Stories of Support, Hope & Change
Each year the Beth-El Center changes many lives. Below are just a few for your reflection. If you are inspired by these stories, please Donate to Beth-El Center Today!
April and Anthony Find Shelter
April and her son Anthony came to the Beth-El Center on a cold day winter day. April had been living with her parents for many years and had left her job to become their primary caretaker when they became ill.
Local Couple, Paul and Cheryl, Find Housing Assistance
Paul, a Milford native, was an employed locally as an accountant when problems with a torn retina caused him to become legally blind and unable to work.
Car Accident Changes Lives of Local Couple
James and Melissa had their car packed up and were ready to move south, leaving their home in New Haven when a devastating hit and run car accident changed the trajectory of their lives.
Formerly Unsheltered Homeless Man and Dog Transition to Apartment
When Mike moved from Waterbury to Milford, he didn't have a place to live. He stayed with friends, but spent most of his time living unsheltered behind the Devon Hotel or sleeping in the gazebo on the Green...
Susan Relies on Food Support for Stability
Susan regularly uses Beth-El Center's Soup Kitchen to supplement her food needs. She takes a bus from her apartment almost daily to get the hot lunch and a bagged meal- to-go that Beth- El Center offers.
Family Faces Abandonment and Homelessness
Leilany has had to overcome many of life's difficulties.She came to the northeast from Puerto Rico after surviving Hurricane Maria. After enduring 16 hours of the storm and then living without electricity, fresh water or the proper medication and physician's care for her disabled daughter, Leilany and two of her three daughters moved to the states to live with cousins, friends and then with her girls' father in an apartment in CT.
