Our Mission
Our Mission
Shelter House is a temporary and transitional service that exists to provide short term relief to those people in need of shelter, food, clothing, and to support access to the resources and services these people require in order to improve their own capacity to meet their basic needs.
Shelter House is guided by the following principles and values. There is a collective responsiblity to help people in need.
- All people have self worth and are deserving of respect and dignity
- All people have the right to adequate shelter, food and clothing
- All people has the right to make choices about their lives.
- Both the individual and the community benefit from our work.
- Poverty, injustice and oppression are social problems not a result of individual failings.
- Through our work we can affect change to eliminate poverty, injustice and oppression.
- We do not work in isolation to affect this social change.
The Vision of Shelter House is to create a caring community whereby people are able to meet their basic needs.
To accomplish the Mission of Shelter House, the Board has set the follow Ends (Outcomes) that are to be accomplished by the organization.
Specifically,
- People basic needs are met
- People who are homeless or at risk of homelessness are supported to move forward in ways that they choose.
- The community, governments and policy makers are more aware of the root cause of poverty and homelessness and the resulting impact on people and our society.
Shelter House ...
acts as a lifeline for hundreds of men, women, and youth. People come to the Shelter to have their basic needs met. These men, women and youth are often struggling through an emotional or financial crisis. Shelter House is often their last hope for help and assistance.
