Capital Rebirth
GLO Harrisburg
Recycle Bicycle
Wildheart Ministries
“The GIANT Company’s generous donation to these nonprofits will give them the boost they need to continue to be good neighbors to our local community,” said Representative Patty Kim, Central PA MLK Day of Service chair. “We are grateful for the investment and appreciate GIANT’s partnership.”
Giant said it is also donating $10,000 to Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council to promote and recruit new minority businesses for certification and development through a new grant program focused on food retail, consumer packaged goods, and support service companies.
In addition, The Greater Harrisburg Area NAACP ACT-SO Program will receive $5,000 to help encourage African American high school students through coaching and enrichment in the aeras of sciences, humanities, the performing arts, the visual arts, and business entrepreneurship.
How to help people facing homelessness this winter is the topic of Thursday’s Facebook Live
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Local social service agencies that provide help to homeless people in our area are sounding the alarm. We’re heading into the dead of winter, people are losing jobs, the moratorium on evictions is slated to end Dec. 31 and the death toll from the coronavirus now exceeds 300,000 in the United States.
The statistics, indeed, are bleak, with the threat of even more suffering ahead. PennLive reporter Ivey DeJesus and John Luciew spent weeks looking into the situation for homeless people in our region, and the news is far from good.
Want to help the homeless? Here’s how to do it
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
When considering how to help the homeless, the vast majority of people approach it with good intentions.
Most are inclined to give one-time donations to shelters by way of food, clothing or personal hygiene items. Those are well-intended, but not always the best way to give or help. In fact, service providers say that donations such as food - particularly perishable food - often are more of a hindrance than a help to a well-established system that already functions effectively.
Area providers say those who are willing and able to help can do the most good with a financial contribution (see a list of agencies is provided at the end of this story). Social service agencies need money to pay for staff and supplies.
Coronavirus complicates bringing Pa.’s homeless in from the cold
As the mercury drops, many homeless living in hidden camps will look to come in from the cold. But the coronavirus has sharply cut shelter space.
Updated on Dec 18, 2020;
Published on Dec 17, 2020
Stephanie Tighe, a community health worker with UPMC Pinnacle Mission Effectiveness, delivers a new pair of glasses to Mark at the homeless encampment near the PennDot building in Harrisburg on Dec. 2, 2020. He was headed to his brother s house. Tighe had taken Mark for an eye exam earlier and was finally able to connect after searching for several weeks. (Photo by Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com)