Andover high school students work together to help the Guests of Lazarus House! See how Somin and Survir Virmani collected $1,600 to help us run our programs. Read the full story in the Andover Townsman.
It was love that brought COVID-19 crashing down on Carmen Vega. It was caring that left her struggling for every breath. It was compassion that left her isolated from her family and frightened that she would not survive. “This is a very lonely illness,” said Vega, Shelter Coordinator for Lazarus House. “I was so scared. […]
If there is a common thread to the families that give time and money to Lazarus House, it is the value of gratitude implanted in one generation and then passed to the next. “It’s our responsibility to try to level the playing field a little bit. My parents really tried to instill in me a […]
You could win a Coronavirus Essentials Pack! Keep busy during isolation while learning about how we serve our cherished Guests. Please click the buttons below to access the Lazarus House Crossword Contest rules, prize information, and printable puzzles! Color Crossword Grayscale Crossword
Jon Harkings spent many years living in the dark world of addiction, disease and loneliness. Heroin hooked him, his girlfriend abandoned him, and infection nearly killed him. He has learned both the hardest and most-heartwarming lessons about life. “I have had to hunt through that darkness to find the light,” said Harkings, 40, who often […]
Sit, eat, have a cup of coffee and connect are now gone in favor of the safer “Grab & Go,” as the Lazarus House Soup kitchen in Lawrence adapts to continue serve the dozens of hungry and impoverished Guests who rely on it for meals. “We need to stay open (during the pandemic) to provide […]
The staggering level of job loss, which has disproportionately impacted low-income Americans who work in service industries, has increased the resolve of the Lazarus House food pantry staff to remain open. “People come by and say, ‘Thank you for being open, thank you for this food, thank you for staying here for us’,” said Jeff […]
If gratitude can help calm fear, the frontline workers at the Lazarus House emergency Shelter are rewarded each day for the peril of leaving their homes. In the midst of the pandemic, they are anxiously trying to keep it open for the families and individuals for whom it is their only sanctuary. “The Guests at […]
Lazarus House Sewing Graduates Pay it Forward Making Masks for the Coronavirus Frontline workers Students who have learned to sew in the Lazarus House training program have joined the effort, led by 10-year Lazarus House volunteer sewing teacher Bonnie Mahan, to produce face masks helpful in the protection from COVID-19. “I was just thinking it […]
