Anchor Lancaster

Anchor Lancaster provides daily meals, showers, laundry, case management and shelter for neighbors experiencing homelessness or housing instability in Lancaster.

Our Goal This ExtraGive

We are raising $80,000 to sustain breakfast, shower, and laundry services while preparing the new Day Center to open with heat and bathrooms before winter.

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A Place to Rest and Begin Again

A hot breakfast, a warm shower, clean clothing, and a safe place to sit — these are simple things.But when life is heavy, they are life-changing.

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More Than a Meal — A Path Toward Stability

Stability takes time — and no one rebuilds alone.

Guests meet with case managers and partners to take practical steps forward, including:

• Eviction prevention

• Housing applications

• Documentation and ID recovery

• Employment readiness and job search support

• Healthcare and recovery access

Visiting partners also provide:

• Mobile medical care

• Counseling

• Recovery support

• Spiritual care (as desired)

For five years in a row, Lancaster has chosen Anchor as its #1 nonprofit — because this work leads to real, measurable progress.

When someone has a place to land, they have a place to begin again.

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Why Your Gift Matters — Especially Now

The need for safe daytime refuge is growing — and winter is approaching.

Our expanded Day Center on East King Street will welcome more neighbors indoors, but right now, it is a bare concrete shell:

• No heat

• No bathrooms

• No safe indoor space yet
  
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To open before temperatures drop, we must:

• Install heating system

• Build sanitary bathrooms and handwashing stations

• Create case management space

• Prepare clean, safe gathering space

Meanwhile, breakfast, showers, and laundry continue at First United Methodist Church — the heart of our mission.

We have the space.
We have the staff.
What we need now is to make it warm, safe, and ready.

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Your Impact Last Year

🍳 42,000 breakfasts shared
🚿 6,000 warm showers offered
🧺 2,400 loads of laundry washed

🧦 6,000 pairs of socks distributed
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 180–200 neighbors welcomed daily
🏠 30+ evictions prevented

👋 200+ volunteers serving each month

These are not numbers.
They are lives becoming steadier, stronger, and more hopeful.

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Your Gift Has Direct Impact

Your gift brings warmth to the body, stability to the day, and hope to the future.

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Who We Are

Anchor Lancaster is where faith becomes action and where the love of God is made visible through consistent, practical care.

We believe every person is created in the image of God — worthy of dignity, safety, and the chance to rebuild.

Our approach combines compassion + structure, helping guests move toward stability through:

• Housing pathways

• Employment readiness

• Documentation and benefits access

• Daily routines that rebuild confidence

This is Christlike love expressed through consistency, partnership, and hope.

And it is your generosity that makes this work possible.

Together, we are making sure no one is left in the cold this winter.

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