The Eclipse Project: Helping Harrisburg's Homeless

10/16/2025

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10/15/2025

Jennie brought us four boxes of potatoes last night and a bunch of quarts of milk. Potatoes are scrubbed and ready to bake for this weekend. ❤️

10/14/2025

Even with food donations, it can cost over $150 each week for groceries. Yesterday, we served more people than we ever have, outside of memorial dinners.

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Donation suggestions:
Cases of water and other drinks
Powdered drink mixes in a can
Canned, fresh or frozen fruit
Canned, fresh or frozen veggies
Butter
Meat
Milk
Cheese
Flour
Individual snacks
Corn muffin mix
Eggs

We are looking at a hot dog, baked potato, and nacho bar this coming Sunday so we need
Big bags of tortilla chips, Doritos, Fritos
Ground beef
Chicken
Lettuce
Nacho cheese
Shredded cheese
Onions yellow or red
Green onions
Avocados
Black beans
Refried beans
Hot dogs (we have lots of buns)
Hot dog chili (we have kraut)

Ed is donating jalapenos.
Eric already made fresh pico de Gallo.
We have sour cream.

Dry and wet dog food and cat food. Sam's Club has 48 lb bags of dog food for $27 and 34 lb bags of cat food for $24.

Donations can be made anytime at the address in our profile picture. For perishable items that need to be refrigerated or frozen, please send me a message and I will arrange a time to meet with you at the church.

We have Venmo ( -Eclipse-Project) and PayPal and the outreach has its own checking account so checks can be made out to The Eclipse Project and sent to
Michon Zalewski
5955a Linglestown Road
Harrisburg PA 17112.

If you'd like to make a cash donation, send me a message or stop by the church kitchen any Sunday between 11 am and 2 pm. Same if you ever want to stop by and see what we do!

10/13/2025

Yesterday's meal for our differently sheltered friends included:
Paella
Alexa's chicken enchiladas
Rachael and Safa's chili
Keith's beans and weens, cheesy crab squash balls, and pancake skewers
Carol's Basque cheesecakes
Beef empanadas
Apple empanadas
Tostones
Arroz con leche
Pizza pasta with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions, and peppers
Salad
Rigatoni with chicken, artichokes and spinach in a cherry tomato garlic sauce
Creamy Chinese buffet seafood casserole
Sonja's fresh garden grown watermelon
Sandwiches, snacks, drinks, other things I can't remember...

Thank you, volunteers - Eric S., Jerry, Sue, Alexa, Ashley, Eric G., Carol, and Bob. Eric S. and I were at the kitchen for six hours Saturday. I'm going to be looking for some kitchen volunteers on Saturday going forward.

Thank you to Bethany Church of the Nazarene for your kitchen, Country Gourmet at the Market and Panera and everyone who picked up from them, and to everyone who donated items this past week.

We are going to have to step up our food game.

I bet we served close to a hundred people just in one location yesterday. Thankfully our second stop only had maybe 15 guys! I was worried we weren't going to have enough food but, loaves and fishes.

Special guests this week were my mommy and step dad! See photos. My mom was a little weepy at all the love! The high point of the day was when Gary, one of our friends, was in line for food and I waved to him and pointed to my mom and said "this is my mommy!" He said "hold up! I'm going to be right over and I'm a hugger!"

He came over and gave me a tight squeeze and then hugged my mom and said to her, "oh, you're just the right size!" At that point I think she thought the hug was over but then he held on to her and she is sort of sunk into him and said, "aww, he gives such good hugs..."❤️

I'm hoping mom leaves a comment here to share her experience from her heart.

Donation suggestions:
Cases of water and other drinks
Powdered drink mixes in a can
Canned, fresh or frozen fruit
Canned, fresh or frozen veggies
Butter
Meat
Milk
Cheese
Flour
Individual snacks

We are looking at a nacho bar this coming Sunday so we need
Big bags of tortilla chips, Doritos, Fritos
Ground beef
Chicken
Lettuce
Nacho cheese
Shredded cheese
Onions yellow or red
Avocados
Black beans
Refried beans
Ed is donating jalapenos.
Eric already made fresh pico de Gallo.
We have sour cream.

