Archive for August, 2008
Run for Shelter
posted: August 30, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: events, homeless news, Ten Year Plan, you can help
UPDATE: Photos from this event are here.
Update #2: I hear that race results will be posted here.
Run for Shelter, 8K Run/Walk
to benefit Partnering to End Chronic Homelessness in Guilford County
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Time:
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Registration and packet pickup
3:00 p.m.: Start time
5:00 p.m.: Awards
Location:
Temple Emanuel, 713 N. Greene Street
Registration is $20 / Late registration […]
Not paid to care
posted: August 30, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: day center, homeless needs, policy
I talked to a friend about his thoughts on the structure for the proposed day center for homeless people in Greensboro. My friend suggests that for every day center task force member who is “paid to care,” that there be a member who is not paid to care, to balance it out. He suggested using […]
Read More..>>The best part about downtown Greensboro at night
posted: August 30, 2008 | category: community
tags: downtown, Greensboro
The free fireworks show at the baseball stadium:
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Note: The fireworks look a lot better in real life than they do in my camera-phone photos. But still, you get the general idea…
Ganache on Thursdays
posted: August 30, 2008 | category: community
tags: ConvergeSouth, downtown, Greensboro
Lately, I’ve been meeting the girls at Ganache on Thursday evenings for a little chill time. They have a buy one, get one free deal on appetizers Monday through Friday evenings from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., with daily appetizer and drink specials. On Thursday nights, there’s live music and half-price wine by […]
Read More..>>DayWatch
posted: August 29, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: downtown, events, free meals, Greensboro, homeless needs, homeless news, hunger, you can help
We’re doing a DayWatch on Saturday, August 30th at 4:00 p.m., outside at the YWCA, behind the downtown library. We expect to feed between 150-200 currently and formerly homeless friends, and whomever else shows up hungry! We’re having beef stew with rice and green beans, biscuits, watermelon and cookies for dessert. We’ll […]
Read More..>>Liveblog: Day center meeting at the HIVE
posted: August 28, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: day center
Picked up the donated coffee from Port City Java (thank you!) and juice from our supplies at Salvation Army and then got to the HIVE. Lenslinger from Fox8 was there and Amanda Lehmert from News & Record. But not many homeless folks. So Tim and I went and got Grace’s van and […]
Read More..>>National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2008
posted: August 27, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: homeless news
This year’s National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week will be Nov. 16-22, 2008. It’s co-sponsored annually by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, and is observed one week before Thanksgiving. The week is intended to bring awareness and promote efforts to end homelessness and […]
Read More..>>Cops: More downtown good problems
posted: August 25, 2008 | category: community
tags: alcohol, crack cocaine, crime, downtown, Greensboro, police, politics
About an hour after this, police downtown stopped a car on Elm Street for an open container violation. Somebody in the car had an open bottle of liquor. That led to powder and crack cocaine charges. Other officers stopped the next car in line, also for open container. That led to […]
Read More..>>Day Center Reportback
posted: August 24, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: day center, homeless news
On Thursday, August 28 the committee working on plans for a day center for homeless people will have an opportunity to report to the homeless community on their progress. The August 28 meeting will be an opportunity for homeless people to hear a progress report and offer their feedback.
The vision statement for the proposed […]
Awkward exit
posted: August 24, 2008 | category: community
tags: Food Not Bombs, police, politics
Paul’s wife Leslie speaks out about the “stripper in church” at Friday night’s Food Not Bombs Farewell to St. Mary’s. I knew about the burlesque show ahead of time and had already planned to leave before it started, but I didn’t make it past the opening act.
The first two songs were anti-cop and anti-sheriff. […]
