This place is amazing, truly a blessing. My experience has been so great. It’s great to have a place that provides for families in need.

I never really knew the responsibilities of being an adult until I was put in a place where I had to grow up.  Interfaith Shelter brought me into the light.  TIS is giving me the confidence, courage, and character to face manhood, fatherhood, being a husband and an employee with the hope that all will be well.

Everybody’s been so welcoming and so helpful. When I come here at night, I don’t feel like I’m going to a shelter. I feel like I’m going home.

Without the help of TIS, I honestly don't know how my family would have survived.  We have actually begun to thrive since our beginning here.  I am eternally grateful, more than I could ever say.

It's been wonderful. Since I came through this door, everyone’s friendly, outgoing, they make sure you have everything you need. And that’s why I’ve been able to come in and get a job and kind of start to progress towards getting out of here – because of the help I’ve received while I was here. They don’t want you to be stagnant here, they want you to – you know, progress.

What does [TIS]  mean to me?  A temporary home for me and my daughter and my boyfriend to live as a family... To be able to have a place to stay - a stable place for her - food on the table every night, I know that she's not going hungry, I know she's not in the street... It's just like a big blessing.

You've provided me and my sons with the first home we've ever been able to stay safe and stable. I'm finally in a place where I don't have to be afraid for tomorrow and can start working towards actually building a future.

Talbot Interfaith Shelter means stability and structure, and help where it’s needed. No matter what department it is, whether it’s help with myself or getting a place to be or having a place to lay my head at night. It means caring, ‘cause everybody here cares about us – the donors, the staff, everybody.

You never know who is giving and who is not because there are so many people, but it would be great to be able to say thank you... So thank you to the whole group of volunteers and donors and everything, because you don't know how much you change peoples' lives through TIS.

It's given me a sense of hope, a sense of feeling that I know everything is going to be ok, regardless of what I'm going through.  It has given me courage.  It's given me the strength to keep fighting and going on every day for my daughter.

COVID 19 has been a very scary and stressful time in our lives, but having TIS as part of our daily resource,we have been able to stay safe and healthy!  With the help of TIS and the local restaurants my 2  children and I have had full bellies, and big smiles every night!  We're so grateful for Talbot Interfaith Shelter and their staff/volunteers!!!!  You truly take care of your own community.

TIS saved my life