by Donna Clark RN, Director The holiday season is here and donations are starting to come through the door. Warm clothing and other necessary supplies are getting replaced and processed out to the clients. We plan to once again this year to have a community Thanksgiving dinner on Monday, November 25, 2019 between 10:30 and… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: November 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director This morning has been busy especially since the Joseph House is closed. There were 20 people waiting when I pulled up in the parking lot and even before I got to the door, clients were asking me for special assistance. As the doors opened, various clients immediately started to make… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: October 2019
by Donna Clark RN, Director I have two small notes taped to my desk and they are so old that they are faded and torn. One is the Fruits of the Spirit and the other is a list of behaviors, both guiding us to the Christian way of life. This morning we had a client… Continue reading Stories from the Basement: September 2019
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
