Open Arms Shelter

05/27/2026

🎓 Congratulations to all of our local high school graduates!

Every diploma represents hard work, perseverance, and a story worth celebrating. For some students and families in our community, this milestone also reflects incredible resilience through difficult seasons. We are excited for the multiple graduates who are connected to the Open Arms family.

We’re proud of every graduate stepping into their next chapter. Class of 2026, your community is cheering you on! 💙

05/21/2026

🏡 A safe place to stay.
🤝 Staff who care.
📋 A plan, support, and someone walking alongside her.

This week, a young woman connected through Open Arms Shelter was able to recover her resources and move into a place of her own.

That is what community support makes possible.

To every person, church, business, and neighbor who gives, prays, volunteers, shares, or supports this mission each month — **you are part of this story.**

Fannin County, YOU DID IT. 💙

05/05/2026

🙏💙 A heartfelt thank you to the Spring Women’s Bible Study Group at Leonard Methodist Church** for their generous donation of more than 80 Bibles to Open Arms Shelter!

Your kindness is a meaningful gift of hope, encouragement, and faith for those we serve. We are so grateful for your support and for helping us continue to provide comfort and care to our community. 📖✨

05/02/2026

A great partnership helping veterans

We’re incredibly grateful for a gift that keeps on giving. 💙

After five years of faithful service transporting and supporting residents at Open Arms Shelter, this van has been generously donated to SoldiersVillage, where it will continue its journey of impact.

At SoldiersVillage, this van will help provide critical transportation for veterans transitioning out of homelessness. This is what community looks like: organizations lifting each other up so more lives can be changed.

🙏 Thank you, Open Arms, for your generosity and for trusting us to carry this mission forward.

Together, we can do more!



Open Arms Shelter Tanner Conticelli Steven Lanham Melissa Touris

04/24/2026

We’re honored to welcome Bryna Talamantez, MS, LMFT, from Talamantez Therapy to our upcoming Pray and Train event. 💛

Bryna will lead Journeys Through Grief and Widowhood, a powerful training for local faith leaders focused on understanding grief, supporting widowed individuals, and creating compassionate, trauma‑informed spaces within our faith communities.

📅Saturday, May 30, 2026
🕖 11:30am - 1:00pm
📍7th & Main Baptist Church
617 N. Main St Bonham, TX 75418
💲FREE - please register by May 26th so we can accommodate lunch

🔗https://givebutter.com/prayandtrainmay2026

04/23/2026

💙 It’s Volunteer Appreciation Month, and we’re feeling incredibly grateful. 💙

Because of YOU, hope shows up every single day at Open Arms Shelter.

✨ 1,300+ volunteer hours in 2025
✨ 400+ hours already in 2026 (and counting!)

That’s not just time — that’s compassion, dedication, and lives changed.

Our volunteers are the heartbeat of our mission, showing up with open hands and even bigger hearts. We simply couldn’t do this work without you.

From all of us: THANK YOU for being the difference. 🙏

04/22/2026

Thank you all for your support - we're excited to share with you and look forward to serving our community.