Winter 2021 | A Way Home
Uniting people facing homelessness with loving, supportive communities they can call home.
Hope Center Update!
In December, New Castle County purchased the former Sheraton hotel, now called the Hope Center. The vision was to welcome those experiencing homelessness into temporary shelter for the winter. The county invited us to run programming out of this location, as we know the clientele well. We ensure all guests have access to food and transportation to their appointments and work. Our program also includes access to case management along with medical assistance, mental help professionals, and substance abuse counselors. 

As of February 10, we had 166 guests filling 105 rooms. Our goal is to secure permanent housing for our guests and keep them from returning to the street.  If you or someone you know could benefit from this service please leave a voicemail or text 1-833-FIND-BED.

We are always looking for more volunteers or donations. If you're interested in volunteering at the Hope Center, please email volunteer@friendshiphousede.org. For monetary donations, click here to donate now!
Click here to read some Hope Center stories!
School Uniform Initiative
In fall 2020, we launched a uniform initiative providing 400 uniform items to Evan G. Shortlidge Academy. Our goal is to expand this effort so no student in New Castle County will have to worry about having adequate or clean uniforms to wear to school. In fall 2021, we plan to redistribute 10,000 uniform items to 2,000 children.

We need your help! If your club, organization, company, faith community, or family and friends are looking to get involved in your community, please consider hosting a school uniform drive this spring or summer! Contact Cassandra Bryant for your uniform drive promotion kit. For more information about this initiative please click here.

The uniform items we are looking for include; clean new or gently used white/navy/light blue polos and khaki/navy pants & skirts, youth sizes; 3T-20. Donations can be brought in tied plastic bags to our Clothing Bank, located at 1603 Jessup St. Wilmington, DE 19802. Please label the bag with 'uniform'. The Clothing Bank is open Monday-Thursday from 8:30am to 2:00pm. Anything you can donate will help equip students with a necessity. We're so grateful for your loving support!
Housing Update
We're so excited to announce, Westminster Presbyterian Church has purchased a new house for our Transitional Housing program. The house has been named Clark House after Jim Clark, a former board member and friend of Friendship House. We are beyond grateful for this beautiful 8-bedroom home that will provide a comfortable place for men in our program. Thank you WPC for your loving support!

In response to COVID-19, we have made the decision to temporarily move our Andrew's Place residents living at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew into other Friendship House Transitional Houses in order to separate the residents from our Wilmington Empowerment Center, which remains at Andrew's Place. We're so grateful to SsAM for housing our stage one residents!
Upcoming Events
Save the Date
VIRTUAL ANNUAL PARTY
Thursday April 22, 2021
Join us to celebrate our 2020 accomplishments!
VIRTUAL HIGHMARK WALK
June 5, 20201
Join a FH walk team today!!
MLK Day Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who supported us this year on MLK Day of Service for our Donation Drop Day!
We greatly appreciate all the support to our Empowerment Centers, Clothing Bank, Transitional Housing and Hope Center program.
YOUR INVESTMENT MAKES AN IMPACT
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVING SUPPORT -
Friendship House Inc | PO BOX 1517, Wilmington, DE 19899