The Eclipse Project: Helping Harrisburg's Homeless

The Eclipse Project: Helping Harrisburg's Homeless Est. 11/2020. It all started with a bag of burgers... now we serve approximately 80 people each week.

Early post this week. Yesterday's menu for our differently sheltered friends:Tossed saladChicken Caesar saladChicken cor...
08/31/2026

Early post this week.
Yesterday's menu for our differently sheltered friends:
Tossed salad
Chicken Caesar salad
Chicken corn chowder
Beans and weens
Hand breaded chicken tenders
Kopytka with lemon ricotta sauce (kopytka are the Polish version of gnocchi. I made potato dumplings and then tossed them with ricotta, parmesan, lemon zest, and fresh squeezed lemon juice.)
Pizza
Baked spaghetti
Baked ziti
Pulled pork barbecue
Hamburger BBQ
Potato salad
Macaroni salad
Coleslaw
Fresh fruit
Chicken cheddar pasta with peas
Macaroni and cheese
Cheesesteak mac and cheese
Veggie stir fry with zucchini, mushrooms, peppers, onions, celery
Roasted seasoned broccoli and cauliflower
Tuna salad and egg salad sandwiches

Thank you to everyone who brought prepared food and donated items.

Thank you, Bethany Church of the Nazarene, Country Gourmet at the Market, Panera Bread and those who picked up and dropped off donations from these places.

My hard-working team of volunteers this weekend included Donna, Jerry, Emma, Carol, Bob, Arleen, Kinsley, Aunt Ash, Sarah, Kathy, Chelsea, Danielle, Thomas, Alexa, Sue, Molly, and Amy. Did I forget anyone? Y'all are amazing.

Donna and I spent several hours in the kitchen on Saturday.

We are in need of soup containers with lids and cold drink cups.

September and October, the folks who pick up at the WestShore Farmers market for us on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. are going to be out of the country. If anyone is interested, it just involves visiting the market and picking up at one stand and bringing the items to the church. If you are picking up the items and you're coming to volunteer on Sunday anyway, you could just bring them with you Sunday if you have room to store them overnight.

Thank you to everyone who helps make this possible every week. ❤️

Two things: First, thank you to those of you who sent me sympathy cards after the loss of my father. Each one I open tou...
08/31/2026

Two things:
First, thank you to those of you who sent me sympathy cards after the loss of my father. Each one I open touches my heart.
Second, I am slowly but surely washing my dad's clothes so that I can pass them on to others. I didn't realize what an emotional experience it would be. Last week I gave three pairs of Dad's pajamas to a young man at a halfway house and when he saw me today he came up to me and said, "Ms. Michon, thank you so much for the pajamas. They fit like a glove and they smelled so good!" I told him they were very special because they belonged to my father. I washed them twice with my favorite laundry detergent and then I didn't rinse out all the fabric softener in the final rinse so I hoped he would like the way they smelled. He said sometimes he just picks them up and smells them! He thanked me again and told me he'll take very good care of them. ❤️ That interaction with him was the best part of my day. It totally made it easier for me to work through washing dad's clothes to share with others.

Me and Dad, early 70's.

08/28/2026

It's Friday, folks!
Volunteers, please check in for Sunday.
New volunteers welcome.

Kitchen prep 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., serving from 2:30 until 5:00. Clean up 5:30 until done. Do the whole thing or pick a part.
Please share our posts!

Jerry, Arleen, Emma all day
Bob prep and serving
Sarah, Kathy and Carol prep
Alexa, Amy, Sue serving
Danielle serve and cleanup
Molly cleanup
And me, of course.

Who else is coming to play?

Sundays meal for our friends! Beef stew Ham and beans Beans and weensMixed veggies Fresh sweet corn Cheesy cauliflower H...
08/25/2026

Sundays meal for our friends!
Beef stew
Ham and beans
Beans and weens
Mixed veggies
Fresh sweet corn
Cheesy cauliflower
Ham, egg and cheese quesadillas
Tex-Mex chicken pasta
Chili dog casserole
Stewed chicken with gravy
Mashed potatoes
Mac and cheese
Pulled pork
Tuna casserole
Lobster ravioli with pumpkin cream sauce
Cheddar chicken pasta casserole
Chicken broccoli rice casserole with cheese and cream of mushroom soup
Adobo chicken with long grain rice
Watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew
Jambalaya
Birthday cake for Jenn
Desserts and drinks and other things I've probably forgotten.

