Gettysburg Cares- Cold Weather Shelter

Gettysburg CARES is currently closed and we are looking forward to opening soon for the 2020-2021 season. The COVID 19 health crisis has given us reason to re-evaluate how we have provided cold weather shelter and we are examining how we will best be able to serve the homeless in this new season. Our best estimate at this time is that we will be ready for new intakes beginning November 2. We hope to be able to share more information with you soon.

C.A.R.E.S. has made the decision to close early this season to protect the health of the guests, staff, and volunteers. The few guests that were still utilizing the shelter have been placed in a temporary hotel stay while the staff continue to work with them to transition into the next housing option for them. We sincerely thank every person that has helped by donating financially, donating supplies, volunteering their time, and sending positive thoughts and prayers our way while we helped those who are homeless in our community. We have such a great community. THANK YOU We plan to open the shelter again Mid-October and will post an opening date at the end of the summer.

Our community has tremendously helped us and we are COMPLETELY stocked on many essential items. We are not in need of any donations at this time. We are trying to limit visitors to the Resource Center to do our part. If you have something to drop off, please call the Resource Center for someone to meet you at the door. Any questions, please call the Resource Center. 717-334-4195 Thank you for your help to help those who are homeless in our community. We appreciate all the help.

We have about a 1.5 months until the shelter closes for the season, so we're working with the guests to get them into permanent housing. We have two individuals that just got their own apartment and are in desperate need of a washer and dryer since they are limited with transportation to get to a laundromat. Does anyone have an extra washer or dryer (electric) they'd like to bless them with?

Can you help us? The individuals in the shelter depend on volunteers to cook breakfast and then go to the Soup Kitchen for lunch. If it were to get to a point where guests of the shelter would need access to food within the shelter for all their meals within the day, we need to make sure we are prepared. There are currently 15 people who are homeless and needing support. Things that would be helpful: ready to to meals such as Hormel, granola bars, pop tarts, mac and cheese c...ups, mashed potato cups, single packs of tuna/crackers, etc. Thank you for helping us to be as equipped as possible to help support those who are homeless in our community.