What We Do
GWACS serves our communities in many ways, in many places.
In 2025, we were proud to have served 948 clients and issued 1,853 home cooked meals. See below for all the ways
Homeless Serve
We continue to serve the homeless and needy on Front Street, Wilmington DE. At every serve our clients are offered toiletries, water, bag lunches, new socks, pizza, fried chicken, and choice of clothing displayed in a shoppers’ choice format And most important a friendly smile and greeting. Many of our clients interact in conversations, some requesting information where they can seek housing or other assistance.
652 clients without homes were served in 2025
Starfish Fund
An observer watches a man save starfish by throwing them back into the sea as the tide recedes. When the observer questions the man. ’You cannot save all the starfish on the beach’. The man replies ‘I saved this one,’ as he throws another starfish back. The observer then joins the man throwing starfish back into the sea.
Through our Starfish Fund, GWACS serves several outreaches in the area. All of the listed outreaches below have a perpetual Starfish Fund from GWACS to assists vetted individuals with immediate needs. The Starfish Fund assists vetted individuals with immediate needs including a hot water tank, prescription and dental insurance assistance, gas cards, child and adult diapers, bus passes and more. The organizations we help to support include:
Deep Roots in Earleville, Maryland, which provides transitional housing for families and single mothers with childen. Some examples of how the starfish fund is utilized are job search costs, dental bills, one time car insurance payment, birth certificate searches, or first month rent payment for permanent housing. Deep Roots received homemade chili and soups from GWACS Feeding the Needy Fund. 60 Deep Roots starfish were served in 2025 and 956 meals issued.
We also continue to serve Widow’s Mite, an outreach serving widows (and widowers) in low income trailer parks. When a partner passes, income is cut in half. Some widows are raising their grandchildren. Every week, groceries and frozen homemade dinners are distributed from our Feeding the Needy Fund. Home repairs are also funded, in addition to propane refills, and utility assistance. 195 Widow Mite Starfish were served in 2025 and 771 meals issued.
At Northside Pharmacy clients are financially assisted in payments for insurance copays (to eliminate clients cutting prescription pills in half) and medical supplies of the elderly to enable continuous medication. No one should half to decide between food and medicine. 41 Northside Starfish were served in 2025.