Helping Families Stay Together
Sarah’s House in Anne Arundel County, on the grounds of Ft. Meade, includes a short-term family emergency shelter, long-term family transitional housing and a licensed day care center for the residents. Each family is assigned a caseworker, a professional who helps them navigate through the maze of resources that may be available to help them [...]
Manna Gives Thanks to Sarah’s House
We would like to share with you a letter of thanks from Sarah’s House resident, Manna. The good thing about Sarah’s House is you have this big family who cares and wants to see you succeed in life. See, before I came to Sarah’s House, I never had people who were positive and cared about [...]
Sarah’s House Helps Amber and Earl Get Back on Track
This season, Amber, her husband, Earl and their son, Johnny, have so much to be thankful for and with the help of Sarah’s House they are looking forward to a brighter New Year. Amber and her husband Earl were living in Oregon when her drug addiction became so dangerous that they sent their five-year-old son [...]
Why Sarah’s House Is So Special
Based on my past service experiences with agencies that provide direct service to those experiencing homelessness, I had a certain image of Sarah’s House cultivated in my mind before I arrived last August. When I set foot on property for my first day of work, I was awed by how much Sarah’s House immediately stood [...]
Deja’s Extra Efforts Pay Off
Deja and her one year-old daughter, Peyton, came to Sarah’s House Emergency Shelter in March of 2015. Initially, Deja struggled to adjust to being a part of a structured program, but she knew that Sarah's House would be the best place for them. She was determined to do whatever it took to get her family [...]
Summer Camp at Sarah’s House is in Full Swing
For the fourth straight year, the Sarah’s House kids are enjoying a summer day camp on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, thanks entirely to the kindness and generosity of Schuster Concrete in Owings Mills. Every Monday and Tuesday, up to 35 children ages five and above travel over the Bay Bridge to the 500 acre River Farm [...]
Sammy Advances to an Independent Life
Homeless and unemployed, Sammy and her 14-month old son moved into emergency housing at Sarah’s House in April of 2014. Through hard work, including obtaining employment at a fast food restaurant and taking online classes to be a Teachers’ Assistant, Sammy was accepted into the Transitional Housing program at Sarah's House the following July. By [...]
Scott Grimshaw Helps Sarah’s House Guests Learn to Shine
Volunteer Scott Grimshaw has been donating his time and talent to Sarah’s House for the past 17 years. Having previously worked with the Prince Georges County Intervention Suicide Hotline, Scott came to our program with a strong interest in reaching out to those in need. He helped to create a parenting skills group called SHINE—Sarah’s [...]
CRIS: “We’re put on this earth to do something”
Service is core to Cris Marchiori – service to his country and service to those in need. A first-generation Italian American, Cris decided to give back to his country by joining the armed forces. “I am blessed to have been born here in the U.S.,” he said. “My parents came here from Italy, and they [...]
Work4Success Helps Glynis Move From Client to Employee
In 2008, just like millions of other Americans, through no fault of my own, I found myself laid off and in the infamous unemployment line. It had been a rough year for everyone – the American workforce as well as corporate America. After less than a year at a radio communications firm, I was unemployed. [...]