by Donna Clark RN, Director Our fiscal year ended June 30th and now is the time we review our data and see just what we have accomplished in the past year. I found the statistics very surprising. In the office alone we saw 1386 different people with 1214 of them new clients. Another startling piece… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: July 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director This has been an interesting week to say the least! Both the Joseph House and HALO were closed this week for summer break and cleaning; leaving us to be the only place to provide respite and assistance. On Monday we saw 75 different people come through our doors looking for… Continue reading Stories from the Basement June 2019
by Donna Clark, RN Sometimes it take a village to help some people. We have one client that has been coming to us for services since 2015. He is 68 years old and homeless here in Salisbury. A veteran, he has been a client and housed under the Veteran Outreach in our community, then housed… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: May 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director One of the things we feel proud about in our office is our commitment to treating each person who enters our doors with love and respect. The feeding program has certainly expanded our outreach to the community and it is truly an example of the story in Matthew chapter14. Melody… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: April 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director We serve over 1,500 different people every year and will occasionally will receive a thank you card. It does feel good to have a client to show their gratefulness for our help. The other day a man walked into our office accompanying a new client asking for help. He looked… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: March 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director Every year the Community Emergency Shelter (CESP) project starts in January and runs until March. This is a program that requires a great deal of commitment on the part of the hosting churches each week and is a 24/7 responsibility for the volunteers. The program has been in existence since… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: February 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director It’s a new year and this time of year I become rather retrospective. We have helped a lot of people this past year and I believe we really made a positive difference in their lives. There’s the man who came to us in early spring with major attitude. He was… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: January 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director Sometimes it take a village to help some people. We have one client that has been coming to us for services since 2015. He is 68 years old and homeless here in Salisbury. A veteran, he has been a client and housed under the Veteran Outreach in our community, then… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: October 2018
by Donna Clark RN, Director She comes to the office each time we open. Sometimes it’s for only a few minutes and sometimes it’s for the full four hours we are open but, she is a regular with us. Skinny as a rail and talking a mile an hour she knows everyone, everything about them… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: September 2018
by Donna Clark RN, Director Summer time is usually a little slower for us and we can take a deep breath, reorganize our shelves and attend to things left undone. Not so this summer. We have seen an influx of new homeless people from Chicago, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and several other east coast states. When they… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: August 2018
