The Eclipse Project: Helping Harrisburg's Homeless

09/16/2026

Sunday we served
Dozens and dozens of homemade jalapeno poppers
Homemade guacamole
Chicken and rice with corn and beans and a selection of salsas and pico de gallo
Pizza
Stuffed shells
Chicken and rice
Chili topped with cornbread
Sausage and peppas (You have to say it that way)
Meatballs
Three big pans of jalapeno cornbread
Buffalo chicken dip mac and cheese
Green beans
Country style ribs with barbecue sauce
Pork tenderloin with homemade teriyaki glaze
Birthday cake for Steven
Sandwiches, desserts, drinks and some more stuff I'm sure I forgot.

Thank you Bethany Church of the Nazarene for your kitchen, Country Gourmet at the Market and Panera Bread, those who picked up and delivered food donations, and everyone who dropped off items this week. We got a big donation of pork!

Thank you to my lovely assistants Jerry, Savannah, Emma, Danielle, Carol, Kinsley, two Ashleys, Arleen, Bob, Crystal, did I forget anyone? I really should write these things down.

The gentleman we gave the bicycle to last week was so happy to show it off this week and to say thank you again!

We are still looking for size 3x sweats or scrubs. Please mark them with an M to call our attention to them and make sure we get them to the right person.

Thank you to everyone who drops off pre-made food for us and to Carol for being our expediter and birthday cake baker and Emma who went with me on Saturday for 5 hours of running errands. Every bit helps. Every time Danielle takes the dish towels to wash or Rachel and Safa stop by with a big pan of something delicious or someone takes time out of their Saturday to bring us the Panera donations, it is all appreciated.

When Steven blew out his birthday candle, he said his one wish was to get housed.

Please pray for our friends.

❤️

09/11/2026

09/11/2026

Volunteer check in Friday!

Jerry
Bob
Savannah and Carol kitchen prep
Danielle clean up
Arleen and Ashley kitchen prep and serving first stop
Emma kitchen prep and serving

09/11/2026

Late post this week. I was under the weather for the past few days but I'm back.
I was a bad picture taker Sunday.
I had four volunteers who had something come up and canceled - stuff happens! - So my brain was on getting stuff done in the kitchen and making sure there were no issues with the Chipotle pickup. And if you know me, I worry about everything but it always works out! It's how I'm wired.
Sunday's menu included
Chicken tenders over cornbread stuffing
Beans and weens
Salad and fresh fruit salad
Broccoli salad and coleslaw
Chicken bacon ranch pinwheels
Carol's potato salad
Bob's chicken tenders
Eggplant parmesan
Roasted broccoli and cauliflower
Buttered green beans
Cheesesteak macaroni and cheese
Tuna casserole
Sandwiches and desserts
Drinks and snacks
Other stuff I forgot.

Thank you, Bethany Church of the Nazarene for your kitchen, Country Gourmet at the Market and Panera Bread and Chipotle for your food donations, Rachel and Safa and Donna and everybody who brings prepared food, those who picked up food donations, everyone who donated items this week, and my lovely volunteers Jerry, Bob, Carol, Savannah, Deric, Lauren, Marcy, Sue, George, Molly, Kathy, and Thomas. Did I miss anyone?

We celebrated two birthdays at our first stop.

Steve brought us a bicycle to donate and I knew exactly who it should go to. What a wonderful gift for a sweet man.

We have a newly housed friend who could use bathroom items, paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning products, a mop, towels, and washcloths. Please mark donations for her with the letter A so we know who they go to.

Our needs: cardboard, foam, or paper type soup cups/bowls with lids, drink powder like iced tea or fruit punch, cold drink cups.

We are going to start accepting cold weather clothing donations soon. No kids clothes, no dress clothes.

Thank you Impact Ministries of Pennsylvania for giving us the hookup to about 100 Chipotle meals that we handed out on Sunday.

God bless!

And now it's soon time to do it all over again...

09/04/2026

Volunteers - how is it already Friday again?
Check in for Sunday, please.

Alexa - away for two weeks
Kathy and Sarah - out all of September and October

Jerry all day
Kitchen prep 11-2: Savannah, Bob, Deric, Kathy and Carol
Serving: Amy, Sue, Bob, Deric, Lauren, Marcy and Emma
Cleanup: Emma
Who else?

New volunteers welcome.

09/03/2026

I customarily spend between $50 and $125 each week to serve our differently sheltered friends. This is to supplement the ingredients that have been donated. This week we received $20 in donations. We rely completely on donations. Could you commit to $5 a week? Take up a collection at your office? Have a fundraiser for us? Every dollar goes toward feeding our friends and helping us with gas for old Bessie. Please share.

