Good Shepherd Ministries Of Wilmington Inc

THE MISSION OF GOOD SHEPHERD IS TO FEED THE HUNGRY, SHELTER THE HOMELESS AND FOSTER TRANSITION TO HOUSING.

THE MISSION OF GOOD SHEPHERD MINISTRIES, INC. IS TO FEED THE HUNGRY, SHELTER THE HOMELESS AND FOSTER TRANSITION TO HOUSING. ESTABLISHED AS A MODEST SOUP KITCHEN IN 1983, GOOD SHEPHERD HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS TO PROVIDE A DAY SHELTER, NIGHT SHELTER, AND IN 2001, THE SGT. EUGENE ASHLEY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER FOR HOMELESS VETERANS IN EARLY RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. THE DAY SHELTER PROVIDES THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS WITH A LOW-DEMAND SAFE HAVEN WHERE THEY MAY RECEIVE MAIL AND CLEAN CLOTHING, AND ACCESS TO TELEPHONES, RESTROOMS AND SHOWERS. GUESTS ALSO BENEFIT FROM AN ON-SITE MEDICAL CLINIC, OPERATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH PROVIDES FREE, NON-THREATENING ACCESS TO HEALTH SCREENINGS, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND WOUND CARE. ANNUALLY, OUR SECOND HELPINGS PROGRAM REDISTRIBUTES AS MUCH AS 500 TONS OF SALVAGED FOOD--THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY--TO AREA PROGRAMS FOR THE LOW-INCOME, CHILDREN, AND THE ELDERLY, IN ADDITION TO ENABLING OUR SOUP KITCHEN TO SERVE AS MANY AS 500 MEALS DAILY TO THE HUNGRY. DURING 2021-2022, 162,127 SERVICES WERE PROVIDED, INCLUDING HOT MEALS, WEEKLY FOOD BOXES, BAG LUNCHES AND FOOD GIVEAWAYS, AND ALMOST 1 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD (943,803) WAS SALVAGED AND REDISTRIBUTED TO THE HUNGRY THROUGH THE SOUP KITCHEN AND 16 PARTNERING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. ALREADY THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF HOMELESS SERVICES IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA, GOOD SHEPHERD OPENED A NIGHT SHELTER IN 2005 TO BETTER RESPOND TO AN UNMET NEED FOR EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT BEDS. OPEN EVERY NIGHT, YEAR-ROUND, THE SHELTER CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 118 HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN, AND FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN EACH NIGHT, PROVIDING THEM NOT ONLY A BED, BUT ACCESS TO FOOD, CLOTHING, RESTROOMS, SHOWERS, INDIVIDUAL CASE MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING PLACEMENT. TRAINED STAFF WORKS WITH GUESTS IN SETTING AND WORKING TOWARD A PLAN FOR BECOMING HOUSED AGAIN. DURING 2021-2022, MORE THAN 246 HOMELESS ADULTS AND CHILDREN WERE PROVIDED EMERGENCY SHELTER. ANNUALLY, GOOD SHEPHERD MOVES APPROXIMATELY 162 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN FROM HOMELESSNESS TO STABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.