PACEM in the News

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Charlottesville area churches and other organizations are gearing up for the cold winter months ahead. PACEM (People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry) will soon open its doors to shelters in order to provide homeless people with a meal, a place to sleep, and good company. Organizers say they’re getting ready to distribute supplies … Continue reading “Area Churches and Organizations Prep to Provide Shelter During Winter”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – A Charlottesville nonprofit is teaming up with First Presbyterian Church to make sure the homeless community will have shelter before Hurricane Florence arrives. People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM) is a nonprofit based in Charlottesville that helps provide shelter for homeless people during months of severe weather, and has made the decision … Continue reading “PACEM, Local Church Join Forces to House Homeless Community During Hurricane”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — People and Congregations Engaged in Ministry (PACEM) and the Alliance for Interfaith Ministries (AIM) are two nonprofits that started working together to house homeless elderly people with the Secure Seniors Fund. Kimberly Fontaine, the director of AIM, said the fund was formed between the two groups because elders are the … Continue reading “As the city figures out affordable housing, PACEM and AIM join forces”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — Two Charlottesville nonprofits are working together to “functionally end homelessness of seniors” in the Charlottesville and Albemarle County area. The Alliance for Interfaith Ministries and PACEM announced on Monday a specific fund for moving seniors, ages 55 and older, into permanent housing that will be established at AIM. There will … Continue reading “AIM, PACEM working together to end senior homelessness”

PACEM & ACE Contracting invite you to join us for our annual Spring fundraiser.  This year’s event will 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 Restaurant, beer from Devils Backbone … Continue reading “Join us on April 29th for our annual Spring picnic”

By CHRISTOPHER CLYMER KURTZ: In January, after WMRA aired a report about panhandlers, many listeners wanted to know more about the services available to them, and about the best way to respond or help. WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz took those questions to some of the people working on the front lines.  Last week at a stoplight on … Continue reading “Panhandlers, and Guidelines to Help”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (The Daily Progress) — In January 2017, 115 people were living in temporary shelters in Charlottesville, with 23 living in tents, cars, vans or in the woods, according to the Point In Time count from the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless. There were 50 chronically homeless people and two chronically homeless families. At two … Continue reading “As temperatures fall, Charlottesville-area advocates for the homeless rise to the occasion”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — The Haven serves dinner to the homeless every night, but Christmas night was special. Violinists played Christmas tunes to ring in the night. Christmas night also followed with a meal served by volunteers. Jayson Whitehead, executive director for PACEM, says this is important to bring this to those who don’t have … Continue reading “Christmas dinner at The Haven/PACEM”