The St. Paul ecclesia delivered 20 sleeping bags to the local Stepping Stone homeless shelter. They were extremely grateful to receive this donation and they plan to hand these out to individuals who are on their waiting list. The pandemic has had a huge impact on homeless shelters. They have 66 beds at this shelter …

This was going to be a group effort but restrictions due to Covid-19 made it impossible. We chose Second Wind Cottages out of Newfield, NY. It is an 18 cottage community that provides resources to help men affected by homelessness to becoming independent and owning their own place. Care packages were put together which included: …

A little bit about your chosen charity and its work We donated the 20 sleeping bags to the Rexdale Community Hub. This is the closest charity to our ecclesia and they assist many youth affected by homelessness, who are also without shelter. The Manager said the bags would be heavily used. The impact on you …

I really appreciate this effort that The Garden has put together and look forward to participating more in the future. I had ordered the sleeping bags and had them sent directly to the homeless shelter. The Delonis Center is a homeless shelter in Ann Arbor, Michigan which my ecclesia (Ann Arbor) and I have been …

A few members of the Baltimore-Washington CYC, visited the Stepping Stones Shelter in Rockville, MD, to donate the sleeping bags. We were met outside by the executive director who was very grateful for the bags. This shelter provides housing for families affected by homelessness.

Here is the photo when we dropped the sleeping bags off at Nourish NJ on behalf of Schooley’s Mt. Ecclesia. They were so, SO excited the sleeping bags were rated for sub-zero temperatures. Nourish NJ badly needed cold-weather sleeping bags. Before we dropped these 20 sleeping bags off they had nothing to keep the homeless …