2008 Feast of Caring
posted: November 17, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: events, homeless needs, homeless news, hunger, you can help
From my friends at Greensboro Urban Ministry, Greensboro’s largest homeless services provider and a leader and ally in serving hungry and homeless people, and working to end homelessness in our community:
Greensboro Urban Ministry Invites You to The Feast of Caring
November 20, 2008
Drop In anytime between 5:00 - 7:00 PM
First Baptist Church
1000 West Friendly Avenue […]
Bare shelves and sacrifice
posted: November 17, 2008 | category: community, faith, homelessness
tags: faith, homeless needs, homeless news, hunger, news
My friends Janet and Jonathan passed on this story from the New York Times about bare cupboards at food banks. An accompanying slideshow is here. The article notes a scarcity of food at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, in Winston, which supplies many local food pantries and aid programs, including the NightWatch […]
Read More..>>Breakfast and dinner “thank yous”
posted: November 12, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: Food Not Bombs, free meals, homeless news, hunger, StreetWatch, the HIVE
StreetWatch would like to thank everyone who donated, volunteered or otherwise assisted in providing meals for our homeless and hungry friends from Oct. 30th - Nov. 13th, 2008 while the Arlington House was closed.
» See more breakfast photos on the StreetWatch photos page here.
We are so thankful for the partnership of Grace Community Church, Food […]
Two breakfasts to go: Need cooks, servers, cleanup help
posted: November 9, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless needs, homeless news, hunger, you can help
Our team of volunteers has been serving breakfasts and dinners for our homeless friends while Arlington House has been closed (details here), and we have two breakfasts to go — Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 10th and 11th. We need cooks (5:00 a.m.), servers (6:45 a.m.) and cleanup help (7:30 a.m.) Location details (cooking at […]
Read More..>>You won’t see the sign; please buy the brownies, anyway
posted: November 8, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: DayWatch, homeless news, hunger, NightWatch, StreetWatch, you can help
Correction: You will not see our StreetWatch flyer in Jersey Mike’s. Apparently, the owner found it to be “morbid.” That’s disappointing, to say the least. I treasure that photo. Those are my friends, Justin and James, under the downtown bridge where James has lived for years. The photo was taken by Ron […]
Read More..>>Do this! Eat brownies and support homeless outreach!
posted: November 5, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: DayWatch, homeless news, hunger, NightWatch, StreetWatch, you can help
Like to eat brownies? Me, too. Think it’s cool that “the Watches” do street outreach to help homeless and hungry people? What if there was a way that you could support our outreach by eating brownies? Well, guess what? There is!!
Easy to follow instructions:
Go to one of these Jersey Mike’s Subs locations:
Jersey Mike’s […]
Read More..>>Four more breakfasts to go: Come cook and serve
posted: November 5, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless needs, hunger, you can help
We have four more breakfasts to cook and serve to homeless and hungry people before Miss Terry is scheduled to come back and reopen Arlington House. We are cooking at the HIVE and serving at Grace. (Locations and details are here.) If you can cook (5:00 a.m.), serve (6:30 a.m.), or clean […]
Read More..>>Tuesday breakfast volunteers needed
posted: November 3, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless needs, hunger, you can help
We could use volunteers tomorrow morning (Tuesday, 11/4/08) to help with breakfast for our homeless and hungry friends. We need people to cook (5:00 a.m.), serve (6:45 a.m.) and clean up (7:30 a.m.) Click here for more details and leave a comment if you can help. Or call Audrie: 336.254.0953. Thanks!
P.S. We don’t do breakfast […]
Breakfast volunteers needed
posted: November 2, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless news, hunger
Volunteers are needed for the breakfasts we’re doing while Arlington House is closed. We’re cooking at the HIVE and serving at Grace. Details are here. If you can volunteer, leave a comment on this post on the StreetWatch web site and I’ll add you to the schedule. We also need donations. More here. Thank you!
Homeless dinner location for 10/31/2008
posted: October 31, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: free meals, homeless news, hunger
To our homeless and hungry friends: Most of you know that Arlington House is closed for a couple weeks. We are serving dinner tonight at First Prez on Green Street at 7:00 p.m. Come eat with us and tell everybody. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday breakfast next week at Grace at 7:00 a.m. And we’re […]
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