Community CARES' Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk will take place Saturday with check-in starting at 4 p.m. and the walk scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m.
United Way launched the campaign at a kickoff event at the Meeting House in South Middleton Township Tuesday morning with a goal of raising $1,490,000.
Today, Jon Mansch and Jennifer Anthony-Mansch live in an apartment near Community CARES in Carlisle, but their story began with both facing homelessness.
Shippensburg Borough Council members said Tuesday they are excited to approve a plan by Community CARES, a homeless shelter in Carlisle, to use the former Episcopal Home as a family emergency shelter home.
Executive Director Beth Kempf proposed using the former Episcopal Home located at 206 E. Burd St. as a family emergency shelter to the board.
“Community CARES (previously Carlisle C.A.R.E.S.) wishes to utilize the former Episcopal Home with the permission of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania in partnership with them for the purpose of providing a shelter for families,” she said. “As an alternative, what we’ve been doing is hoteling families. We work with several agencies in the Shippensburg area, as well as throughout Cumberland County. During COVID, our model that we’ve been using of utilizing church floors to shelter people has no longer been functioning and not safe. This facility would provide a safe location to keep families separated from one another, but united in a safe, quiet place where children can have a less traumatizing experience while experiencing homelessness.”