Special Events
December 1 - March 31, 2012
Winter Relief Center for Families
Butler County Local Housing Options Team and New Beginnings Free Methodist Church have partnered to open a WINTER RELIEF CENTER FOR FAMILIES (with children under the age of 18)
The Center will operate from December 1-March 31, 2012 on nights that are 25 degrees or colder.
Families in need should contact Catholic Charities at 724-287-4011
Our History
The Lighthouse Foundation was founded in 1985 by a group of Bakerstown community residents in response to growing needs among local families and communities facing rising employment and emergency needs. The Lighthouse was originally housed at the former Richland Restaurant in Bakerstown, which was purchased by the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown to provide a home for The Lighthouse. Within a year, the Lighthouse became a freestanding nonprofit entity, and in 1991 moved its headquarters to Middlesex Township, Butler County, at the corner of Route 8 and Cruikshank Road, three miles north of the Allegheny County line.
Today, The Lighthouse:
- Maintains operations at five sites
- Annually serves more than 6,000 clients
- Fills identified gaps in basic human services
- Is the lone provider of housing to homeless young adults and families in its service region
- Operates through the private charitable and public support of more than 1,500 individuals, bodies of faith, agencies, foundations, business and service organizations