About Us
Help that Provides Hope.
OUR STORY
The Shepherd’s Staff is a privately-funded 501(c)(3) organization serving those in crisis in Carroll County. As a nondenominational Christian Outreach and Support Center, we continually strive to effectively respond to people in their time of need, particularly when they find themselves in situations where they may have nowhere else to turn.
We focus on providing temporary assistance to resolve short-term problems, while empowering people to seek more permanent solutions for social and economic self-sufficiency.
Our doors are open—from listening with compassion and offering fellowship to providing financial assistance and medical support. Our Staff and Board of Directors concentrate on even the smallest kindnesses to facilitate a sense of peace that is often the first step toward relieving a crisis and begin healing.
To do all this and more, we rely on financial and in-kind support, volunteerism and prayers.
With the support of our donors, volunteers and the community, The Shepherd’s Staff meets the needs of others with Gifts of Hope.
Your Gifts of Hope helped 4,463 individuals and 1,993 families in 2022 alone!
Check out the number of guests served by program:
Emergency Financial Assistance:
(528 households)
- Medical
- Prescriptions (44 individuals)
- Optical, dental & hearing
- Job related
- Transportation
- Auto expenses
- Work attire
- Food
- Store vouchers
- Baby formula
- Housing necessities
- Rent, mortgage & utilities
- Interim housing
Resources & Intervention:
- Referral
- Advocacy
- Compassionate listening
HOLIDAY:
- Christmas stockings
(1,296 stockings) - Easter baskets
(1,093 baskets) - Gift bags for seniors
BLESSINGS CLOSET:
(1,344 households)
- Laundry supplies
- Personal hygiene
- Cleaning supplies
- Diapers & baby essentials
Back to School:
(1,601 students)
- Backpacks
- School supplies
- New shoes & clothing
Call for Coats:
(441 individuals)
Food & Fellowship:
- Fridays soup kitchen
- 4th of July Cookout
(125 guests served) - Community Thanksgiving
(292 meals) - Shepherd’s Table Noon Meal
(2,800 meals served) - Emergency food (259)
COMFORT & CARING:*
- Bath & Laundry
- Gently used clothing
- Daily hospitality
- Grocery coupons
- Outdoor picnic area
* Note: Comfort & Caring currently not available due to COVID-19
Other emergency requests are considered, with sharing of community resources and outreach encouraged. We strive to work with all other local nonprofits to avoid duplication of services, while providing the needs of those who need us most.
I desperately needed help with food and personal items. The Shepherd’s Staff helped me with my rent so I could afford to pay the medical bill that would enable my cancer treatments to continue. Their help means so much to me.”