Cold Weather Shelter

Chapelgate is helping Grassroots Shelter with hosting the folks that the shelter doesn't have room for at their Freetown location. If you have enjoyed being a part of this and would like to continue to serve these homeless folks, you could join our cooking team. We cook meals for the 50 residents the shelter helps year round. Each person on the team cooks part of the meal. We are thankful for our team captains, but are losing one due to health problems. So if organization is your thing and not cooking, let me know! Helping those who are less fortunate than us, helps us to appreciate God's blessings in our lives.

On Saturday, December 13th, as part of a large Dedication Program, Reggie Green accepted the ceremonial keys to his new home at 1442 Mount Street in Baltimore. The significance of the day was not solely for Reggie and his family. Immediately next to Reggie, two other homes were dedicated at the same time. Three homes, three great families, one enormous impact on a city block that had long been neglected!

These homes marked the 250th, 251st, and 252nd homes completed in the Sandtown Community by Habitat for Humanity. The amount of work that went into finishing these homes was incredible. The Habitat Staff should be commended (and very tired!) for the countless hours they personally put into these homes.

Reggie's house was the 4th home where Chapelgate and Central Presbyterian "partnered" out teams and efforts to tackle some of the worst properties in Sandtown. It was agreed at Dedication that we would continue this relationship for at least another home (after we all take a much needed break!).

In total, this is Chapelgate's 13th home we have sponsored and built, while it was Central's 14th home. Our work is getting better, and faster.

There are too many people to recognize and thank, but the efforts and dedication of Larry Sames and Joe Bianco certainly kept this home on track.