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Privacy Policy
"Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation will make every effort to protect clients’ medical/psychosocial information and other sensitive information in accordance with applicable laws."
(Policies & Procedures 3.1.4)
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2008
Dreams Can Come True Gala Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSOR
HCC Global Financial Products
DIAMOND SPONSOR
Aetna Foundation
Ahlstrom Windsor Locks LLC
McCarter & English
Siracusa Moving and Storage
Travelers Foundation
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
Mercy High School
GOLD SPONSOR
Ahern Family Foundation
Bank of America
Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family Foundation
Citizens Bank
Marsh USA
Melville Charitable Trust
Pullman & Comley LLC
Reid & Riege Foundation
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community
Wachovia Securities
Webster Bank |
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Man on a Mission
After two years on Hartford Streets, Gary Cain is getting his life back. Cain, one of 118 adults living in Mercy transitional housing, was a college football player. The divorced father of three grew up in Fairfield County, but became ensnarled in addiction and lost it all.
Thanks to donations and grants, Mercy is able to provide Cain a warm meal, roof over his head, recovery counseling and guidance toward independence. We also are able to obtain free dental work and knee surgery for him. Cain, who turned 43 in February, is looking for work. In the meantime, he coaches Special Olympics, volunteers at a soup kitchen and provides security for his church. To donate to help people like Gary, click here.
Family Friendship
Jose Oritz, 4, enjoys lunch with his mother and grandmother in the family room of the Friendship Center of St. Elizabeth House.
With the cost of electricity, oil and gasoline skyrocketing, more and more families are relying on the Friendship Center , which serves two free meals a day, Monday through Friday, to scrape by. The Center features a family room that is separate from the main dining room. On any weekday at lunchtime, you will find several families eating together in the room, which also has a small play area for children.
A recent survey conducted by Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp., the agency that operates the Friendship Center, showed that about 40 percent of the people who take free meals at the Friendship Center, are working families. Not having to pay for two meals a day helps them stretch their limited dollars to pay for other essentials, such as rent, electricity and gasoline.
To VOLUNTEER at the Friendship Center click here.
Read More Success Stories in the Mercy News |
| MERCY AT A GLANCE |
| Donate Clothing |
Summer Essentials
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Clothing: men and women's coats, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, socks, underwear (All large sizes) |
Household: blankets, sheets, towels, small appliances, dishware, cookware, utensils |
Personal: travel-size deodorant, soap, shampoo, lotion, lip protection, tampons, sanitary pads, toothpaste |
| Food For A Day |
Meals served per day at Friendship Center in Hartford: |
225 |
Meals served over the past 25 years:
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1.2 million |
Bed For A Night |
Beds per night: |
257 |
Bed nights over the past 25 years: |
1.2 million |
Clients served monthly with meals, housing, health care, clothes and support services: |
790 |
No Longer Homeless |
Households supported by Mercy: |
129 |
Clients placed in jobs per month: |
5 to 7 |
Individuals and families that Mercy helped move out of homelessness and into permanent housing in 2007: |
228 |
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| WHAT'S HAPPENING? |
Spris Springs for Mercy!
On Thursday, June. 11, 2009, Head to Spris Restaurant after work where you can eat, drink and be merciful. From 6 to 0pm Spris will donate $1 for each beer, $3 for each glass of wine and $4 for each martini sold to Mercy Housing and Shelter to support an end to homelessness.
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| STATISTICS |
A statewide Point-In-Time count of homeless residents in Connecticut on Jan. 30, 2008 shows a 13% increase in homeless families across the state, with a shortage of affordable housing and skyrocketing rent prices partly to blame.
However, there was a drop in the number of chronically homeless residents and families and single adults living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings and other locations not meant for human habitation. Transitional housing, such as that offered by Mercy Housing and Shelter, is part of the reason for the decrease in homelessness.
The total number of Connecticut families found to be living in sheltered situations Jan. 30, 2008 rose to 474 from 392 a year earlier. But the number of single adults found living in locations not meant for human habitation fell on Jan. 30, 2008 to 590 from 707 the previous year
The number of families found living in locations not meant for human habitation on Jan. 30, 2008 fell to 8 from 38 in 2007.*
Source: Statewide Point-in-Time count Jan. 30, 2008
For more information on Connecticut’s efforts to end homelessness, visit the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness at www. cceh.org. Mercy Housing and Shelter is a member of that coalition.
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