Click here for the Interfaith Winter Shelter website and calendar.

Since 1990, ECS and the San Francisco Interfaith Council have partnered to operate the Winter Interfaith Shelter. Designed to augment existing shelter opportunities during the coldest months of the year, the Interfaith Shelter provides dinner, breakfast and a safe and warm overnight rest for up to 100 homeless men each night. Interfaith Council Vice President Rita Semel and ECS Board member Alex Senchak lead the endeavor, each year networking with local churches, synagogues and mosques to open their spaces and their hearts. Trinity Episcopal, St. Mary's Cathedral, First Unitarian, Temple Emmanu-El, St. Mark's Lutheran, The Islamic Society, St. Boniface and Grace Cathedral are among the many congregations that commit their time and talent to the success of the project.