The fastest growing group of people being served by Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness (LCP) is unsheltered seniors, including older women. LCP is opening a new shelter, the Kenmore Senior Women’s Shelter, to help meet this need. Donations made during the offering at our Christmas Eve services will go to support this program and the women being served by it. William Towey, Executive Director of LCP, will make a brief presentation about the new program during church services on December 8, and will be available for individual conversation during coffee hours following those services.

The specialized Kenmore Senior Women’s Shelter will serve retirement-age women who are community-minded, socially-stable, and without chronic mental or physical health issues or substance abuse issues. Most have worked their entire lives but their retirement plans haven’t kept up with cost-of-living increases. Many are just $200-300 a month shy of affording market-based housing. LCP will provide a full array of services at the Kenmore Senior Women’s Shelter, and staff will work with residents to provide a pathway into shared-housing solutions, along with the skills needed to make shared living work well for these women.

In addition to the Christmas Eve offering, donations may also be made throughout December in cash or via check, text, or electronic transfer to UUC as long as funds are clearly designated for LCP.  Thank you in advance for your generosity. For more information, stop by the Learning Station during coffee hour on December 8 or visit https://lakecitypartners.org/kenmore-senior-womens-shelter/.