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Something Extra for Thanksgiving

Clients of our Food Pantry at the Joseph House Crisis Center will receive extra holiday food bags during the month of November. This is because Mike & Jen Gilchrist (faithful volunteers) have been hard at work shopping, organizing, and packing the bags, helping to make Thanksgiving dinner a little extra special this year for the…

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25 Years Ago We Built the Hospitality Room

The Joseph House Crisis Center has a long history of transformation. Before it opened in 1984, the building was a warehouse that belonged to the Campbell Soup Company, which had a plant next door. Wicomico County was leasing the warehouse to store voting machines. After the Mayor’s Office and community leaders arranged for the Little…

Soup Kitchen Reopens

Our Soup Kitchen has reopened, offering meals to anyone in the community. Not all of our preparation teams have returned, so the schedule is limited for the time being. Here is the schedule for the remainder of October 2023:Tuesday, Oct 24Wednesday, Oct 25 Meals are served from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Additional dates will be…

Magi Concert Tickets Available

The Magi Concert & Veteran’s Day Tribute will be Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Church Auditorium, 217 Beaglin Park Drive in Salisbury. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at any branch of First Shore Federal Savings & Loan or The Country House at 805 E. Main Street in Salisbury. You…

Golf Tournament a Success

The 16th Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Joseph House, held on October 6, was a great success, thanks to the generosity of local businesses and faithful individual donors. It would not have been possible without the multitude of dedicated volunteers, from those who serve on the planning committee to those who carry out…

Newsletter: October 2023

Dear Friends of Joseph House: Our days at the Joseph House are usually pretty full. In addition to overseeing the Crisis Center and the Workshop, we attend to any number things that often pop up without notice. We might need to deliver food to someone whose car is inoperable, buy a week’s worth of milk…

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Remembering Dave Pogge

We were saddened to hear that Dave Pogge, former president and CEO of Mountaire, died on August 26. Dave was a friend of our community and a generous supporter of the Joseph House. In fact, we have Dave to thank for the Joseph House Workshop. He did many other things for us as well. Sr….

Newsletter: September 2023

Dear Friends of Joseph House: The last few months have been tough for our Joseph House family. Our Sr. Clare died of cancer last May, and in July we tragically lost Gregory Dennis, a Crisis Center staff member, in a hit-and-run accident. Two sharp blows, one after the other. We carry on (we have no…

A Little Piece of Heaven

Over the summer, we have been putting in a little extra effort to fix up our convent property in Salisbury. With new plants and some yard maintenance, our outdoor space, humble as it is, gives a little more glory to our Creator. Our gratitude for the labor goes to a few friends of our community….