YOU DID IT! Your gifts of support to Bell during our Give Local York campaign resulted in more than $36,700! Every dollar raised helps us keep our meaningful work moving forward into 2021, providing emergency, transitional and supported housing as well as job readiness, life skills training, and socialization opportunities. Please stay engaged throughout the […]
Kathryn Patterson, owner of Hill Street Quilts (hillstreetquilts.com), worked in Bell’s Mental Health Department, from 1980-1992, and then as the Director of Human Resources, from 2001-2003. She says, “I’m very proud to have been part of the team that built Bell from the ground up!” Recently, she shared her beautiful and touching thoughts with us […]
A recent survey of women, in a large U.S. city, said that they struggle to afford feminine hygiene products. Half of the women surveyed, during the past year, had to choose between purchasing food and period care supplies. Millions of women face this constant struggle. There are two phenomenal women, in our community, helping other […]
Coretta Scott King, an American author, said, “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Witnessing 2553 pounds of non-perishable food arrive at Bell’s ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) Program, was a beautiful visualization of how GREAT our community is. The Bags for Bell food drive, was a […]
Every year around Valentine’s Day, there’s a little extra love in the air as we express our gratitude to the Russell and Eleanor Horn Family Foundation for their support of Bell Family Shelter through our Adopt-a-Day program. This year the Horn Family Foundation contributed enough for SIX FULL DAYS of support, helping to cover the […]
When someone mentions the holiday season, we often think of gratitude. (OK, OK, maybe we think of turkey, or family, or gifts. Then gratitude!) There’s plenty to be said for giving thanks, even in the most challenging times. But while gratitude focuses on the blessings bestowed to us, it’s generosity that inherently shifts the focus […]
What a year 2020 was (like I’m telling you something you didn’t know, right?). Who would’ve guessed in January 2020 that the year would bring us challenges even greater than the urgent need to fix the kitchen floor at Bell Family Shelter? This January we’re thinking back to last January with incredible gratitude for your […]
In the midst of a pandemic, while many people were stocking up on toilet paper and pulling out puzzles because they didn’t know when they’d be leaving the house again, Nicole was preparing to leave her home. Working, but with no savings to put toward a new place, she knew leaving was going to be […]
Sometime before Halloween, Kevin Traister, Bell’s director of human resources, starts reaching out to business contacts asking them to provide contributions for a special fund. It started in 2012, when he thought to himself that he could do more for the Bell programs during the holidays. He came up with the idea to hold his […]
Two jobs lost, a sublease gone wrong, and an eviction notice. Before they could wrap their head around it all, Bryan and Sky Forde’s family was homeless. “Nothing was in our name and we ended up being evicted because the person we subleased through was not paying the rent [we paid them] to the landlord,” […]