StreetWatch May 17-24, 2012: GPD, baseball, community garden, tent city, homeless bunny & more!
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A bike for a beer & more: Tweets from the street, 3/21-3/23/2012
Tweets I sent while doing StreetWatch homeless outreach this past week: 23 Mar 2012: Talked to homeless vets dishonorably discharged for mental illness/addiction related issues. Not eligible for VA treatment. 23 Mar 2012: Hanging out in the shade behind a store talking with 4 homeless guys about jobs, family, military … > read more
48 hours of StreetWatch
In the past two days, StreetWatch has visited lots of homeless people at their camps — in the woods, under bridges, behind shopping centers, in a tent city. (Photos here.) We have partnered with the City and police and property owners. We have distributed food, water, tents, sleeping bags, socks, … > read more
my story, by melissa gayle
Guest post, by Melissa Gayle: you don’t know my story, only bits and pieces, i treat homelessness like its my main thesis. I’ve walked in those shoes, I’ve slept on those streets, i used to be chronically homeless,and ppl looked at me like i was a disease.that was me, you … > read more
Current needs for our ministry to unsheltered homeless people: Please help!
Update: Thanks for the link love, Ed Cone! Current Needs List: Updated Monday, 11/28/2011 Tuesday, 12-13-2011 by StreetWatch (on Facebook) Our current needs list (made by homeless people, with help from GPD): blankets (The kind you would want if you lived outside in winter!) sleeping bags firewood (if you can … > read more
Homeless in Greensboro: State of the street, 11/21/11
Doing street outreach the past couple of weeks at homeless camps in Greensboro (and at a tent city with multiple homeless camps), I’ve seen long-familiar faces and lots of new faces. I’ve seen homeless camps spring back up in places that had emptied out for a while. I’ve seen homeless … > read more
Guilford County homeless providers receive $1.4 million
HUD recently awarded renewal funds for existing homeless programs as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Continuum of Care Grants. Homeless service providers in Guilford County received a total of $1,449,318 — a modest increase of $8,244 overall from 2009. Most homeless service providers received the same funding as last … > read more
Who stayed at Greensboro’s winter homeless shelters?
According to a report released today, Greensboro’s seven winter emergency shelters collectively hosted 205 people between 12/01/2009 and 03/31/2010. Some demographics about those who stayed in Greensboro’s winter homeless shelters this year: 55 women 150 men 13% age 18-30 years (youngest 18) 72% age 31-55 years 15% 56 years or … > read more
When there’s nowhere to go
I wrote about the guys on the block (and more) for the News & Record: “When there’s nowhere to go,” by Michele Forrest; published Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. It’s online here, and reposted below: My ministry partner, Audrie Keen, and I provide a street outreach to the homeless in Greensboro, … > read more
Greenway construction could raze homeless camps within a month
“Whether they go is not an option; how and when they go is up to them.” A source tells me that construction on the next phase of the Downtown Greenway could begin as soon as mid-November. Installation of traffic lights on Lee Street could be completed by the end of … > read more