With dignity, compassion, and respect, we aim to provide homeless families with shelter, while promoting self-sufficiency and giving families hope for a safer, healthier future.
Harvest Homes History
·Created by Westerly residents concerned about homeless children.
·Began with two apartments in December 2005 and has grown to currently include six apartments.
· Thirteen families have been sheltered in this transitional, supportive housing program...including eighteen children!
·Over 80% of our families have moved on to secureapartments on their own.
On behalf of the Kraft family and the New England Patriots, congratulations again on being honored as a 2007 New England Patriots Community MVP. We are very impressed and touched by all the great work you have accomplished in the communities.
Attached please find photos from the Community MVP Awards Luncheon.
Once again, Congratulations and we wish you the very best in your continued work for Westerly Area Rest Meals.
Sincerely, Coryn Drown Community Affairs Events Manager New England Patriots
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A $1500 donation is going to WARM/Harvest Homes in Joy's name. THANK YOU, Joy and the New England Patriots!
Announcement during New England Patriots' MVP luncheon held May 31, 2007, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA: "Joy Cordio and several other volunteers started Harvest Homes, a program of Westerly Area Rest Meals that provides supportive housing for homeless families in southern Rhode Island. What began as a single apartment has become four apartments helping families move from homelessness to independence. In just the past year, Harvest Homes has helped five families get back on track by providing furnished apartments under Joy’s direction."
All set for cooking when they move in this evening
Just waiting for their new teenage friend
Just waiting....for mom
Waiting for the new tenant's personal touch
Advisory Committee members outside of newest Harvest Homes apartment. l to r: Michael Walker, Lynn Schaufler, Joy Cordio, missing: Allison Abramson, Michael Abramson and Jeanne Luther
A gathering of WARM and Harvest Homes friends showed up for the Open House held for clergy and area dignataries the day before the tenant was to move in
The purpose of
Westerly Area Rest Meals (WARM) Inc. is to provide a
continuum of care and
service to the homeless and needy by providing affordable housing
and assuring
supportive services, and to help the homeless and needy build
self-esteem and
move toward independent and responsible living.