Thank you, Bethany Church of the Nazarene and Country Gourmet at the Market and Panera Bread along with everyone who donated items, ingredients, prepared food, or their time.

Volunteers this week: Jerry, Bob, Carol, Kaitie, Aunt Ash, Kinsley, Kathy, Amy, Thomas, Danielle, George, Emma, and Cody.

What a blessing to have several people stop by with prepared dishes! Makes our lives so much easier! Thank you to those who put your heart in your recipes and brought hot food for our differently sheltered friends.

We saw 90+ people at our first stop, some taking food for others, and then 30 at our second stop. Thank you, Jennie, for the count. It's hard for us to do it so I appreciate you! It's hard to estimate how many bellies we filled, but that's a good jumping off point.

08/25/2026

One of our friends is requesting 3xl scrub pants or sweatpants if anyone has any to offer!

08/22/2026

We need more hands and hearts! Join us.

Marci has donated foods and funds to our differently sheltered friends. Please cover her in prayer.
08/21/2026

Marci has donated foods and funds to our differently sheltered friends. Please cover her in prayer.

08/21/2026

Volunteer check in day for Sunday:

Jerry
Bob and Emma all day?
Carol Kaitie Kins Aunt Ash kitchen prep 11-2
Amy Thomas serving 2:30-5
Kathy prep and serving
Danielle cleanup

Anyone wishing to donate prepared food, we are at the church from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. when we leave to serve.

Have you been thinking of volunteering? Do it! Dooooo it.

We accept all ages for food prep and cleanup, with adult supervision. We don't take anyone with us to serve under the age of 18.

No kitchen experience necessary. If you can make a sandwich or chop things or stir things in a bowl, you can be helpful.

Sunday's menu for our differently sheltered friends included: Chicken fried rice Fresh carrots with browned butter and b...
08/19/2026

Sunday's menu for our differently sheltered friends included:
Chicken fried rice
Fresh carrots with browned butter and brown sugar
Stuffed pepper soup with cabbage
Thanksgiving casserole, back by popular demand
Chili, by request of a birthday boy
Cornbread
Pasta with mushrooms, mozzarella and ricotta cheeses, and red sauce
Beans and weens
Mac and cheese
Pasta salad
Tuna salad
Bread pudding
Cookies, pastries, muffins, bagels, croissants and other assorted goodies
Coffee, iced tea with lemon, raspberry tea, bottled water
And several other things that have escaped my memory. I'm getting old.

Thank you, Bethany Church of the Nazarene, Country Gourmet at the Market, Panera Bread and everyone who made donations of food and other items.

I have no idea how I would do this without my wonderful team: Jerry, Bob, Emma, Ashley, Kathy, Sarah, Alexa, Sam, Ally, Danielle, Molly, and Tom. Alexa is my friend and volunteer who is also an executive producer at CBS 21 and Sunday she brought local celebrity Tom Russell, (Chief meteorologist AKA primo weather dude) with her. Did I forget anyone? Again with the memory.

We did sing Happy Birthday to Scotty with his birthday chili and when we were done I told him to blow out his cornbread. 🤣

Our wish list includes scouring pads for our kitchen cleanup duty, bottled drinks, powdered cans of drinks, napkins, clamshell containers, single portion soup containers with lids, coffee cups with lids, cold drink cups...We need a lot of stuff!

Always welcome: gift cards for grocery stores (I spend about $100 every week add to the donated ingredients) and we never turn away good old fashioned cash donations. That helps us buy what we need in the moment, whether it's meat, milk, cheese, butter, eggs, and other perishables or immediate needs for our friends. We have venmo, PayPal, cash app, and if anyone is interested in dropping off cash or a check, we are there every Sunday at the church from 11:00 a.m. a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The address is in our profile picture. Checks can be made out to The Eclipse Project as we have our own bank account.
If you'd prefer to mail a donation, please address the envelope to:
Michon Zalewski
5955a Linglestown Road
Harrisburg PA 17112
We can't do this without donations from the average big-hearted Joe.

As always, if you'd like to donate some prepared food, that takes some of the load off of us as well. We serve about a hundred people every week, but you don't need to make something for 100 people. Each pan of food we receive contributes to our meal.

If you're interested in volunteering, please ask any questions below or feel free to send a message.

Thank you and God bless!

08/16/2026

I only have two helpers in the kitchen in the morning and we could use more. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. At the address in our profile picture. Can you join us? No experience necessary.

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1605 Parkway West
Harrisburg, PA
17112

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