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  • Lazarus House distributes holiday food baskets, looking for help in the new year By Jonathan Phelps jphelps@eagletribune.com  Eagle Tribune. Volunteers and staff at the Lazarus House on Hampshire Street were bustling yesterday to distribute holiday food baskets to about 300 families. They were also busy distributing about 2000 gifts. POSTED: December 21, 2011

  • Lazarus House’s Bridget Shaheen Receives Community Service Award Enterprise Bank. Under Bridget’s guidance, the spiritually-oriented foundation has evolved to provide food, job training, medical assistance, dental care, counseling and a dignified fresh start for families and individuals. POSTED: December 20, 2011

  • Many agencies benefitting from local generosity. By Judith Wakefield. Andover Townsman. Project Bethlehem reports that the number of families living at or below the poverty level in Lawrence is 27 percent. The weekly food pantry at Lazarus House gives a week's worth of food to 840 families and the number continues to grow. POSTED: December 8, 2011

  • The shelves are bare. By Yadira Betances ybetances@eagletribune.com. Eagle Tribune. Area food pantries short on supplies and donations. POSTED: December 8, 2011

  • The new face of American poverty is often a child’s. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald. Religious News Service – Washington Post; USAToday News; Huffington Post.  “We're seeing younger families come in,” said Ken Campbell, food coordinator for Lazarus House, a Christian ministry to help the needy in Lawrence, Mass…

  • Poverty rates swell in region's large cities. By Kathleen Conti. BostonGlobe. In April of last year, an average of 240 people waited in line each week to receive donated groceries from the Lazarus House Ministries food pantry in Lawrence. Two weeks ago, the count was up to 739…  POSTED: October 6, 2011

  • Empowering Those in Need: Lazarus House’s Mission of Hope. By Urika G. Gerth. Around Town New England Magazine. In the midst of a troubled neighborhood in downtown Lawrence, Mass., 18 families have found respite from abuse, hunger, and the uncertainty of shuffling from one place to the next... POSTED: Fall, 2011

  • Opening Doors out of Poverty. ANDOVER GUIDE, Lazarus House is the charity of choice for Andover towns people. POSTED: 4/10/2011, page 18-19.

  • Teens learn a lesson in giving by collecting food EAGLE TRIBUNE This Christmas, Andrew Perez learned that it is better to give than to receive. Andrew, along with the entire student body collected 1,052 canned food items POSTED: 12/20/2010

  • Still feeling the pinch BOSTON GLOBE At Lazarus House in Lawrence, food pantry volunteers Debbie Lang, David Benitez, ... Lazarus House, a Christian nonprofit agency in Lawrence POSTED: 11/29/2010

  • Hundreds of walkers continue Lazarus House 'miracles' EAGLE TRIBUNE When Bridget Shaheen looked out at the crowd on the Merrimack College campus yesterday ... POSTED: 10/4/2010

  • Youngster raises money for the homeless EAGLE TRIBUNE Last year, Grace pulled her red wagon around the neighborhood collecting food items to make Thanksgiving baskets for Lazarus House. ... POSTED: 9/29/2010

  • Food drive will fill shelves at Lazarus House pantry EAGLE TRIBUNE Berardino was the star attraction at a food drive sponsored by The Eagle-Tribune for Lazarus House, the nonprofit organization that helps the poor and ... POSTED: 8/29/2010

  • Lazarus House a modern-day loaves and fishes story  EAGLE TRIBUNE "It is fishes and loaves," said Campbell, food coordinator for Lazarus House ministries, a nonprofit organization that works with the poor and homeless. ... POSTED: 8/26/2010

  • Prayers answered: Nuns win Sox raffle EAGLE TRIBUNE Sisters beat long odds in raffle for 18 luxury box Red Sox Tickets with proceeds to help Lazarus House. POSTED: 7/3/2010

  • Boy, 9, makes his mom, community proud EAGLE TRIBUNE Not only did Jhamyl and his birthday guests clean up the park by raking ... "You made so many children at the Lazarus House so happy," said ... POSTED: 5/8/2010

  • Dignity offered on the side BOSTON GLOBE “This is enormous. It’s done so much more to make that program something that speaks to the dignity, that they can come inside to get their food, and for them to be ...” POSTED: 4/25/2010