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October 1, 2024
ENFIELD SAFE HARBOR WARMING CENTER RECEIVES GRANT FROM ARCHBISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL
The Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center received a check in the amount of $3,000 from the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal through its Vicariate Outreach Program. This funding will help the Center expand its mission of providing a safe and warm place for our homeless residents in Enfield, Connecticut during the coldest times of the year.
“We are grateful to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal for this continued show of support for our mission,” said Rosalind Swift, the Center’s Communications Chair. “Many people assume that homelessness does not exist in our community. It does. Too many of our neighbors live on the streets or under other unsafe conditions. Many others are one missed paycheck away from losing their housing. Our mission is to meet their needs for a safe and warm place to rest, and ultimately to work to mitigate the problem of housing insecurity in our community.”
About the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal
Since 1981, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal has been able to assist tens of thousands of people – regardless of race, religion, or color – across the Archdiocese of Hartford with healthcare, education, housing, emergency expenses, and in numerous other areas. It is through the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Vicariate Outreach Program and the generosity of its donors that the Appeal is able to assist a wide array of community-based charities throughout Hartford, New Haven, and Litchfield Counties.
To learn more about the Safe Harbor Warming Center, volunteer opportunities, or to donate funds or other items, contact Monica Wright at mwright.eshwc@gmail.com. Checks should be made payable to Enfield People For People – Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center, P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083.
October 20, 2023
ENFIELD SAFE HARBOR WARMING CENTER RECEIVES GRANT FROM ARCHBISHOP’S ANNUAL APPEAL
Enfield – The Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center received a check in the amount of $4200.00 from the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal through its Vicariate Outreach Program. This funding will help the Center expand its mission of providing a safe and warm place
“We are grateful to the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal for the generous support of our mission over the past four years,” said Rosalind Swift, the Center’s Communications Chair. Our mission remains the same to serve our homeless in Enfield. Enfield Safe Harbor for the Homeless resume’s operation for overnight stays December 1, 2023 and will open earlier if funding permits. Guests enjoy a welcoming environment, hot or cold drinks, snacks or a meal, fellowship, and a cot where they can rest safely overnight.
The Enfield Safe Harbor for the Homeless and Outreach and Engagement Center is open every Thursday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
About the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal
Since 1981, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal has been able to assist tens of thousands of people – regardless of race, religion, or color – across the Archdiocese of Hartford with healthcare, education, housing, emergency expenses, and in numerous other areas. It is through the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Vicariate Outreach Program and the generosity of its donors that the Appeal can assist a wide array of community-based charities throughout Hartford, New Haven, and Litchfield Counties.
To learn more about the Enfield Safe Harbor for the Homeless and OutReach Center, to volunteer, or to donate funds or other items, contact Monica Wright at mwright.ESHWC@gmail.com or 860-970-9065. Checks should be made payable to Enfield People for People – Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center, P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083.
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May 5, 2023
Knights of Columbus Hosts Enfield Safe Harbor Fundraiser
SOMERS—The Knights of Columbus Council 4303 hosted a Cinco de Mayo dinner to raise funds for Enfield Safe Harbor for the Homeless. Over $3000 was raised in total. Council member John Pellegrino presented Lorraine Creedon, Enfield Safe Harbor’s fundraising chair, with a $200 donation from the council and another $200 donation from the building association. Pellegrino Catering provided the dinner, attended by 86 people. Guests enjoyed music, door prizes, and raffles.
Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center provided over 2,600 overnight stays to 129 guests this past winter. The organizations Outreach & Engagement Center will be opening on Thursday’s from 6:30pm to 8:30pm starting on June 1st at St. Patrick’s Church. If you would like to help in supporting the organization or for more information please visit our website www.enfieldsafeharbor.org.
December 17, 2021
Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center will Open in January 2022
Enfield, CT, December 17, 2021 – Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center will be open overnights starting January 3, 2022. Our Outreach and Engagement Center will operate every Thursday evening 6:30pm to 8pm
The location will be St. Patrick’s Church Hall, 64 Pearl St. Enfield,CT
We are still looking for volunteers to help us as we serve the homeless.
Some of the duties will include:
Outreach and Engagement needed help
- Set-up and Break-down
- Assist guest with selecting needed items (guest are not to handle items)
- Assist with supplies/donations as needed (sorting, storage and documenting)
- Assist with maintaining COVID-19 protocols (social distancing guest, pass out mask as needed, make sure guest use hand sanitizer)
- Assist with frequent cleaning/wiping tables as needed
Overnight Warming Center needed help
- Set-up
- Assist staff during check-in
- Serve guest snacks and beverages (guest are not allowed to help themselves)
- Assist with maintaining COVID-19 protocols (social distancing, pass out mask as needed, make sure guest use hand sanitizer)
- Assist guests to prepare for lights out
- Assist with cleaning/wiping and sanitizing
***Overnights are optional and must be approved by the Executive Director
Monica Wright, Executive Director
mwright.eshwc@gmail.com
860-970-9065
For more information about the Safe Harbor Warming Center, to volunteer, or to donate funds or other items, contact Rosalind Swift at ep4p.eshw@gmail.com or 860-741-2455. Checks should be made payable to Enfield People For People – Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center, P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083.
Like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/EPfPSHWC/Enfieldsafeharbor.org.
Visit our website at https://enfieldsafeharbor.org/.
November 3, 2021
Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center Receives Grant From the Archdiocese of Hartford’s Office for
Catholic Social Justice Ministry
Enfield, CT, November 3, 2021 – The Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Archdiocese of Hartford’s Office for Catholic Social Justice Ministry (OCSJM) to help the Center in addressing food insecurity among the homeless population in Enfield.
