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Acts of compassion can save lives. Listening without judgment and supporting others through their struggles helps to rekindle a sense of self-worth in people who may have lost it but need it the most. It shows the chronically homeless and addicted that others no matter what care about them and value them as human beings. Read more

Your friends at 39 Beech Street want to thank you for everything you do for the homeless. The continued generosity that you show is inspiring. It is people like you that keeps this all going. Thank you for all you’ve helped the homeless with at 39 Beech Street Shelter. Your friends at 39 Beech Street Read more

You’d think that after eight years of doing street outreach helping the unhoused homeless it would be easy to recognize the difference between ‘helping’ and ‘enabling.’ But it can be tricky, especially when we’re talking about chronic homelessness and addiction. How do we ensure that our outreach is empowering rather than reinforcing harmful cycles? We Read more

It has been an incredibly rainy May here in New Hampshire and colder than normal. Our unhoused homeless friends have had a challenging time dealing with it as have we. We need the sun. Rain, please go away. We handed out a lot of tarps, rain ponchos, and survival blankets in our Help With Basics Read more

Just returned from doing outreach. With the rain and all wasn’t the best day to be doing it. Seems on the days when the weather is at its worst our unhoused struggle the most. So, that’s why we go out, to help these poor souls. Would be nice if we could report more joy when Read more

People often tell us that the key to ending homelessness is affordable housing. It may well be for those who are experiencing temporary homelessness. But what we see more often than not is chronic homelessness. And a chief cause of that is addiction. Addiction and chronic homelessness frequently go hand in hand. So, what’s the Read more

Recently, we put a post on our Facebook page soliciting information on the locations of homeless encampments in the City of Manchester and surrounding areas. This post generated some concern that sharing such information with us on a public forum such as Facebook might tip off the police as to the whereabouts of camps and Read more

He knows you are lying on the ground cold and shivering. He knows that snow is coming down on the frozen plastic over your head and how traumatized you are from the evils that surround you as you try to exist in a state of unhoused homelessness. He hears your sobs in the night. He Read more

Doing street outreach is about helping people in need and staying authentic in one’s words and actions. As such, and being a Christian-based organization, we try to let the Holy Spirit guide us in our conversations and efforts. While it is important for us to address as best we can the physical needs of the Read more

Our street outreach offers immediate assistance to people experiencing homelessness, substance use disorders, and other hardships such a lack of food, clothing, or hygiene items. Being Christian-based, we offer our services to the homeless community in the name of Jesus Christ showing people that they’re not alone in their struggles, that Jesus cares and loves Read more