Every day, we serve over 300 people across two counties and five locations and our goal is to treat each person who comes through our program with the dignity and respect they deserve. Our homes are designed to be welcoming, warm and clean spaces and we are always looking to improve.
Whether it means putting in new flooring, painting the walls a new fresh color or doing a deep cleaning, we want our housing to feel like home for the men, women, and children who live there.
Lately, it’s looked like transforming some of our spaces to steward them well and better serve our participants. Thanks to funds from donors and grants—and some generous volunteers and contractors who went out of their way to help us with these projects—these three spaces have been transformed and are ready (or nearly ready) to serve our neighbors in a new way.
Kennett Square
A dark and scary basement that frequently flooded? No more! Thanks to a grant from the Longwood Foundation, we were able to not only waterproof the basement in our Kennett Square housing but completely transform it into a cheerful meeting room for additional gatherings and support services (see before and after photos above).
What once was a useless, dark basement is becoming a brand-new space. While work is still in progress, the transformation is already incredible!
Lancaster City
A large conference room has been sanctioned off and turned into a meeting room (left), a kitchenette and two office spaces. We also transformed a former office room into an on-site laundry room so the women and children living in that home have laundry services right in the building.
We’re so grateful to 4JM Contracting, who gave us a generous discount when they learned about our mission and funding limitations. A big thank you also goes to WellSpan Health for providing the funds that made this project possible. We truly couldn’t have done it without both of their support.
Coatesville
Seeing the need for more housing for women in Chester County, we made the decision to renovate one of our affordable housing apartments to serve single women facing homelessness.
Previously an affordable housing apartment, our team realized this space could better serve the community as transitional housing. Our Chester County Facilities Manager led the renovations over the past several months—tearing up old flooring, fully remodeling the bathroom, and more. Volunteer groups, including Berg Construction, stepped in to help with painting, and now the space is finally ready to open. We’re excited to be able to now serve single women in Coatesville—an important milestone for Good Sam!
One of our core values at Good Sam is stewardship. Whether it’s a donor’s generous gift, an in-kind donation, or a conference room that could be better used in a new format, we strive to steward every resource well so we can better serve our neighbors facing homelessness.
We’re grateful for every hand that helped make these transformations possible—and we’re even more excited for what’s ahead as we continue providing spaces that feel like home to our neighbors facing homelessness.
