November 2013 – E-News
Chip’s Pancake Breakfast to benefit homeless Veterans
Seasonal Overflow Shelter opens
Thank you to ALL who are making this Thanksgiving special at Columbus House
Harkness House for homeless Veterans
How can YOU make a difference this holiday season?
SAVE the DATE
December 5, 2013
Columbus House
Annual Meeting
7:30am-9am
The New Haven Lawn Club
Keynote Speaker:
Greg Behrman,
Founder and Director of The CT Heroes Project
click HERE for more info
December 11, 2013
Whole Foods 5% Day!
Shop at Whole Foods in Milford on December 11th and 5% of the proceeds will benefit Columbus House!
January 26, 2014
The 12th Annual
Chocolate to the Rescue!
to benefit our
Middlesex Family Shelter
1-4pm
Water’s Edge Resort & Spa
Westbrook, CT
click HERE for more info
Wish List
Our clients are in current need of essentials such as:
Women’s sanitary pads
full size, thick
New women’s underwear
sizes 7 to 10
New men’s boxer underwear
sizes medium & large
New men’s t-shirts
sizes large & x-large
Gift cards for haircuts
$15 increments for Supercuts
Gift cards
Walmart and/or Family Dollar
(any denomination)
Fast food restaurant
$5 gift cards
$5 increments only please
Give us a ring before you bring!
Before arriving with any
donation, please call Sheree at
(203) 401-4400, ext. 138
or emailsdimario@columbushouse.org.
Visit our online wish list to learn more about our ongoing needs.
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for your SUPPORT!
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Join us Thanksgiving morning!
Chip’s Pancake Breakfast to benefit homeless Veterans
6:00 am – 11:00 am
321 Boston Post Road, Orange
$10 per person (cash preferred)
Grab your family and kick off your Thanksgiving with a delicious breakfast for a great cause! Join us at Chip’s Family Restaurant in Orange on Thanksgiving morning from 6-11 am for a pancake breakfast to benefit Veterans who are experiencing homelessness. Enjoy 2 of Chip’s famous buttermilk pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon or sausage, and coffee or tea while supporting Columbus House’sHomefront initiative. The Homefront encompasses emergency shelter as well as transitional and permanent supportive housing solutions for Veterans experiencing homelessness.
For more information, please contact Sheree at (203) 401-4400 ext. 138 orsdimario@columbushouse.org.
Seasonal Overflow Shelter opens
Complete with 6 new sofas provided by Simply Sharing!
On Friday, November 15, our Executive Director, Alison Cunningham, joined Althea Marshall Brooks, Christy Hass, and Ron Manning, from the City of New Haven, to announce the opening of the Overflow Shelter that provides seasonal shelter for an additional 75 men from November to April. Among the preparations, 6 new sofas were provided by Simply Sharing to give our clients a comfortable place to rest after coming in from the cold. Thank you Simply Sharing!
Thank you to ALL who are making this Thanksgiving special at Columbus House
Mike Newton of KBE Building Corporation came by our Middlesex Family Shelter on Saturday, November 23rd, with 7 of KBE’s “Gifts of Gobble” - complete turkey dinners – for families in the emergency shelter. KBE donated a total of 20 “Gifts of Gobble” dinners to Columbus House, as part of their state-wide initiative. Pictured are Mike and one of his two sons who joined him in the delivery.
We have much to be THANKFUL for at Columbus House this Thanksgiving!
There are many other exciting happenings going on around Columbus House thanks to our generous supporters. We were, once again, the proud recipients of KBE Building Corporation’s ”Gift of Gobble” Thanksgiving Dinner Donation. Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center employees conducted a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit families at our Middlesex Family Shelter. St. George Church of Guilford will again be cooking Thanksgiving breakfast and dinner at both our Main Shelter and Overflow Shelter.CRN International of Hamden will be baking and delievering 200 cupcakes at both Shelters. Our good friends at St. Therese Church of Branford will be providing a Thanksgiving dinner at Recovery House. Additionlly, Columbus House welcomesSOUND Proof once again this year for their Thanksgiving Eve chorale performance at our Main Shelter.
THANK YOU TO ALL!!!
Harkness House for homeless Veterans
Thank you to Sikorsky Aircraft and Knights of Columbus Hon. W. Patrick Donlin Assembly #2459!
Harkness House, our transitional housing program that provides support to 14 male Veterans, has received tremendous support over the past month. On October 25th,Sikorsky’s Contracts & Counsel team presented Harkness House with a check for $15,686.95. The money is a portion of the proceeds of Sikorsky’s annual “Homerun for Heroes” Bridgeport Bluefish baseball game. On November 4th the Knights of Columbus Hon. W. Patrick Donlin Assembly #2459 held a flag raising ceremony at Harkness House and presented us with a check for $5000, the proceeds from their September 11th golf tournament. The Knights dedicated a plaque at the base of Harkness House’s flag pole during the ceremony. The plaque reads “In support of those that have served our country.”
We are grateful to have the support of these two generous organizations and are thrilled to have them as partners in our goal to ending Veteran homelessness!
Yale-New Haven Hospital collects over 270 Welcome Kits!
We were left speechless on November 22nd as the Mutual Respect Committee at Yale-New Haven Hospital arrived and unloaded 141 WelcomeKits that they collected from their St. Raphael’s Campus. Even more amazing is that they will soon be bringing over 130 more from their Yale New Haven Campus! Because of this incredibly generous effort, over 270 individuals and families moving out of homelessness will receive a warm welcome into their new homes with the gift of much needed household necessities. We cannot thank the Mutual Respect Committee at YNHH and their coworkers enough for this remarkable show of support and partnership!
Looking to get involved this holiday season?
Join in our annual grass roots effort, Homeless for the Holidays, to raise awareness, funds, and much needed wish list items for those experiencing homelessness throughout the region this holiday season. YOU can:
Make a financial contribution
Honor someone special
Organize a drive
Volunteer
Serve a meal
If you are interested in helping please contact Sheree at (203) 401-4400 ext. 138 or sdimario@columbushouse.org. In the meantime, for the most up-to-date information about Homeless for the Holidays please visitwww.columbushouse.org/holidays.
Thank you to our Homeless for the Holidays sponsor: