What Gifts Can Do

What Your Gifts Will Accomplish Through Good Shepherd

SmartStart School Scholarships (SSSS)
	SmartStart helps people to restart their lives through education so they can live their dreams. They realize they have made some mistakes and now wish to change the course of their lives in a serious way through schooling. Your designated gift will give them the financial means to get them their education through courses, books, supplies and vocational tools.
Supportive Housing
	Our 4-unit single bedroom, furnished apartments stabilizes young men’s lives when they are utterly homeless and have no where else to turn. Good Shepherd rigorously screens them to determine what positive rehabilitative behaviors they have already demonstrated before coming to the house so that your precious gifts are not squandered. Stabilized housing gives them a base to launch from, thus empowering the men to become successful citizens for themselves and their children
Furniture Panty
	The pantry enables men and especially women with children to gather the furniture and household items they need for free or at a nominal price as they set up a new residence. Whether coming from spousal abuse or coming out of a state facility, the items help them to restore their dignity and to have a sense of pride, ownership and independence. Your gift will help us to keep our doors open in this way.
Clothing Pantry
	The Pantry for Men and Women provides the needy with clothing items ranging from summer shoes to winter coats, and from work clothes to dress clothes for interviewing or church. Hygiene items, such as razors, toothbrushes and perfume/ cologne help them to feel good and look great. A man named Tom came to us in February in minus degree temperatures with a thin jacket. He stated this was all he had for a coat. Not only did we give him a heavy coat, but he also walked away with gloves, a hat and a broad smile!
Job Coaching
	Good Shepherd Ministries offers the tools of success to people looking to be a success. These tools range from business cards and resumes to counseling, providing job leads and job search strategies. One of our success stories includes a man who looked for work without success for six months. After coaching him on his resume and interviewing, he obtained a job in three weeks!
Outreach of Care
	Your financial gifts will accomplish our doing what we do best- giving others a second chance with a fresh start. Social service and church referrals, materials assistance, and providing clothing vouchers are just some of the approximately fifteen simple, yet, effective services Good Shepherd does on a regular basis to make our community a better place to live, pray and work

Copyright © 2001 Good Shepherd Ministries . All rights reserved. Revised: October 28, 2007 .

Copyright © 2001 Good Shepherd Ministries . All rights reserved.
Revised: October 28, 2007 .