PACEM in the News

ORDER PACEM’s 12-month 2021 CALENDAR, featuring native birds of Albemarle County, Virginia, photographed by Henry Strauss. TO PURCHASE, please follow this link: https://pacemshelter.square.site/. All proceeds benefit PACEM Women’s Shelter! “As Women’s Case Manager, it has been an honor to work with the homeless women at PACEM. The courage, vulnerability and resilience of these women on … Continue reading “ORDER PACEM’S 12-month 2021 CALENDAR, featuring native birds of Albemarle County, Virginia”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Charlottesville Tomorrow) – For Jim Bourn, a man from Brighton, Michigan, experiencing homelessness, Charlottesville is something of a mystery. “I’m lost here,” he said. Every night from March 23 to June 3, though, Bourn had a familiar place to rest his head. He and about 20 others slept in Key Recreation Center, which … Continue reading “Solutions sought for homelessness challenges posed by pandemic”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – An organization providing shelter for people in the greater Charlottesville area is trying to expand its services for women with no place to go in the spring and summer months. People and Congregations Engaged in Ministries (PACEM) works with more than 30 congregations and other community sites to provide shelter for men … Continue reading “Charlottesville shelter looks to extend female services for spring and summer months”

C-VILLE Weekly: Last August, Chinikqua Joseph’s Buckingham County home burned down. Thankfully, no one was injured or killed by the fire, but she, along with her mother and godmother, lost everything. They were homeless. While looking for housing, Joseph stayed with friends, and later with a boyfriend. When that relationship became abusive, she had to … Continue reading “Answering the call: PACEM seeks to create a permanent women’s shelter”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Two local homeless advocacy nonprofits are seeing some success housing homeless seniors. PACEM is working with the group AIM and the two have developed a program to help seniors get into an affordable housing situation. It’s called the Secure Seniors Program. As the population in Central Virginia and across the nation … Continue reading “Secure Seniors Program is a success for the homeless”

PACEM & ACE Contracting invite you to join us on April 28th for our annual Spring fundraiser.  This year’s event will once again be held at the exquisite Barn at Pea Ridge Farm located in Afton, VA. Tickets are $75 per person or $500 for a table of eight. Price includes food by C & O … Continue reading “Join us on April 28th for our annual Spring picnic”

For two weeks each January, Spring Hill Baptist Church in Ruckersville becomes home to 50 men who would otherwise be on the streets in sub-freezing temperatures. As a participant with People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM), Spring Hill has hosted the men for more than a decade. While many volunteers get involved with feeding, … Continue reading “Faith helped local guy “see” the homeless”

Duner’s executive chef Laura Fonner has spearheaded a drive to provide chef-driven, home-cooked suppers for PACEM—an organization that provides cold-weather shelter for the homeless—each Tuesday throughout the winter months. She was inspired to take action after helping to serve at a PACEM dinner late last winter. “I met a man who had worked in restaurants his whole … Continue reading “Dinner is served: Chef brings women together to help the homeless”