News & Events
2024 Upcoming Events
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SEPT – NOV: Make a donation for client Gift Cards for our Holiday Wishes Campaign
OCTOBER 11: Hope & Home Silent Auction Online Bidding Opens
OCTOBER 22: Free Walk-In Health Clinic – Friendship Center – 118 Main St., Hartford 9am – 3pm
OCTOBER 25: Hope & Home Celebration to benefit Mercy Housing & My Sisters’ Place – Bond Ballroom
OCT 25 – DEC 2: Holiday Wishes Campaign
OCT – NOV: Thanksgiving Non-Perishable Food Drive
NOV – DEC: Holiday Appeal Fund Drive
NOVEMBER 7: Job Fair – 76 Pliny Street, Hartford 10am – 1pm
NOVEMBER 26: Free Walk-In Health Clinic – Friendship Center – 118 Main St., Hartford 9am – 3pm
DECEMBER 3: Giving Tuesday – Worldwide Day of Giving
Quarterly Newsletters
FALL 2024
Mercy scored the highest of all similar area organizations by a national charity watchdog…
SUMMER 2024
Learn how Mercy’s Permanent Supportive Housing Program is a solution for chronic homelessness.
SPRING 2024
Hartford HealthCare has teamed up with Mercy to meet some of the health needs at the Friendship Center.
Mercy Housing In the News
Cod Weather Services for the Homeless may Shrink after Funding Cuts
Read more in this piece featured in the October 4, 2024 edition of the CT Mirror
CT Housing Case Workers Report Burnout as the State's Housing Crisis Worsens
Read more in this piece by Connecticut Public Radio, featuring Mercy Housing….
Mercy CEO Kara Capone provided insights about homelessness in Hartford at a roundtable discussion with Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Hartford-area partners.
Governor Lamont Awards $1.3 million to Mercy Housing
We are extraordinarily grateful to Governor Lamont for earmarking funds for much needed capital improvement projects at St. Elizabeth House.
FOX 61's The Real Story Gets Mercy Housing's Take on the Big Issues
Watch CEO Kara Capone break down the issues of affordable housing and homelessness in Connecticut.
WTNH TV 8 Covers the CT CAN End Homelessness News Conference
CEO Kara Capone joins legislators and housing advocates to discuss the state’s lack of affordable housing and it’s impact on the unhoused in our community.
WTIC 1080 Radio Gets the Scoop on the Real Housing Issues
Read highlights of CEO Kara Capone’s interview with WTIC at the CT CAN End Homelessness Legislative News Conference.
Saint Elizabeth House Featured on Crossroads Magazine Broadcast
St. Elizabeth House was a feature story on the Catholic TV network MyTV9 and Fox 61 with Fr. John Gatzak in May 2023.
Riveting Op-Ed in the Hartford Courant Tells the Story of Homelessness Then and Now
Read CEO Kara Capone’s heartfelt Op-Ed published in the Hartford Courant May 24, 2023.
Our Videos
A Team from Mercy joins other CT Nonprofits to Rally at the State Capitol
In April 2024, available staff from Mercy Housing and My Sisters’ Place joined over 1,800 peers from various other human service organizations as part of The Alliance: The Voice of Community Nonprofits rally at the CT State Capitol. The rally was an effort to get funding support from the state legislature before the end of the legislative session in May.
Celebrating 40 Years
Forty years is something special! This video shown at the 2023 Hope & Home event celebrates the history and present accomplishments of Mercy Housing.
Who We Are and What We Do
Hear first hand from some of the individuals who’s lives have been transformed by the work of Mercy Housing and My Sisters’ Place.
Annual Reports
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