Recent Events

Holiday traditions and celebrations are almost here! It seems time passes more quickly each year in our busy, hectic lives. Now that an enjoyable summer is over and we move into the bright crisp days of fall, it is time for an early start to planning for the winter holidays.

Many families, groups, and friends of all ages, join Shalom House for holiday gift wrapping. This is a fun and enjoyable holiday activity you can do with family, friends, work associates, classmates, or with a group. You will have the opportunity to meet new people while wrapping gifts for donations to benefit the Shalom House Women’s Shelter.

Shalom House is an Emergency Shelter for Women and Women with Children, located in Harrisburg. Serving over 300 women every year; we provide shelter, food clothing, and personal care products. Most importantly, through intensive case management, we help women rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient. In 2008, we established a new program with the Veterans Administration to house homeless female veterans. Shalom House is the only agency in the State providing this service

If you have not had the opportunity to enjoy this activity, please put it on your list of �must do�s� this year. Holiday Gift Wrapping has been one of our main fundraising activities for 15 plus years. All proceeds directly benefit Shalom House Clients.

YOU can help. Many groups, and families commit to as little as two hours to a whole day of gift wrapping to end the cycle of homelessness. Individuals volunteer for shifts of 2,3 or 4 hours, between the hours of 11:00 AM and 9:00 PM. Some wrap with us several times during the season; we will work with you to find a time or shift to fit your schedule.

The booth is located in Colonial Park Mall by Auntie Anne’s pretzel stand. All supplies are provided.

To sign up please contact Marsha Fortney by email or at her home (545-6494) or (255-2056).

Cookbooks created by The Hershey Company’s Sensory Group are still available to benefit Shalom House.  Every dollar donated does directly to help us serve homeless women and children in central Pennsylvania.

Employees from Hershey’s Sensory Department, a team of experts in tasting and taste perception, created a cookbook with all of their favorite recipes earlier this year. The team sold more than 300 copies of the cookbook. Hershey also donated the cost of printing the cookbook.

All purchase are handled via a secure web page on the PayPal web site.  Simply click on the Add To Cart button to start the process.  Your next stop will be the Shalom House payment page on the PayPal site where you can change the quantity of your order, or Proceed To Checkout to enter your credit card and shipping information before you finalize the sale.

Shalom House Executive Director Jackie Morrison and several Board members attended the 2009 Armed Forces Day on Harrisburg�s City Island on Saturday, May 16 to inform event attendees about the work being done in the SHARP Vets program to serve homeless women veterans.

All volunteers received a warm welcome from the veterans, their friends and families. Plans are already in place to attend the event again in 2010.

Shalom House gathered at the Capital Performing Arts Center on the evening of Saturday, April 18, 2009 for its annual theater event.

We'd like to extend our thanks to our sponsors for the event:

Gold Sponsor: M&T Bank

Silver Sponsor: Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin

Bronze Sponsor: The Hershey Company

Friends Of Shalom House: C-P Flexible Packaging, QualVantage, Patti Bucek, Sharon Ryan, Bill & Linda Duncan, Jon & Margaret Kundrat, Thomasena Watkins

Silent Auction Donors:

Snapshots

*Photographs from the event provided by Board Member Monica Rebuck.

Shalom House extends its humble thanks for a donation made by volunteers at the First Christian Church in Lemoyne.

Volunteers held a pancake breakfast in the church basement on Saturday, March 28, then generously donated one dollar from every ticket sold to Shalom House.

In the photograph, Shalom House Executive Director accpets a check for $396 after services on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009.

We look forward to more pancakses and fellowship with the First Christian Church in Lemoyne in the years to come.

(Photo: L to R) Shalom House Executive Director Jackie Morrison, Dominique Scarpulla, Doria Onstott, Isabell Richard, Hannah Onstott, Danny Pascale, Isabella Pascale, and First Christian Church Pastor Terry Ford.

We love to share stories about women who work with partner agencies, and this is a great one.

Brianna Chambers and her visit to�Dress For Success�were highlighted on a recent�Fox43�story.� Dress For Success works with women who need professional attire for a job interview, but can�t afford to buy the clothing they need.

To see how Brianna fared, click through to�see the storyfor yourself.

We wish Brianna good luck on her interview, and her new life to come as she works toward self sufficiency.