We met an 18-year old homeless young man tonight on NightWatch. We found him emergency shelter for the weekend. And we told him about Joseph’s House (Greensboro) and I Am Now (High Point), the local transitional living programs for homeless young men. We’re praying that one of them will have an opening for him.
Read more on “I thought I was the only one…”…
The Housing Support Team is moving chronically homeless people from the streets of Guilford County in permanent supportive housing. What can a church group do for the clients served by the Housing Support Team? View and print this flyer to learn more.
Read more on The Housing Support Team and The Faith Community…
North Carolina’s homeless service providers will conduct an annual statewide Point in Time Count of the homeless beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 30th and ending 24 hours later at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 31st. [Guilford County's count will begin and end at 6:00 a.m. to accommodate the breakfast count at Greensboro Urban Ministry. More here.]
Read more on 2008 Homeless Count…
Today is National Homeless Persons Memorial Day. We remember and honor the following people who died in 2007 while homeless in Guilford County:
Charlie, Dominic, Frosty, Jodi, Michelle
Recovery Innovations is literally saving lives — and bringing hope and wellness to people with mental illness in Greensboro.
Read “At darkest hour, morning breaks,” by Lorraine Ahearn in the News & Record.
Read more on How to save a life…
In Sunday’s N&R, Lorraine Ahearn writes about the new housing support team that’s providing permanent supportive housing for our chronically homeless friends:
“An hour before dawn on a jagged stretch of West Lee Street, they shine a flashlight beam under an abandoned loading dock, down a back alley, into every shabby hidey-hole marked by a star on their street map.
Read more on Homeless: “On A Jagged Stretch Of West Lee…”…
“For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected, that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not.”
Read more on Departing In Solitude…
Bridgeway and Guilford Center are holding a news conference to discuss the new Guilford County drug treatment center, on Wednesday, Dec. 12th from 3:00-4:00 p.m. at 5209 W. Wendover Ave.
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YES! Weekly follows up on the winter shelter situation in Winston. Providers are trying to find emergency winter shelter beds for homeless people in the wake of the City’s decision to institute a 100-bed cap on homeless shelters. A church stepped up to offer overflow space, but state law requires them to have a sprinkler system.
Read more on Winston Advocates and Officials Work For Shelter Solution…
It began (publicly) with a Sunday, Nov. 18th News and Record editorial about the new county drug treatment center. “Double talk on crack?” “The right approach?” “Has the vision changed?” “Mixed messages?”
Read more on Drug Treatment Center Controversy Continues…
From Suzanne’s new blog:
This is the around the 3rd or 4th Sunday that youth from Glenwood have come to sit with me in the “Big Service” at Grace after middle school Sunday school. I am so very happy that they are coming and can see that they are really learning about God.
Read more on Whispers & Chatter: Growing the (Unsilent) Kingdom…