“We are grateful for this generous support for our mission,” said Rosalind Swift, the Center’s Communications Chair. “Too many people assume that homelessness and hunger don’t exist in our community. Our mission is to address these needs and ultimately to work to mitigate the problem of housing insecurity in our community.”
The OCSJM administers these grants as part of the Archdiocese of Hartford’s participation in the Catholic Relief Service’s “Rice Bowl” program during Lent each year. Each year, 25% of the funds collected in the Archdiocese are retained to support local communities to address issues related to poverty and hunger.
To learn more about the OCSJM and the CRS Rice Bowl Program, please go to: http://www.catholicsocialjustice.org.
For more information about the Safe Harbor Warming Center, to volunteer, or to donate funds or other items, contact Rosalind Swift at ep4p.eshw@gmail.com or 860-741-2455. Checks should be made payable to Enfield People For People – Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center, P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083.
Like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/EPfPSHWC/Enfieldsafeharbor.org.
Visit our website at https://enfieldsafeharbor.org/.
October 7, 2021
Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center Receives Town of Enfield Grant
Enfield, CT, October 7, 2021 – The Town of Enfield has given a grant to Enfield People for People-Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center to operating and monitoring a warming center or arrange similar overnight accommodations available through other organizations for people in Enfield. That will include outreach to the homeless population who may benefit from our services. We will place information in various print and electronic media.
“We are grateful for the support of the Town of Enfield. Thanks to this grant, the Warming Center will advance its strategic plan to opening and operating a warming center. We can also offer referrals to other social services agencies that we hope will lead to lower levels of housing insecurity, poverty, and unemployment”, said Rosalind Swift, the Center’s Communications Chair.
At the close of our efforts last winter, and despite the challenges created by the COVID pandemic, the Warming Center served a total of 70 guests. We were able to connect the large majority of them to housing resources, including local accommodations managed by the Community Health Resources office in Enfield. We were also able to supply much needed food and personal items to our guests
To learn more about the Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center, to volunteer, contact Monica Wright 860-970-9065 or learn more about ESHWC, to donate funds or other items, contact Rosalind Swift at ep4p.eshw@gmail.com or Lorraine Creedon 860-749-0931. Checks may be made payable to Enfield People for People, with Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center in the memo, and mail P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083. Like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/EPfPSHWC/Enfieldsafeharbor.org and visit our website at https://enfieldsafeharbor.org/.
August 11, 2021
Grants from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Two grants totaling $22,000 over two years have been awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to Enfield People for People-Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center to support securing space in Enfield for use as a warming center for our area homeless population, to provide a range of housing and social services outreach, to support basic human needs, and to defray the Warming Center’s day-to-day operating costs.
“We are grateful for the support of the Hartford Foundation. Thanks to these grants, the Warming Center will advance its strategic plan to acquire a permanent facility in the Thompsonville area and provide temporary overnight respite for our homeless neighbors in need. We can also offer referrals to other social services agencies that we hope will lead to lower levels of housing insecurity, poverty, and unemployment”, said Rosalind Swift, the Center’s Communications Chair.
At the close of our efforts last winter, and despite the challenges created by the COVID pandemic, the Warming Center served a total of 70 guests. We were able to connect the large majority of them to housing resources, including local accommodations managed by the Community Health Resources office in Enfield. We were also able to supply much needed food and personal items to our guests
To learn more about the Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center or to volunteer, contact Monica Wright 860-970-9065. To learn more about ESHWC, donate funds or other items, contact Rosalind Swift at ep4p.eshw@gmail.com or Lorraine Creedon 860-749-0931. Checks may be made payable to Enfield People for People, with Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center in the memo, and mail P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083. Like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/EPfPSHWC/Enfieldsafeharbor.org and visit our website at https://enfieldsafeharbor.org/.
March 15, 2021
Warming Center Receives Walmart Grant
The Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center was awarded a Walmart Community Grant this month in amount of $1500.00 to assist the organization in serving the homeless in Enfield.
Kabir Kumari, Sr. Director, Community Giving for Walmart stated, “You are part of a long history of Walmart’s commitment to giving back to the communities where we operate. In fact, Mrs. Helen Walton, the wife of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, used to say, “It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter, that tells what kind of life you have lived.”
The East Windsor Walmart Super Store manager, Bill Fenlon, received the grant application in February, and quickly approved the grant for ESHWS’S 20121 needs. Walmart’s generous donation will allow ESHWC to provide some of the items needed to operate our outreach and engagement center for our homeless residents of Enfield, Connecticut during the coldest times of the year, and will allow the organization to finish strong this year.
Rosalind Swift, Chair of the Communications Committee said, “The COVID -19 pandemic has produced a unique set of public health challenges, especially for the homeless. Enfield is one of many towns in the state and across the country experiencing an increase in homelessness due to the Pandemic”
The Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center will be operating two nights per week at64 Pearl Street (St Patrick’s Church), Wednesdays and Sundays, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., during the winter months of January 3,-March 31, 2021 as Outreach and Engagement center to assist our homeless here in Enfield during this Covid-19 pandemic.
The Walmart Community Grant Program provides grants to support the unique needs of local communities in the service areas of Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, and its corporate distribution centers. To learn more about Walmart’s Community Grants go to https://walmart.org/how-we-give/local-community-grants
To learn more about the Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center, to volunteer, or to donate funds or other items, contact Rosalind Swift at ep4p.eshw@gmail.com or Lorraine Creedon 860-749-0931. Checks should be made payable to Enfield People for People, with Enfield Safe Harbor Warming Center in the memo, and mail P.O. Box 165, Enfield CT 06083. Also, please like us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/EPfP…/Enfieldsafeharbor.org.