Homerun for Homelessness When: Sunday, May 20, 2012; Gates open at 3pm; Opening pitch at 4pm Who: Greensboro Grasshoppers vs. Lakewood BlueClaws Where: NewBridge Bank Park, Greensboro Join Partners Ending Homelessness for a great day at the ballpark and learn more about PEH partners. Visit exhibit tables highlighting the Servant … > read more
I just got a call from a homeless woman who has no place to go. Last night, she slept in a parking garage downtown. She had no sleeping bag. No blankets. She was cold. Temperatures were in the 50′s last night. Concrete makes a cold, hard bed. The women’s winter … > read more
US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $1.47 billion in renewal funding to more than 7,100 local homeless programs across the country. Homeless service providers in Guilford County will receive $1.5 million. Guilford County HUD funding recipients: Alcohol and Drug Services of Guilford, Inc.; High Point; Project Home Front; … > read more
Recently, a local weekly newspaper interviewed outgoing Greensboro City Manager Rashad Young and asked what he would have done if he could have played “dictator for a day” in our city. This idea got my attention: “[Rashad Young] said he would also find a campus setting for the homeless facilities. … > read more
“The winter emergency — or WE — network of seasonal shelters for the homeless will expand this year to include the downtown YWCA building as a consolidated women-only site. The spaces in the existing locations will be assigned only to men — opening up another 12 beds for men.” Good … > read more
In June, Urban Ministry officials say they helped 2,369 individuals filling 997 food orders with 1,613 bags of food as part of their emergency food program. That was an increase of 632 people from May. Emergency food orders are running an average of a 20% increase for the previous months. … > read more
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
As the weather gets bitterly cold, Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Weaver House is packed with homeless people desperate to stay warm. The shelter has beds for 100 people, but recently there have been as many as 65 additional people seeking shelter at night. Some sleep on mats on the floor in … > read more
From Greensboro Urban Ministry: An Average Day at Greensboro Urban Ministry… Potter’s House Community Kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and supper to more than 600 people each day. The Food Bank distributes emergency food orders to 30-50 families and provides 20 non-profits with hundreds of pounds of food. The Emergency Assistance … > read more
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