Infusion of state funding to keep Pottstown homeless shelter open

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Infusion of state funding to keep Pottstown homeless shelter open

POTTSTOWN — Months away from closing for good, an infusion of state funding will keep the Salvation Army homeless shelter on King Street from closing for good. State Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist., and state Sen. Tracy Pennycuick, R-24th Dist., were on hand at the shelter April 19 to deliver the traditional oversize check in the amount of $225,000. The funding came about in large part because of a chance encounter in a Harrisburg hallway in 2023…