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The Open Shelter and those we serve were blessed! Thanks to St. Andrew & St. Agatha Church, we were able to provide a nourishing and delicious Holiday Meal for over 250 homeless and marginally housed men, women & children and also some special guests we invited! We were also able to make Christmas bright and […]

The Holidays can be a joyous time for many but can also be stressful and even depressing for some, especially those we serve. We talked to a few of our guests and one of our longtime volunteers to understand what the Holidays mean to them. “Family and celebrations. Some are happy, some are sad. Some

“I am from Venezuela. We left there because the economic crisis is bad. There is no work or food. I came through the jungles of Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Mexico. In Mexico, I got on a train. I jumped the mesh fence into Texas to surrender to immigration.” “I was happy because I had

THANK YOU, ENTERPRISE MOBILITY! The Open Shelter would like to give a HUGE, heartfelt THANK YOU to Enterprise Mobility for being such wonderful supporters of our mission, “Staying Behind With Those Left Behind.” Through the Enterprise Mobility Stronger Together Employee Giving Campaign, Enterprise Mobility team members have made significant contributions to our grassroots efforts of

The Open Shelter has an August Match Mania Update…and it’s a wonderful one! YOU not only met the $5000 match, but you blew by it!!!!! There are probably still donations coming in, but as of right now— a total of $13,123.00 has been raised!!! That means The Open Shelter gets a $5000 gift promised by a loyal donor of

The Open Shelter was honored to participate in the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association Charity Night at Eldorado Scioto Downs.We were part of 10 charities that were selected. Each charity was paired with a horse for that night’s 8th race. The winning charity would receive $10,000, with second place getting $5000 and third place receiving $3000!