LHM Social Services Foundation

11/04/2025

Join our Beam Teams and volunteer with the Horizons transitional housing program!

Sign-ups are open for 2026 volunteer reception shifts! Stake your claim for your preferred shift and sign up today at www.lhm-foundation.org/volunteer.

Our reception volunteers will be the face of Horizons, taking calls, doing light office work, and greeting program participants, staff and volunteers as they enter the building. Training will be provided! 3-hour shifts are available Monday through Friday, from 7:30am to 10:30pm.

👀 Keep an eye on our volunteer page for other upcoming opportunities with the Horizons Beam Teams, including meal service, groundskeeping, and more!

11/01/2025

Although November is widely recognized as Homelessness Awareness Month, in 2007, Congress established the month of November as National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. The designation was intended to bring public awareness to youth homelessness, and to support and applaud the businesses, organizations, and volunteers who help meet the needs of unhoused children and teens.

Nationwide, the number of unhoused children rose 32.8% from 2023 to 2024, with 2,873 children experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania alone. 📈

⛄As temperatures drop and the holidays draw near, the month of November reminds us that not everyone has access to safe, stable housing. Read more about how LHM Foundation’s Horizons program will serve unhoused individuals and families at www.lhm-foundation.org/lhm-horizons.

10/30/2025

📣 In this issue: Reception volunteers wanted, an upcoming Open House, making the present different, and more! Read the October edition of The Beacon, LHM Foundation’s monthly newsletter, at https://conta.cc/3JcKGjo.

10/28/2025

It’s that season! Leaves are falling, clocks are changing, and volunteers are signing up to join our Horizons based Beam Teams! In this video, look inside our Horizons transitional housing facility and hear more about letting your light shine as a Beam Team volunteer!✨🏠

10/28/2025

Join us for an Open House at the home of the LHM Horizons transitional housing program on Thursday, November 20! Come learn more about transitional housing – how it works, who it serves, and why it matters to our community – and take a tour of the Horizons facility before we begin to welcome participants in January 2026!

📍 3251 Butler Street, Harrisburg, PA 17103
🕒 12:00pm – Welcome
❓ 12:15pm – What is Horizons?
🏠‍ 12:45pm – Guided Tours

No registration is necessary. If you have any questions about the Open House, reply in the comments or contact Ellen Abbott, Director of Development, at ellen.abbott@lhm-foundation.org or 717.569.3807.

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10/24/2025

Volunteer reception shifts are NOW AVAILABLE for the Horizons transitional housing program! Sign up today to reserve your shift in 2026 at www.lhm-foundation.org/volunteer.

Our reception volunteers will often be the first people program participants, other volunteers and community partners see when they enter the building. This is your chance to bring light – and a smile! – to another’s day. Reception volunteers will also be a resource to guests with questions and may do light office work. Training will be provided!

👀 Keep an eye on our volunteer webpage for other upcoming opportunities with the Horizons Beam Teams, including meal service, groundskeeping, and more!

10/22/2025

Volunteer Spotlight: Meet Megan Maro!

Megan is a Patient Accounts & Systems Coordinator for LHM Physical Therapy Institute who also regularly finds time to volunteer with LHM Foundation!

If you’re considering volunteering with our Beam Teams, Megan would like you to know that, “A small effort on our part, out of our busy lives, makes a world of difference for others in need.”

“I enjoy spending time out in the community and seeing the volunteer efforts we put forth,” Megan says. “It allows me to get perspective in the different areas where our services are needed."

Thank you, Megan! You truly are a bright light at LHM Foundation. 🌟

10/20/2025

Become a Monthly Lightkeeper by setting up a monthly gift to LHM Foundation! 🌟

Monthly Lightkeepers provide a well of community support for the Horizons transitional housing program, which will begin serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness in January 2026.

As a Monthly Lightkeeper, your recurring gift to LHM Foundation will help fund the daily essentials of the Horizons program, including food for meals, supplies for participants, and salaries for case managers, dining services, and other program staff.

A generous donor is matching every gift dollar-for-dollar, up to $3 million – set up your monthly gift now and double your impact! 💵

Together, we can make the Horizons program a beacon of hope and possibility that shines for years to come. Set up your monthly gift today at www.lhm-foundation.org/donate.

10/16/2025

Thank you, Saul Ewing! The Harrisburg office of Saul Ewing LLP held a CommunityAid clothing drive to benefit LHM Foundation. Look at that impressive carload of donations!

Hosting a clothing drive is a great way to support LHM Foundation (and clear some closet space!). Comment below or contact us, and we’ll send you materials to promote a drive.

Not planning a drive? Just mention our name or partner code (50322) when you drop off your gently used clothes, shoes, or household goods at any CommunityAid location.

10/14/2025

✨ Light Up Horizons by the New Year! ✨

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, 24 windows are shining brightly! That means that individuals and businesses have sponsored 24 resident units for the Horizons transitional housing program.

But we have 34 windows to go! Please consider sponsoring a unit at the individual ($10,000) or family ($25,000) level to help begin building brighter futures this holiday season!

🏠 Give today at the link in bio, send us a message, or contact Ellen Abbott, Director of Development, at 717.569.3807 or ellen.abbott@lhm-foundation.org.

LHMPTI is a full service physical therapy institute in Pennsylvania that provides physical therapy services. Contact us today to get started!

10/11/2025

💪 LHM Beam Teams in Action!

Community Beam Team members recently had a great time volunteering together at Bethesda Mission, serving lunch at the men’s shelter.

👉 To learn more and sign up to volunteer with LHM Foundation’s Beam Teams, visit https://lhm-foundation.org/volunteer/.

10/09/2025

Why do people experience homelessness? The National Coalition for the Homeless and National Alliance to End Homelessness agree that there are two major contributing factors:

🏠 A lack of affordable housing development and preservation.
🤝 Economic factors including inadequate rental assistance programs and persistently low incomes.

Only 35 affordable rental homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income households across the country. Misconceptions and stereotypes about homelessness can lead us to think of unhoused individuals as having some quality that the rest of us don’t possess or lacking some quality that we do possess – but lack of affordable housing and poverty are the primary drivers of homelessness. Many face the impossible choice between paying for housing and other necessities, like healthcare, food and clothing.

LHM Foundation’s Horizons transitional housing program will provide pathways to housing security. As we prepare to begin serving unhoused individuals and families in January 2026, we need your support! Give today at www.lhm-foundation.org/donate. 💛