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Tova Borgnine
We are honored to support the Mission of Safe Harbor.
THE NEED IS GREAT
The encouragement along with giving shelter, food and
compassion are their Victory over Defeat.
A NEW START
A helping hand and someone to listen with understanding.
We salute you all!
Ernest & Tova Borgnine
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Pennsylvania State Senator Andy Dinniman
"When all is said and done, we will not be judged by the wealth we've accumulated
or the buildings we've built, but rather by the way we've used our resources to
help those most in need. More than 15 years ago, we came together to address the
problem of homelessness in Chester County. The idea started simply as providing
warm beds for those with no place to call home, but the community worked together
to make Safe Harbor so much more. Today Safe Harbor continues to open doors and
opportunities for those who otherwise would have nowhere else to turn."
Andy Dinniman
Pennsylvania State Senator
19th District
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Pennsylvania State Representative Barbara McIlvaine Smith
“To give secure shelter from the storm of life in a time of need is what Safe Harbor is all about.
I can still remember the first time I saw a homeless person, wrapped in a filthy blanket, sleeping
on a steam grate on a cold January day in Philadelphia. I couldn’t imagine how that person could survive.
When homeless people started appearing on the streets of West Chester, our community refused to
look the other way. Instead, out of the caring efforts of many, Safe Harbor was born.”
Barbara McIlvaine Smith
State Representative
Legislative District 156
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Pat Bokovitz and Dolores S. Colligan
"Homeless people have different backgrounds, life experiences, abilities, and goals—but
they share the common experience of poverty and a lack of resources. They also share a
common humanity, and deserve our compassion and respect.
With imagination and commitment, Safe Harbor of Greater West Chester has the ability
to provide resources and tools that lift homeless people out of crisis and into new lives.
Homelessness is solvable: Things do not have to stay as they are.
The Chester County Dept of Community Development (DCD) believes in the fundamental
right of people to rise above poverty and homelessness by offering financial resources
and support to organizations like Safe Harbor of Great West Chester. As a result of
funding from DCD, Safe Harbor is able to provide food and emergency shelter annually
to over 225 single homeless men and women throughout the year. In addition to the
service dollars awarded to the organization, DCD is also proud to be assisting with
funding opportunities to support the shelter's expansion project that will ultimately
provide beds for an additional 20 single homeless women."
Pat Bokovitz Dolores S. Colligan
Director Deputy Director
Housing & Community Development
Chester County Department of Community Development
"A Community Action Agency"
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Barbara Kirby
"Safe Harbor has been the sole provider of the 4 only existing beds designated for
homeless single women in Chester County. How delighted we are that you are able
to expand services with a second floor dedicated to women who are at their most
vulnerable. May God bless the work of Safe Harbor and our sisters in
need."
Barbara Kirby -- Director of Saint Agnes Day Room
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Jim Jones
"I love living in a community whose people take care of each other, and Safe
Harbor is one of the ways we do that. Adding an addition to double their
capacity is a great idea, and I'm proud to swing a breaker bar on their
behalf."
Dr. Jim Jones -- Member of West Chester's Borough Council, history
professor and 16-year Borough resident"
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Carolyn Bunny Welsh
"I am excited to be involved in the "Raise the Roof" campaign. It is such a positive and exciting
effort designed to support and empower women in the most difficult of circumstances.
Helping people regain their self respect and independence is the worthiest of causes.
When we help those in need we support the community, the county, and the country. I am
proud to be part of this honorable endeavor for Safe Harbor."
Carolyn Bunny Welsh
Sheriff, Chester County
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Bill Seybold
“As one who has participated in early programs in the West Chester community that
spoke to the food and shelter needs of the area's homeless, it was a blessing for me
to see the present Safe Harbor come into being (in the very building that Tom Donovan
used to service my car). I have watched and sometimes participated in the evolving
programs at Safe Harbor that have made it a model for ministry to the homeless. It is
exciting to know that not only are food and shelter provided, but there is a concerted
effort to bring about rehabilitation. I congratulate those who currently are involved in the
furtherance of Safe Harbor's mission, namely, the provision for those single women
who are presently homeless.”
Bill Seybold
Outreach Coordinator,
Grove United Methodist Church
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Councilwoman Sue Bayne
I explained to some local friends what Safe Harbor does and the services that
provides. Many folks simply didn't know that we had such an incredible and
generous facility here in the Borough. I could re-list the conversations that
I've had, but it would take pages to re-tell those chats, the reactions and
questions about Safe Harbor
I can't imagine losing my home and everything
else and finding myself on the street. But heaven forbid, if it ever does
happen, I hope that Safe Harbor is there for me. Everyone talks about value for
their dollar, and Safe Harbor does so much on so little. We need to support
them every which way that we can."
Susan Bayne
Borough of West Chester
President, Borough Council
Council Member, 4th Ward
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Safe Harbor of Greater West Chester
20 North Matlack Street
West Chester, PA 19380
610-692-6550
Shelter@SafeHarborofGWC.Org
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©2010 Safe Harbor of Greater West Chester
©2010 All photographs by Daniel Williams Photography, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Unlawful to Reproduce
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