps.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 104 Clients
Geographic areas served: Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
Programs: Critical home repairs and accessibility solutions
EJoseph
Professional with expertise in this field
05/16/2011
Rating: 5
05/16/2011
The Chesapeake Housing Mission has demonstrated a committment to building partnerships with local organizations to identify individuals and families in need of housing repair to increase safety and accessibility. The organization has a strong network of volunteers and reaches out to businesses and civic organizations for funds and volunteers. Even though this is a relatively new organization, it is building a solid foundation of success and avoiding duplication of services by working with other nonprofits and service providers.
Deer's Head Hospital Center has made several referrals to Chesapeake Housing Mission and they have been extremely helpful in the building of ramps so our patients can get in and out of their homes when they are discharged. These ramps help the patients be mobile and they help us in being able to discharge the patients safely and we know they with have access whenever needed. For many individual this makes the difference in being in a nursing home or in their own home.
Thank you Chesapeake Housing Mission for making a difference.
Sandy Smith, CEO
peggy412
Professional with expertise in this field
05/12/2011
Rating: 5
05/12/2011
I have referred low income elderly individuals with mobility problems to Chesapeake Housing Mission. They have fostered the resources needed to build ramps for these individuals, enabling these older persons to remain in their homes because they can now get in and out using the ramps.
