The Gathering Place

Each year our goal is to establish a caring community for greater brunswick by collaborating with our guests, volunteers, staff, and neighboring organizations; to provide The most vulnerable among us with daytime shelter, sustenance, access to resources, and opportunities to improve their lives. Our guests' emergency needs are so great. The lack of affordable shelter in The greater brunswick community is devastating. People are experiencing The effects of unrelenting inflation, making it hard for those already struggling. Amidst these difficulties, great success emerged. Last year, tgp helped 504 individuals; opened an overnight winter warming center, helping 38 guests; accumulating 9,450 volunteer hours. As a result of tgp's low-barrier, no barrier access, our direct service program assisted 92 individuals and eight families with housing resources, emergency shelter, clothing, food, state benefits, advocacy efforts, legal assistance, and mental health/substance use-related referrals. Our program is designed to prevent our community members from being unserved. Tgp was successful in meeting its operational goals. We have 52 active volunteers, a 30% increase, and a daily average attendance of 72 guests.