Church Appreciation Event

I am pleased to debut the Shelter's first blog presence on the web! It is my hope that through this living - breathing communication tool you can remain aware of all the great things going on here at the Uptown Shelter. So - thank you Steve, my IT guru, for continuing to push the envelope here to keep our communication tools effective and relevant to our generation.






This last Wednesday Chuck, our Kitchen Manager, and Linda, our Volunteer & Community Resources Coordinator, lead a fantastic event to honor the over 65 churchs that serve food to the men in our kitchen. It gave some of the staff a great opportunity to finally meet and greet these silent heros. Without the support of our local churchs serving dinner 365 days a year the Shelter would have to bear a tremendous food expense that would preclude our programs from being as effective as they are. On average, our local churchs serve up an average of 10,000 individual meals contributing the monetary equivalent of over $2,500 a week, allowing the Shelter to invest the over $140,000 in in-kind food service to other areas to help mens lives such as services that help men get linked with jobs, counseling and other training and support.

Our relationship with the churchs becomes even more critical going into next year with an uncertain economy, rapid inflation on consumables, and our projected expansion in bed capacity (which means more mouths to feed). THANK YOU faith community for your continued support of our mission. We simply couldn't do all that we do for area homeless without your partnership!