I was contacted for information on sending a check so I will include that here as well.
Checks can be made out to The Eclipse Project.
Please address the envelope as follows:
Michon Zalewski
5955a Linglestown Road
Harrisburg PA 17112

Or please feel free to stop by the church, address is in our profile picture, any Sunday between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. if you'd like to meet us and see what we do.

08/31/2026

Early post this week.
Yesterday's menu for our differently sheltered friends:
Tossed salad
Chicken Caesar salad
Chicken corn chowder
Beans and weens
Hand breaded chicken tenders
Kopytka with lemon ricotta sauce (kopytka are the Polish version of gnocchi. I made potato dumplings and then tossed them with ricotta, parmesan, lemon zest, and fresh squeezed lemon juice.)
Pizza
Baked spaghetti
Baked ziti
Pulled pork barbecue
Hamburger BBQ
Potato salad
Macaroni salad
Coleslaw
Fresh fruit
Chicken cheddar pasta with peas
Macaroni and cheese
Cheesesteak mac and cheese
Veggie stir fry with zucchini, mushrooms, peppers, onions, celery
Roasted seasoned broccoli and cauliflower
Tuna salad and egg salad sandwiches

Thank you to everyone who brought prepared food and donated items.

Thank you, Bethany Church of the Nazarene, Country Gourmet at the Market, Panera Bread and those who picked up and dropped off donations from these places.

My hard-working team of volunteers this weekend included Donna, Jerry, Emma, Carol, Bob, Arleen, Kinsley, Aunt Ash, Sarah, Kathy, Chelsea, Danielle, Thomas, Alexa, Sue, Molly, and Amy. Did I forget anyone? Y'all are amazing.

Donna and I spent several hours in the kitchen on Saturday.

We are in need of soup containers with lids and cold drink cups.

September and October, the folks who pick up at the WestShore Farmers market for us on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. are going to be out of the country. If anyone is interested, it just involves visiting the market and picking up at one stand and bringing the items to the church. If you are picking up the items and you're coming to volunteer on Sunday anyway, you could just bring them with you Sunday if you have room to store them overnight.

Thank you to everyone who helps make this possible every week. ❤️

08/31/2026

Two things:
First, thank you to those of you who sent me sympathy cards after the loss of my father. Each one I open touches my heart.
Second, I am slowly but surely washing my dad's clothes so that I can pass them on to others. I didn't realize what an emotional experience it would be. Last week I gave three pairs of Dad's pajamas to a young man at a halfway house and when he saw me today he came up to me and said, "Ms. Michon, thank you so much for the pajamas. They fit like a glove and they smelled so good!" I told him they were very special because they belonged to my father. I washed them twice with my favorite laundry detergent and then I didn't rinse out all the fabric softener in the final rinse so I hoped he would like the way they smelled. He said sometimes he just picks them up and smells them! He thanked me again and told me he'll take very good care of them. ❤️ That interaction with him was the best part of my day. It totally made it easier for me to work through washing dad's clothes to share with others.

Me and Dad, early 70's.

08/28/2026

It's Friday, folks!
Volunteers, please check in for Sunday.
New volunteers welcome.

Kitchen prep 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., serving from 2:30 until 5:00. Clean up 5:30 until done. Do the whole thing or pick a part.
Please share our posts!

Jerry, Arleen, Emma all day
Bob prep and serving
Sarah, Kathy and Carol prep
Alexa, Amy, Sue serving
Danielle serve and cleanup
Molly cleanup
And me, of course.

Who else is coming to play?

08/25/2026

Sundays meal for our friends!
Beef stew
Ham and beans
Beans and weens
Mixed veggies
Fresh sweet corn
Cheesy cauliflower
Ham, egg and cheese quesadillas
Tex-Mex chicken pasta
Chili dog casserole
Stewed chicken with gravy
Mashed potatoes
Mac and cheese
Pulled pork
Tuna casserole
Lobster ravioli with pumpkin cream sauce
Cheddar chicken pasta casserole
Chicken broccoli rice casserole with cheese and cream of mushroom soup
Adobo chicken with long grain rice
Watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew
Jambalaya
Birthday cake for Jenn
Desserts and drinks and other things I've probably forgotten.

Thank you, Bethany Church of the Nazarene and Country Gourmet at the Market and Panera Bread along with everyone who donated items, ingredients, prepared food, or their time.

Volunteers this week: Jerry, Bob, Carol, Kaitie, Aunt Ash, Kinsley, Kathy, Amy, Thomas, Danielle, George, Emma, and Cody.

What a blessing to have several people stop by with prepared dishes! Makes our lives so much easier! Thank you to those who put your heart in your recipes and brought hot food for our differently sheltered friends.

We saw 90+ people at our first stop, some taking food for others, and then 30 at our second stop. Thank you, Jennie, for the count. It's hard for us to do it so I appreciate you! It's hard to estimate how many bellies we filled, but that's a good jumping off point.