Top FEBRUARY 2015
Smiles Light Up the 2014 Christmas Party
Staff and board members joined residents and alumni on December 18 for the annual Joseph's Home Christmas celebration to enjoy a delicious meal and hand out a bounty of gifts, which were received with many smiles.

 

"This party is always the highlight of our year," said Executive Director Georgette Jackson. "It's wonderful to see our former residents return. The camaraderie and optimism in the room is so beautiful to witness and is so beneficial to our current residents."

 

The Christmas party could only happen through the generosity of donors from St. Matthias the Apostle Church, St. John Neumann Church and The Church of St. Clarence who contributed the gifts. Thank you!

 

Thanks also to Hawken School students Monica Sass and Hannah O'Day, volunteer Debra Wilden and Joseph's Home Board of Directors members Rich Gallagher, Jim Tabaczynski and Frances Tyus who all helped hand out gifts.

 

 


 

 

Click here to see more photos from the 2014 Christmas party


 
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Caring Hearts Heal Lives
The acutely ill homeless men of Joseph's Home rely on gifts from friends like you for the care they need. If you haven't already, please consider a financial contribution of $25, $50 or $100 to the 2015 Annual Fund. Any amount you can give will help our guys recover their health and heal their lives. Donate online here or call Director of Development Nathan Munn at 216.875.4634 to give by phone. Thank you!




Relationships Put a Human Face on Homelessness for Students
Hawken School Students Monica Sass (left) and Hannah O'Day with Joseph's Home Facilities and Operations Manager Edison Mosley, II at the Joseph's Home Christmas party.
Hawken School Senior Hannah O'Day admits she had preconceptions about the homeless when she signed up for an elective class on homelessness.

 

But when teacher Jack Breisch assigned her and classmate Monica Sass to spend a portion of their fall semester at Joseph's Home, she was given a unique chance to get to know the issue
 - and the people - up close and personal.

 

O'Day and Sass got to know Joseph's Home residents over meals and spent time with them playing games, doing puzzles and socializing. They also created time capsule questionnaires for residents to complete at their arrival and again at their discharge.

 

What did they take away from their time with the residents of Joseph's Home?

 

"Through this experience I learned the truth," said O'Day. "They are normal people just like me."

 

The highlight of their field experience at Joseph's Home was the Christmas party as O'Day and Sass distributed gifts to current and former residents. It was also bittersweet because it was their final day and there were some sad goodbyes.

 

"I definitely made a few friends along the way," said O'Day. "Joseph's Home impacted me immensely and I know Monica and I would both love to spend more time there."
Feast of St. Joseph 2015
Join Joseph's Home as we celebrate the feast day of our patron saint St. Joseph with a Mass and reception.
  
When: Thursday, March 19 at 4:00 p.m.
Where: Holy Trinity Chapel at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. Reception to follow in the hospital's St. Vincent DePaul Room. Directions
  
This event is free. RSVP by Monday, March 16 by clicking here. For questions or to RSVP by phone or email, contact Director of Development Nathan Munn at 216.875.4634 or nmunn@sistersofcharityhealth.org.

In the Next Print Issue of Joseph's Journey...

It's YOUR turn in the spotlight! In the upcoming spring issue of Joseph's Journey, look for our annual Joseph's Home Donor Honor Roll to recognize and thank those whose compassion and generosity helped to heal the lives of our acutely ill homeless residents in 2014.

 

The newsletter will also include a letter from Executive Director Georgette Jackson discussing the recent trends in our resident population. It's a must read if you want to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing the men arriving at Joseph's Home these days.

 

The spring issue of Joseph's Journey will be distributed by email as normal, but if you'd like to make sure that you also receive a hard copy in the mail, contact Director of Development Nathan Munn at 216.875.4634 or nmunn@sistersofcharityhealth.org.

  
  
Attention Amazon.com Shoppers!

Here's an easy way to support Joseph's Home that costs nothing extra-Amazon Smile. Amazon Smile allows Amazon.com customers to direct Amazon to donate 0.5% of their qualifying purchases to the nonprofit organization of their choice. Tens of millions of items qualify. So no matter what you buy-clothing, music, toys, electronics, tools or even books-your Amazon purchases can directly help the men of Joseph's Home.

 

Visit smile.amazon.com to enroll and select Joseph's Home as your beneficiary. Your Amazon Smile selection is added on to your existing Amazon user profile and does not require any additional passwords once enrollment is complete.

 

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