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..>>Please help: We need snacks and toiletries for street outreach
posted: September 18, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: DayWatch, homeless needs, NightWatch, you can help
Our donated supplies for homeless outreach are really low. Right now, we don’t have enough to do NightWatch. We also use these supplies for DayWatch (next one coming up soon) and other outreach to the homeless through StreetWatch. (Learn more about all of those here.)
We currently need:
Food/Drink:
individually wrapped snacks (chips, crackers, cookies, […]
Read More..>>Hurricanes keep NightWatch on hold
posted: September 12, 2008 | category: community, homelessness
tags: news, NightWatch
UPDATE: Read “Volunteers feed storm’s hungry,” from 09/22/2008 News & Record.
NightWatch took a late summer break so that team leaders could have vacation time off with their families. We expected to start back up at the beginning of September, but the disaster unit, which we use for NightWatch, has been on standby to […]
Does your youth group need a quick and easy summer mission project?
posted: June 13, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: needs, NightWatch, you can help
NightWatch needs youth groups to put together hygiene kits and snack bags for our street outreach ministry to the homeless. All of our supplies are donated. We just need willing hands to make the bags. If you have a group of youth who can spend a few hours putting together […]
Read More..>>Homeless people return to the street as winter shelter ends
posted: March 15, 2008 | category: faith, homelessness
tags: homeless news, housing, lyrics, music, NightWatch, photos, stories
The Salvation Army of Greensboro’s winter shelter closes until next year.
A homeless man sleeps outside Greensboro Urban Ministry.
Erik put a blanket on the man sleeping outside the shelter.
The cold weather shelter programs at both homeless shelters ended yesterday, and Greensboro Urban Ministry Executive Director Mike Aiken and Salvation Army Major Paul Egan say they won’t […]
Homeless kids ask for blankets, not toys
posted: January 26, 2008 | category: homelessness
tags: needs, NightWatch, stories
For the past couple of weeks, the NightWatch team has been making a stop in the parking lot of a local hotel that is “home” for many folks who might otherwise be on the street. And a lot of them are back outside when their money — or someone else’s generosity — runs out. […]
Read More..>>“I thought I was the only one…”
posted: December 29, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: NightWatch, stories
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 […]
Read More..>>NightWatch: The Video
posted: July 30, 2007 | category: faith, homelessness
tags: Greensboro, music, NightWatch, video
This video shows the NightWatch team on the streets of Greensboro. Created with Ron Londen’s photos (and a few of mine) and a clip from John Waller’s “The Blessing.”
Downtown Cops & The Homeless
posted: June 14, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: downtown, NightWatch, police
UPDATE: Re: The error in the first quote below. The N&R ran a correction in Friday’s paper and also corrected the info in their online story, so that it now reads: “Tepedino asked the man a few questions and called NightWatch, a street outreach team, to meet the man downstairs.” Thanks, KD.
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