Homelessness Awareness Month
November is Homelessness Awareness Month. Learn from Keystone Mission Program Directors, as experts in the field of homelessness, what homelessness is, the causes, the solutions, and how we as
a community can help!
The Reason Keystone Mission Exists
Keystone Mission is an award-winning, local faith-based non-profit organization with locations in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA. Our focus is to transform the lives of men and women experiencing homelessness through relationships by the hope of the Gospel.
Our mission is to be the Catalyst for the Community, to provide help and hope to the homeless, hungry, and hurting people in Northeast PA.
On
a mission
to change
lives across
Northeast PA.
Keystone Mission provides basic relief, meal outreach, transitional housing, emergency shelter, job readiness/ housing services, and connections to mental/physical health and drug and alcohol rehab.
Keystone Mission returns dignity, self-worth, and purpose to guests as we build relationships and connect them with the proper services. As we build relationships, clients are more likely to return and seek help toward independent and sustainable living.
Our current programs include a 15-Bed Male Transformation Center, two Innovation Centers for Homeless & Poverty (Scranton & Wilkes-Barre), a 365-Overnight Shelter, a Code Blue: Emergency Shelter, and Weekend Meal Outreach.
Volunteer Opportunities in Programs
Emergency Shelter-Code Blue (Seasonal) - Scranton
The goal of this program is to provide direct relief from the brutal cold winters of NEPA. Folks are given a warm place to sleep, where they may have access to showers. Here, relationships are built with guests. This program is available in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre from November to March.
Responsibilities:
• Check-in guests
• Build relationship with guests
• Stay overnight in the facilities to monitor the guests
365- Overnight Shelter - Wilkes-Barre
The goal of this program is to serve as a safe shelter for individuals who are facing homelessness and who might otherwise remain unsheltered during the year. This program is available in our Wilkes-Barre Innovation Center for Homelessness & Poverty.
Responsibilities:
• Check-in guests
• Provide a meal
• Build relationship with guests
• Stay overnight in the facilities to monitor the guests
Innovation Center for Homelessness & Poverty - Scranton & Wilkes-Barre
This program is essentially an educational and hands-on training facility for guests. Breakfast and lunch are also available to guests. The Innovation Center will include vocational therapy, housing, agency collaboration, life skills training, job readiness training, spiritual training, and basic relief.
Responsibilities:
• Assist staff with serving breakfast and lunch
• Help guests with scheduling appointments
• Transport guests to appointments as needed
• Build relationships and motivate the men and women to better themselves
• Clean and fix things around the facility
• Other tasks as needed
Transformation Center - Wilkes-Barre
This is a 15-bed facility available to men across NEPA. The new center is built on a 5-Pillar program structure that will holistically transform lives and build back hurting individuals into contributing members of society.
Responsibilities:
- Drive residents to appointments
- Build relationships with residents over a board game
- Mentor residents through daily activities
- Cook a meal with residents
TRANSFORMING
LIVES IN
NORTHEAST PA
79%
of funding goes directly back into programming.
25,000
meals were provided to guests in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre each year
$5.60
to provide a services
to a guest.
2,910+
in-house vocational training hours by guests & residents
250+
guests working with case managers for housing and job assistance
8,800+
guests receiving basic necessities (i.e. clothing, umbrellas, phone chargers)
18,250+
sheltered guests throughout the year
1,840+
showers/hygiene kits provided for men and women
Make
an impact
in your
community
today!
79% of all funding goes directly to benefit the men and women who are broken and experiencing homelessness in NEPA.
You're Providing Hope & a Home for those in Need!
In the past year, we launched Wilkes-Barre's first day shelter and 365-Overnight Shelter for men and women experiencing homelessness. Guests are being fed 7 days a week and are sheltered so they may begin the process of life change.
Your neighbor needs you
