Individual members of several York County Rotary Clubs showed up early Friday morning for a combined club service project to unbox and then assemble a shipment of metal beds to be used at the new soon-to-be open Bell Family Shelter. After a quick introduction by Bell’s director of community engagement, Averie Clark, the first group […]
A warm shout out to every one of you who donates to and makes purchases at Re-Source York’s home decor and/or home improvements stores! Your support keeps good usable stuff out of the landfill, provides jobs for Bell service users, and a portion of sales from both stores is donated on a quarterly basis to […]
Mark your calendar now to head out to Victor’s Italian Restaurant March 11 to 14! A portion of all sales – food, drink, take-away, and gift cards – those four days will benefit Bell Family Shelter. What a great opportunity to enjoy a delicious meal, raise a toast, or gift an amazing experience while at […]
The Russell and Eleanor Horn Foundation supports Bell through Adopt-a-Day gifts that cover the cost to run Bell Family Shelter for seven full days. We’re commemorating their generosity by designating the week of Valentine’s Day as their week, which this year is February 11 – 17. For more than 20 years, the Horn Foundation has […]
Once again this year, Bell employees joined with other housing providers for the annual Point in Time Count. In a light-to-heavy drizzle in the early morning of January 25, teams traveled to pre-determined designated areas around the perimeter of York City to look for signs of people experiencing homelessness. One team included Lori Leister, Bell’s […]
Linda Lehr was a long-time supporter of Bell, offering many useful in-kind gifts to help out the Bell Family Shelter over the years. She instilled that same sense of compassion in her daughter, Lisa, who followed in her mother’s footsteps and now supports Bell Family Shelter and is passing along the spirit of giving to […]
In addition to delivering 100 coats from Operation Warm to our Bell Family Shelter and NextDoor programs this week – in the middle of a cold snap, no less – our friends at Apple Subaru are once again hosting a Sock & Blanket Drive for Bell from January 15 to February 10. Your donations […]
December 21 at Bell Family Shelter goes out to Re-Source York! Started as a partnership between Bell and York Habitat for Humanity in 2002, Re-Source York sells used furniture, home goods, and building supplies donated by the community. A portion of the sales from each Re-Source store is set aside and donated to Bell Family […]
When Donna came to Bell Family Shelter, she had been homeless for over a year. After leaving the house where she had been staying which was in utter disrepair and about to be condemned, she lived on the streets. Throughout the year, she spent time at LifePath’s Women and Children’s Shelter, but her options were […]
Early last month, a York woman called Bell’s Next Door program in a state of desperation. She had just sent her twin children off to college, and her husband of seven years had abandoned her, reducing the household from double to single income at a crucial time. What’s more, her employment had recently ended, and […]