Tag: Outreach

Outreach… ” just might be the most important, worthwhile, and rewarding thing you’ll ever do in your life!!” — Merle Burke, President & Founder, Shepherd’s Way

  • Away We Go

    Shepherd’s Way

    We’re all geared up to do our Help With Basics outreach this weekend. We put together approximately 100 snack packs and hygiene kits and purchased a bunch of bottles of water. Good to go!   Read more

  • Gearing Up

    Shepherd’s Way

    Gearing up for big activity during the next five months with our Help With Basics program. We just made a huge purchase of razors, hand sanitizer, shave cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, body wash, feminine hygiene products, antiseptic ointments, lip balm, plastic combs, adhesive bandages, ziploc bags, 50-gallon heav- gauge trash bags. If you’d like to… Read more

  • Handing Out Blankets

    Shepherd’s Way

    Each Fall we get 200 wool blankets and 500 milar survival blankets to help our unhoused friends make it through the winter. We hand them out from late October until the end of April. We’ve got 10 wool blankets and approximately 30 survival blankets left and we’ll get them out tomorrow.   Read more

  • April Has Been Another Busy Month

    Shepherd’s Way

    We’ve had a busy month so far in April. We’ve done a lot with the Concord Coalition to End Homelessness and with our own outreach. We’ve met up with some very interesting folks who’ve formed groups on their own (non 50c(3)’s) to help the unhoused and we applaud their efforts. We handed out a lot… Read more

  • Balmy Weather

    Shepherd’s Way

    We went to Veteran’s Park this morning. We usually meet an older bunch of unsheltered people there. The weather was a balmy 56 degrees, a welcomed situation for those who live outside in the cold. Handed out water, snacks, hats, blankets, gloves, and backpacks. One individual had no coat and knowing how quickly the weather… Read more

  • Just A Smile

    Shepherd’s Way

    Unsheltered homeless people are frequently dehumanized — by such things as trauma, addiction, circumstances and fear of others. But we should never forget that they are human beings and, as such, deserving of kindness and compassion. We can help an unsheltered homeless person by making them feel seen, loved and worthwhile. Just a smile or… Read more

  • Week In Review

    Shepherd’s Way

    First of all, we were saddened to hear of the death of one of our long-time homeless friends, Bobby H. He was a veteran who served in the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne and had a rough go of it living unsheltered on the streets of Manchester, NH. R.I.P. Bobby. As for the week, as usual… Read more

  • Deliveries Galore

    Shepherd’s Way

    We put out a lot of items this week, clothes, snack packs, hygiene kits, gloves, boots. We hit the ground running on Monday and kept going all week. We picked up some new volunteers which is always good. It’s awesome to have young people come into our group with fresh ideas. Sanitation is a difficult… Read more

  • We Won’t Forget Him

    Shepherd’s Way

    Thursday, February 15 was a very busy day for our outreach. We started at 6:30 a.m. and went to resource centers in Manchester and Concord, New Hampshire, and to several parks and shelters. We handed out hundreds of items and at one park we met a bunch of young people who were half frozen. We… Read more

  • A Fire

    Shepherd’s Way

    The situation with homelessness is getting worse. Late yesterday afternoon, we got a call from a distraught young woman who was living in the woods with her boyfriend and someone set fire to their tent and destroyed everything they had. Shepherd’s Way is going out early this morning to try to locate them and help… Read more