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Dear Homeless Brother, After years of struggling, battling addiction, living on the streets and enduring the horrors that often accompany it, you’re standing tall again, reclaiming the world you lost. We admire your grit and your determination. We know that you’ll share your strength with others and help to lead them on to a better…

You become invisible to others. They don’t want to look at you. So, you’ve lost the right to be seen as a human being. Every interaction carries the possibility of rejection, robbing you of your dignity and spirit. Places are closed to you. You are constantly told to go away or move on. You live…

  Shepherd’s Way is looking for a donation of 100 towels for the new shelter at 200 Elm Street. Any amount donated would be greatly appreciated.   Also, we just got a request from a shelter for a donation of hygiene items.   THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

When we do outreach, we try not to focus on how and why people end up living on the streets or in a tent somewhere. Our mission doesn’t include challenging or judging anything. It’s about helping people in need to meet their most basic survival needs in life which include food, water, clothing, shelter, and…

When we first started Shepherd’s Way eight years ago, we made contacts up in the White Mountains and over in Maine in Franklin, Somerset and York counties. And we still keep in touch. There have been times when we’ve had surpluses of clothes that we’ve shared with outreaches in Maine because the Greater Manchester Area…

A quiet act of kindness offered with dignity and respect can mean the world to a person who is struggling to survive.

We thank the Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester, NH for its support during these bitter cold winter months.  We’ve been in need of gloves, hats, and socks for our unhoused friends, and the UU has really delivered for us. We are blessed to have its support.

One of the greatest coping skills that one can develop is the ability to pause in the face of adversity. Pausing to assess situations gives one time to think things through and avoid making hasty, irrational, decisions.

From my personal experience, I have found that street outreach is best delivered through a low-key, relational, trauma‑informed model, one that respects the dignity of those that need support. Every homeless person that I’ve ever met has shown me inherent dignity and spiritual strength. Thus, my role as an outreach worker is to coach them…

We are delighted to be working with Isaiah 61 Cafe in Laconia. Check them out. They have a wonderful program to help the homeless. Here is their website address: https://isaiah61cafe.org