After a great deal of work and the efforts of many individuals and organizations to ready the new building for operations, Interfaith Sanctuary will open for services on Thursday, November 1! Overnight shelter and supportive services will be provided for men, women, and families from 6 pm – 7 am seven days per week.

“In this first phase of our operations, we will be able to shelter 100 individuals per night. We’ve had to install a partial sprinkler system which allows us to use half of the building at this time. Given this, we’ve needed to adjust our plans slightly. We will not have a separate sleeping area for couples, although couples are very welcome to stay with us and will be sheltered in the same building. We plan to install a full, permanent sprinkler system in the spring and this will open up the whole building for services. At that time, we’ll be able to add an entirely separate shelter for families, a couples sleeping area, two hospitality rooms, a family supportive services office, and overflow sleeping areas. We are ecstatic at this point though as the weather begins to get cold that we’ll be able to open and still serve 100 people a night! It has been an amazing experience watching people from so many different faith traditions pulling together and working side-by-side to get us ready to open. ” - Jayne Sorrels, Shelter Administrator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board member, Will Rainford, helping with remodeling project

The community is invited to a press conference on Thursday, November 1 at 1:30 and an open house will be held on Saturday, November 3 from 1 – 3 pm.

If you would like to get involved with Interfaith Sanctuary, there are several ways to lend your support:

• Supplies and Resource donations
• Financial donations
• Volunteer – over 90 volunteers are needed each week!
• Distribute our brochure at your house of worship or community organization
• Organize an office fundraiser and/or food/supply drive over the holidays

 

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