Kathryn (Kay) Joellenbeck decided to create a living memorial out of her brother's death.  She said the curly-haired "baby" brother who grew to be a reclusive and mentally erratic man shared some of the characteristics of drug addiction and alcoholism that she has learned about as a longtime supporter of Earl's Place. It was those similarities that aided Kay's decision to donate her share of her brother's estate to Earl's Place, money used to set up the Earl’s Place Fund, an endowment at the Baltimore Community Foundation.

 "We just felt that if it weren't for the fact that his apartment was rent controlled ... he would have been homeless and on the streets. And so it just seems really appropriate to remember him through a gift to Earl's Place."

 "In a way, it's the success rate that makes me really want to support it [Earl’s Place] as much as possible. Most statistics of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts are appalling. I think that Earl's Place has a much better success rate than most other places." 

"I just think Earl's Place, over the years, has and will save many men from an experience like George's," Kay said. "If George had been in a place like that, his story would have been different."

Please remember United Ministries/Earl's Place in your will.