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 […]
Bell’s Launch program has three transitional living homes in York City serving six to 10 people each. Residents pay a portion of their income* for rent. Bell’s mental health services department receives basic funding to run the homes, providing a stable environment for individuals living with mental illness to work on individualized goals, i.e. employment, […]
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 […]
Do people refer to you as creative? Have an artistic flair? A crafty side? The Bell’s Big Bed Race Planning Committee is looking for people to create the next round of fabulously quirky trophies to be presented at the 2024 event on Saturday, April 13. Every year since 2017, our volunteers have outdone themselves, bringing […]
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 […]
Are you looking for a judgment-free environment where you can unwind, meet other people, and be yourself? If so, Bell’s Drop-In Center is the place to be! Originally started as a mental health program for users of CHIPP*, Drop-In now serves people from all around the Bell family, including people with no other affiliation with […]
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 […]
Bell Family Shelter has been a beacon of hope for unhoused families in York County, PA for 37 years, providing emergency temporary shelter and case management for people facing the stress and trauma of homelessness. The majority of those in Bell Family Shelter are little ones; last year, the average age was 7. The time […]
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 […]