Donations can be made anytime at the address in our profile picture. For perishable items that need to be refrigerated or frozen, please send me a message and I will arrange a time to meet with you at the church.

We have Venmo ( -Eclipse-Project) and PayPal and the outreach has its own checking account so checks can be made out to The Eclipse Project and sent to
Michon Zalewski
5955a Linglestown Road
Harrisburg PA 17112.

Thank you from my ❤️.

10/11/2025

At the kitchen now for the next couple hours making empanadas and pizza pasta and this Chinese buffet creamy seafood casserole. Come join us!

10/10/2025

Volunteers, it's Friday! Please check in for Sunday.

Jerry all day
Sue all day
Eric all day
Alexa kitchen prep and serve
Ashley, packing up, serving and cleanup
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________

Eric and I will be in the kitchen Saturday sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon for a few hours to do prep, if anyone is interested. Those of you who can't help on Sundays, maybe you'd like to pop in Saturday and chop a vegetable or roll some dough or incorporate things into other things.

Sunday's meal will tentatively include but is not limited to:
Paella
Arroz con pollo
Arroz con leche
Tostones
Beef and apple empanadas (not together. Two different kinds.)
Chinese buffet creamy crab with celery
Pizza pasta with pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and peppers
Cakes

No kitchen experience required. We will tell you what to do! If you can boil water, use a knife without cutting off too many fingers, or stir things in a bowl with a spoon, you're welcome. Saturday's kitchen vibe is a little more laid back than Sunday. (Deadlines give me anxiety.)

Send me a message, would ya? I see those more quickly than I see comments here.

If I don't answer in the next two hours, I had zero sleep last night and Mama needs a nap!

(Photo of Sonja's cute cute cutie cute cute granddaughter dropping off a donation, to draw attention to the post...)

(I'm so tired, I'm questioning my spelling of the word cutie, even though I won first place in the annual spelling bee in third grade, highly irritating Tommy Scoverskie who came in second...)

10/09/2025

Here's the actual documentary.
We get a shout out in the credits.
When John waves while he's talking to Alexa, he was waving to us. ❤️
John's insight is amazing and it's true, he's never asked anything of us. He would rather have a conversation. I'm honored that he's comfortable enough to let me hug him when I see him. Not everyone is comfortable with physical touch, including John, but beneath that hard candy shell he has a squishy center if you take the time to look for it. I'm honored he lets us see the squishy parts. ❤️
Thank you, Alexa, for your giant heart and our middle of the night texts.

It's been weeks since Harrisburg's homeless encampment, dubbed Tent City, was cleared out for the I-83 expansion project. Construction crews and heavy equipm...

10/09/2025

My friend Alexa isn't just a news gal. She volunteers with us and has a huge heart for our differently sheltered friends. After her first time at tent City, she told me it changed her. She's got a passion for telling their stories and respecting their privacy and dignity.

CBS 21 is premiering a documentary today at 3 p.m. that takes you inside Harrisburg's biggest homeless encampment, Tent City, before it was cleared out for t...

10/09/2025

This Friday, October 10th is World Homeless Day. Let this day be a reminder that we all have the power to make a difference. Here are some ways you can bring hope and change:

✅ Volunteer locally with organizations serving the unhoused
✅ Give back financially to help build solutions like Eden Village of Harrisburg
✅ Provide a meal or care package for someone experiencing homelessness
✅ Share resources and information about local shelters and programs
✅ Use your voice—spread awareness in your family, church, workplace, and community

Visit our website to see how you can get involved - EdenVillageHarrisburg.org

10/09/2025

This is the trailer. I can't wait to see the whole documentary. ❤️

It's been weeks since Harrisburg's homeless encampment, dubbed Tent City, was cleared out for the I-83 expansion project. Construction crews and heavy equipm...