Winter Coat Drive for CASPAR

The City of Cambridge is assisting CASPAR by serving as a drop-off location for gently used winter coats at City Hall Nov. 16-20. They are especially seeking Women’s L, XL and Men’s L, XL, and XXL). CASPAR has been serving the Cambridge community since 1970. It has grown from a halfway house for men and a shelter from homeless men and women to a multi-service agency offering intervention and prevention services that provide access to people wherever they are on the substance use/abuse/recovery continuum. 

CASPAR's primary goal is to save lives today, by connecting our homeless neighbors who are living on the street with services that they need so that recovery and an end to homelessness is possible. Their Street Outreach Van begins this process by building relationships with our homeless neighbors living on the street and by providing food, hygiene supplies, new or gently used weatherproof winter coats (Women’s L, XL and Men’s L, XL, XXL) and other necessities to them.

CASPAR works to move homeless neighbors into their Homeless Shelter where they can provide referrals for medical and mental health care, counseling, employment and housing in an environment that is warm and welcoming. Once the clients are sheltered, the secondary goal is to move them into one of six residential recovery homes where they can safely begin developing independent living skills again.

For more information, visit www.casparinc.org.