Everence Financial®, a faith-based financial services organization, presents a $3,000 donation to Our Community Place. The organization was selected to receive an Everence Chapter Grant by the Everence chapter board for Harrisonburg, a board comprised of Everence members. From left: Lana Miller, Everence Stewardship Consultant, Evelin Gonzalez, Everence Financial Consultant and Sam Nickels, Our Community Place Executive Director. November, 2020.
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Vaccinations finally come to OCP!
By Sam Nickels, OCP exec. director On February 16th, 15 OCP staff and about 12 regular volunteers, many in high-risk categories, received our first COVID vaccination shots. Despite fears and trepidation, everyone took the shot. Afterwards, we were elated and joking...

Community Partner Spotlight: The Suitcase Clinic
By Annie Pangle, case manager At OCP we are blessed to work closely with local nonprofit partners that help us care for our community members. This month we are highlighting the work of The Suitcase Clinic. The Suitcase Clinic is part of the JMU IHHS program and...
Housing Program Update – 2/23/2021
“Without homes, everything else falls apart.” ― Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted (Pulitzer Prize winner) Having been born into homelessness, I acutely understand a reality of Desmond’s quote. It’s one of the reasons I stepped into the new role of Housing Program...
Board announces partial health benefits and modest increase in pay for OCP Staff
The board is excited to announce that for the first time OCP is in position to offer partial health benefits to its employees. Even though we are still not financially ready to offer full benefits this is certainly a step in the right direction. We are...
Heart of Gold and Determination of Steel
Heart of Gold and Determination of Steel Roger Thompson’s Journey from Homelessness to Headstrong HARRISONBURG, Va.— Homelessness is something that can happen to anyone. Without the right resources, it is extremely hard to escape. Roger Thompson, 63, fell victim to...
OCP’s interim statement on racism
Here I share the interim statement on racism that the Board of OCP approved at its last meeting: “As a direct impact of the national and global focus on police violence and anti-Black racism, Our Community Place is working internally to learn how we can operate...
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