Rebuilding Hope: How CWS Blankets and Kits Are Transforming Lives at the Nehemiah Mission

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, February 26, 2025

The Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland is dedicated to rebuilding hope and transforming communities by providing meals, temporary housing, and support for displaced families. During a visit, CWS’s Nick Gliha witnessed their powerful work firsthand—from serving warm meals to offering CWS Blankets and Kits to those in need. Below is his blog written about the recent experience. Providing Hope Through Meals …

CWS Kits and Blankets Bring Warmth and Hope to Ohio Communities

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, January 9, 2025

CWS Blanket and Kit donations have provided warmth and essential support to Ohio communities facing record cold and power outages. The generosity of donors, local shelters and events like Bethlehem on Broad Street have offered comfort, hope and vital supplies to those in need during winter’s harshest challenges. During the harsh winter days, the generosity of CWS Blanket and Kit …

CWS Blankets Bring Thanksgiving Warmth in Washington State

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, December 5, 2024

Many of the clients at Concern for Neighbors Food Bank in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, had a little something extra to be grateful for this Thanksgiving: snuggly CWS Blankets! The food bank provides food and some household supplies to hundreds of people each Tuesday morning, and they added 100 CWS Blankets to their distribution during the week of Thanksgiving 2024. It …

Blankets for Unsheltered Neighbors in Durham, North Carolina, as Winter Arrives

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2021

The cost of living in Durham, North Carolina, is going up with each passing year. As rents rise, more people struggle to find affordable housing. This need grew sharply in 2020, too, as the pandemic and related shutdowns led to spiking unemployment. “What we have seen, and what we anticipate, is that more people will find themselves unsheltered as a …

CWS Blankets and Hygiene Kits for asylum seekers in New Jersey

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, May 14, 2020

The CWS office in Jersey City is full of hope. Everyone who walks through our doors—or, during this time of pandemic, talks to our staff on the phone or through a video call—is hopeful for the future. They have hope for their children, for their families and for the new, safe life they are building here in New Jersey. Our …

CWS Blankets shipped to temporary shelters in Rhode Island

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Communities across the United States are scrambling to stop the spread of coronavirus. Churches, businesses, individuals and local governments are teaming up to care for their neighbors. Rhode Island is no exception. The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency has opened temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness. As Pamela Leary from RIEMA explains: “The Governors’ office, the RI Emergency Management Agency, …

CWS Kits and Blankets provide hope to New York City amidst coronavirus pandemic

News & Updates | Posted Monday, April 20, 2020

The world has been turned upside down due to the COVID-19 pandemic – many organizations are having to change their entire programs while maintaining their purpose: trying to help those in need. One example is The Bowery Mission in New York City. The Bowery Mission has been around for 140 years, staying open during the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression …

What CWS Blankets mean to our neighbors in Washington State

News & Updates | Posted Wednesday, January 29, 2020

This story was written by Holly Buchanan, a volunteer at a food bank in Snohomish County, Washington. This was a good day at the food bank! The Pacific Northwest trifecta of cold, dark and rainy gave us a chilly drizzle today, and yesterday I heard on the news that we haven’t had an officially sunny day in nearly two months. …

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Church World Service Bring Blankets of Hope to Cushion Body and Soul

News & Updates | Posted Thursday, August 1, 2019

In June, 2018 the major news networks arrived in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, turning their cameras to the walkways of the international bridges over the Rio Grande, and the effects of the Zero Tolerance policy on asylum-seeking families at the border was revealed to the country and the world. Observant television viewers and readers of news reports could …

CWS School Kits, Hygiene Kits and Blankets bring comfort to Northeast Tennessee

News & Updates | Posted Friday, August 31, 2018

Nestled along the Appalachian Mountains, the Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency is in the heart of poverty-ridden America. UETHDA serves Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties. Teams in each of the agency’s nine Neighborhood Service Centers work daily to help clients overcome the daily hardships that they face. Specifically, they offer assistance that helps people …