Susquehanna Warrior Reserve
A Coalition for Dignity, Healing, and Workforce Empowerment
The Susquehanna Warrior Reserve is a community-rooted initiative designed to restore dignity, stability, and opportunity for individuals facing crisis in Northeast Pennsylvania. SWR brings together service providers, corrections professionals, nonprofit leaders, and community advocates to form a trauma informed coalition that addresses homelessness, health access, and workforce development through coordinated care and ethical systems.
At its core, SWR is both a movement and a structure working towards transparent referrals, progress tracking, and real-time collaboration across sectors. SWR ensures continuity, protects intellectual property, and creates space for scalable, shared leadership.
Whether through restorative luncheons, coalition-building workshops, or digital navigation tools, SWR uplifts the region’s most valuable asset: its people. It is a reserve not of resources alone, but of resilience and purpose. Read on to see how we’re laying the foundation for lasting change.
Supporting Those Who Serve Behind the Walls
Let’s Shine’s Susquehanna Warrior Reserve is launching a series of Restorative Luncheons for Luzerne County Corrections Officers — a profession that carries immense stress, emotional fatigue, and far too little recognition.
Through powerful partnerships with Luzerne County Corrections, Patriot’s Cove, Hero’s Hearthstone, CIRT/Peer Support, and The GUIDE App Team, these luncheons will create a safe, stigma free space for officers to:
🍽️ Enjoy nourishing meals
🗣️ Connect through peer led conversations
🧭 Access trauma informed resource guides
📱 Receive confidential 24/7 support through The GUIDE App
This initiative restores dignity, strengthens resilience, and ensures officers know they are not alone.
We’re inviting community partners and sponsors to stand with us in honoring and supporting those who protect our communities every day. Together, we can build a culture of care, connection, and long-term well being.
Bridging Gaps. Restoring Dignity. Building Resilience.
Exciting Partnership Announcement!
Grace Community Living + Susquehanna Warrior Reserve
We’re thrilled to share that Grace Community Living and the Susquehanna Warrior Reserve (SWR) are joining forces to strengthen housing stability, trauma-informed support, and community connection across Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Together, we’re building a coordinated, compassionate network that ensures every neighbor—especially veterans, youth, and families facing hardship—has access to a safe home, supportive services, and clear pathways toward independence.
🏠 Grace Community Living will provide safe, affordable, community-centered housing
🤝 SWR will offer trauma-informed case coordination, peer support, and empowerment pathways
🌱 Together, we’re creating a seamless system of care where no one falls through the cracks
This partnership reflects our shared belief that stability begins with a place to call home—and that healing and progress grow when communities come together.
We look forward to working alongside county partners, local organizations, and community members to build a stronger, more connected region.
Stay tuned for ways to get involved and support this mission of hope, dignity, and opportunity.
Winter Support Network
We have10 host sites, but we are looking for more!
We are looking for local businesses, nonprofits, churches, and community spaces to serve as Host Sites for our Winter Support Network.
Host Sites may serve as:
- Drop Off Locations
- Pick Up / Storage Locations
- Food Prep & Dinner Event Locations (holiday events welcome)
We provide:
- Flyers, collection boxes, and signage
- Press coverage & online promotion
- Volunteer support for pick-ups and deliveries
- Dedicated community drive events to fill boxes
Our goal is to make this simple, organized, and meaningful for everyone involved.
Sign Up to Host:
https://forms.gle/XBHLQtTpdBP4MvTJ6
Sign Up to Volunteer:
https://forms.gle/JehEaWj1fGAannQr9
Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1LrjazXoHf/
Current Locations;
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1E3z5fZhS4eX_XayTdm47yJqROw5j9Jg&usp=sharing
Recent Local Coverage:
https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/winter-support-network-looks-to-businesses-organizations-and-volunteers-to-help-those-in-need-wilkes-barre-rising-tide-wellness/523-88116986-4770-42fc-be13-124aa9a6bff0
If you have space and a willing heart, we’d love to partner with you.
Let's Talk Affordable Housing
On Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM, we will host a Stakeholder Meeting at the Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce.
The purpose of this gathering is to bring together landlords, developers, funders, and community partners to explore pathways to solutions to this incredible need spanning through out Luzerne County.
Our goal is to spark meaningful conversation, highlight barriers and discuss available resources, and make these programs easier to navigate so that landlords and developers feel encouraged to participate in building sustainable solutions.
Stakeholder Meeting Registration: Addressing our Local Affordable Housing Crisis