Our Updates
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Gift Cards
What’s on our minds? GIFT CARDS McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts Why gift cards? Because the people we meet on the streets and encampments use them. We’ve run into homeless folks that have gone days without eating. They live in the woods on the outskirts of urban areas because they’ve been chased out of…
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Food Resource Guide for Manchester, NH
There are many options in the greater Manchester area for those in need of food assistance. This post has been updated 11/2/2024 with the following 2024-2025 guide, provided by the City of Manchester Health Department: https://manchesterproud.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Food-Resource-Guide-2024-2025.pdf
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Need More Coats
Assembled at 6:00 AM this morning. Went to the downtown area around the parks. Gave out brand new winter coats, new blankets, hats, gloves, hygiene kits, and handwarmers. Lots of people laying on sidewalks sleeping, trying to stay warm in the cold and damp. We are going through coats like crazy at a high cost.…
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List of Shelters in Manchester, NH Area
Here is a list of shelters in the Greater Manchester Area. We don’t know how current it is. But, it is a place to start in one’s search: https://www.shelterlist.com/city/nh-manchester
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Buy a Phone
Want a deeply moving, emotional experience? Try buying a cheap TracPhone with a calling card and hand it over to a homeless person as a gift so they can call their ailing mother who lives in another state. That will do it for you…
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We Kick It Up
This is the time when people in our neck of the woods need our help the most. It’s when we try to pick up the pace of our services. And, it is when we need donations more than ever. In this season of giving, we hope that you will remember us and our mission. Thank…
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Saturday Outreach
We went out this morning at 6:30 AM. It was 18 degrees. Quite chilly to be sleeping outside on the ground. We met up with about a dozen homeless individuals who were hungry and cold. We gave them blankets, gloves, coats, tarps, hot coffee, breakfast burritos, hats and hygiene kits. This afternoon we are going…
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Thanks, Tom & Linda
My friend Tom called and told me about this homeless dude that needed a few things. Here’s what Shepherd’s Way did for him. Linda, one of our great volunteers, assembled a package of goodies for him: 3 pairs of warm socks, 2 pairs of sweat pants, bottles of water, 2 blankets, 2 sweaters, a brand…
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You Guys Delivered
Thank you Michael, Deb, Jeff and Gabby. You guys really delivered for us this month. Really appreciate you…
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People Appreciate What We’re Doing
Couldn’t get enough tents and tarps yesterday. At Victory Park, met up with some people who were out in the cold. We gave out coats, blankets, socks, water, hygiene kits, gloves, and tarps. I went out very early to Walmart this morning. Got more tents. Took them to our cold and shivering friends at Victory…