Hurrican Florence Closing
As of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 at 5 pm, Good Shepherd Center shelter and soup kitchen will be closed. Staff will be shuttling all shelter residents, Lakeside Reserve and Ashley Center residents who wish...
View ArticleHelp us raise #3KinaDay – Giving Tuesday 2018
You can be a hero this Giving Tuesday to a neighbor in need. We have a goal to raise #3Kinaday. Your contribution will help send someone home for the holidays. No matter what holiday you celebrate, we...
View ArticleSupport the Hungry and Homeless this Holiday Season
“I am homeless.” These are three words you hope you never have to say. That’s how we started the draft of this letter in early September. Then came Hurricane Florence and now there are far more...
View ArticleSECU Lakeside Reserve UPDATE!
Things are moving quickly at SECU Lakeside Reserve as we prepare to finish Phase II and the addition of 24 units of affordable housing for chronically homeless adults with a disability. As dirt was...
View ArticleHurricane Dorian Update
As of 8 am on Monday, September 9, 2019: All programs are open and fully functional as normal. Thank you to everyone who came to our aid with bottled water and blankets pre-hurricane. We appreciate you...
View ArticleGiving Tuesday 2019
There is never a good time to experience housing crisis but imagine facing homelessness at the holidays. Horrible, right? Our goal for Giving Tuesday is to raise $9,000 this year. What can we do with...
View ArticleEveryone Has a Right to a Home
At Good Shepherd Center, our work can be complicated but our approach is simple: Be a safety net for our neighbors in crisis by providing hot and nutritious meals, case management support, showers and...
View ArticleDear NIMBYs: An Open Letter from a Homeless Woman in Los Angeles
Recently, we found this powerful article containing an open letter written by a woman who has been chronically homeless in the Los Angeles area since she aged out of the foster care system. We are...
View ArticleEviction Prevention Project (EPP)
Have you lost income because of COVID-19? Are you having trouble paying your rent or utilities? The Eviction Prevention Project (EPP) may be able to help. Using HUD CDBG-CV funds, Good Shepherd Center...
View ArticleHome for the Holidays
November 2020 As we approach the end of 2020, we can all agree it has been a challenging, often frightening, and unsettling year for all of us. Imagine being homeless on top of all the fears...
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