Hand Up Partners

Check us out in LNP!

Lancaster community discusses relationship-based solutions to homelessness Eight winters ago, Dave Costarella started his advocacy for homeless people in Lancaster city by driving around at night, finding people who sleep on the street and offering them essential

Thank you to everyone who came out to West Art for our first community discussion! We are looking forward to meeting again in September. If you couldn’t make it last night, please join for the next one. Details to come.

We want this to be a conversation not a lecture so we would love to hear your feedback and your hopes for where the conversation will go over the next few months. This discussion was the first in a 6 part series. We will meet monthly for the next 6 months to have conversation about solving homeless in Lancaster. We are stronger together!

You can give feedback/suggestions/hopes in the comments below or email us at [email protected]

Check out the LNP article that featured Hand Up Partners! Everyone is invited to our first community discussion on August 3rd at 6PM at West Art.

“Hand Up Partners will host a series of six community discussions around homelessness starting Monday at West Art in Lancaster. The two-hour kickoff event begins at 6 p.m. at 816 Buchanan Ave. in the sanctuary room.”

Lancaster homelessness nonprofit to host discussion series Hand Up Partners will host a series of six community discussions around homelessness starting Monday at West Art in Lancaster. The two-hour kickoff event begins at 6 p.m. at 816

Thank you to everyone who attended our Fundraiser Extravaganza! We had a blast and together we raised $13,000 for Hand Up Partners!

If you weren’t able to attend but would still like to donate visit our website to be part of our giving circle. Link in bio.

“When kindness falls like rain it washes me away!!! Jimmy Juice, Tellus 360, Vinegar Creek, The Nancy Reagans, Corty Byron, T-Mack and especially Joe Devoy, Tamera (you brave beautiful friend!!!) and our staff, our peeps and friends and every hug that I got to feel to the deepest part of me. I am eternally grateful.
It’s not just me anymore, let’s require solutions and let’s build a structure to make them happen! What a beautiful community we are building! Soooooo much love!!!!” - Dave Costarella

Curious about what HUP is and what’s happening day to day? Check out this interview!!

Dave Costarella & Lloyd Schafer of Hand Up Partners, Helping the Homeless Through Work & Music This week on the Tone Tailors Podcast, I sit down with Dave Costare...

“I volunteer with Hand Up Partners (HUP), a Lancaster non-profit whose mission is to solve homelessness. I could go on for pages about why I love this organization but simply put, we're about building community, creating opportunity, and upholding dignity — a hand up, not a handout.

Please join us June 14th for our fundraiser extravaganza, sponsored by Tellus 360 and Jimmy Juice. 100% of the proceeds go directly to HUP — our sponsors are covering all costs and the bands are generously playing purely for the cause. “ - Susie Allen (HUP volunteer)

Buy your tickets here:
https://www.tellus360.com/events/hand-up-partners-fundraiser-extravaganza/?occurrence=2026-06-14