First Light Women Children's Shelter and Services

The First Light emergency shelter is a dorm-like setting which offers a bed, locker and bathroom and laundry facilities for 36 women and one family on any given night. An overnight volunteer is available to distribute hygiene products and to simply be present to women who are in crisis.On cold nights, on rainy nights, on weekends, where does a woman go when all shelters, including First Lights emergency shelter, are full? The overflow emergency shelter was born from necessity. We now provide mats, pillows and clean linens for up to 15 women and children nightly.