Good Shepherd Center has received three grants this fall to support its operations, the organization announced recently.
 
One is a $7,500 grant from the Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment, a fund of the N.C. Community Foundation. Burevitch, who died in September 2014, was a “longtime friend and supporter” of Good Shepherd, according to a news release. “Over the years Mrs. Burevitch’s support helped the homeless in our community to not only find shelter and case management support, but to ultimately realize independence by returning to their own homes with dignity and respect,” the release stated.
 
A second grant, in the amount of $1,100, came from the Wilmington Women’s Club. The club provides a grant each year, Good Shepherd executive director Katrina Knight said in the release, adding, “We are beyond grateful to the Wilmington Women’s Club for their loyal and consistent support.”
 
Most recently, the Landfall Foundation awarded Good Shepherd Center $7,500. The funds will be used to ensure the provision of affordable housing placement, first month’s rent support, and follow-up case management to homeless adults and families with children, according to the release.
 
“The Landfall Foundation has enabled Good Shepherd to become a different kind of shelter—one that goes beyond emergency services to make a lasting difference in the lives of our neighbors in crisis,” Knight said in the release.
 
The Landfall community, Knight said, has a long tradition of partnering with Good Shepherd in the fulfillment of its mission. Some 50 Landfall residents volunteer weekly in the organization’s soup kitchen, Second Helpings food salvage program, and night shelter. In addition, Landfall has hosted Good Shepherd’s annual golf tournament, its most significant fundraiser, for more than 12 years. Previous grants from the Foundation have supported employment training programs, renovation of the Soup Kitchen, and purchase of healthful food.
 
Good Shepherd is the largest provider of homeless services in the tri-county region. Each year more than 100 men, women and families with children are moved from shelter to housing, officials said.