Teens Spur Volunteer Effort to Feed Those in Need
On a Saturday night days before Christmas, Lazarus House volunteer Paula McKenna is standing in the kitchen of a North Andover home effortlessly managing a group of animated teens who are [...]
Students Sleep in Cold, Rain to Raise Awareness of Homeless
A walk through the heart of the Merrimack College campus in North Andover last week would have quickly dispelled any notion that Gen Z college students are indifferent to the social problems of [...]
Lazarus House Teaches Notre Dame Students Life Lessons
Notre Dame Program Funds Summer of Service Abby Kiernan and Kate Thel came to Lazarus House this summer worried about how they would navigate being with people in poverty. Both were uneasy and [...]
Volunteer’s Devotion Has Immeasurable Impact
Bonnie Mahan provides living testimony that a volunteer can have immeasurable impact on the lives of the guests that Lazarus House serves. She was volunteering in the Lazarus House Soup Kitchen [...]
Fine Line Separates his Service from his Need
Eric Webster says he would not presume to know the life circumstances that bring guests to Lazarus House for help with food, shelter or clothing, but it is certain that very few of our volunteers [...]
Paula McKenna: Volunteer
Meet Paula McKenna: a Lazarus House volunteer extraordinaire. What started as a family activity to provide home-cooked meals for our guests in the emergency shelter has quickly become a [...]
#Superhero to homeless people
Leo is an amazing kindergartner from Andover. He came in with his mother, wearing a superman shirt and a smile as he handed me a $29.92 check for Lazarus House; his 2nd donation to us! As Leo [...]
North Andover Youth & Recreation helps at the shelter
North Andover Youth & Recreation Services made tacos and served them at the Lazarus House emergency shelter. The group called Step Up consists of 11 girls in 6th grade who do volunteer [...]
Oracle volunteers at Lazarus House
On this beautiful June day we are pleased to welcome and thank 29 wonderful volunteers from Oracle in Burlington. They are volunteering today as a team to take on some projects around our Lazarus [...]