ChosenFast.com » video http://chosenfast.com news and info about homelessness and related issues in Greensboro, NC Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:59:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 To leave the woods, Brad needs a job! (video) http://chosenfast.com/2011/10/07/to-leave-the-woods-brad-needs-a-job-video/ http://chosenfast.com/2011/10/07/to-leave-the-woods-brad-needs-a-job-video/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:05:27 +0000 Michele (CM) http://chosenfast.com/?p=6015 Continue reading →]]> Update, 11/20/2011: Brad has a job!

Meet Brad. He lives in a homeless camp, but wants to move inside before winter. To do that, he needs a job. He has lots of skills and experience, which he talks about in this video. Please watch and share.

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Mark

I just got off the phone with Mark. He started his new job earlier this week and moved into his apartment today. When Audrie and I met him while doing StreetWatch in 2009, Mark was living in a homeless camp. He eventually left the camp and had several different housing arrangements before returning to the camp briefly recently. But tonight is the first night that Mark will spend in his very own place since 2004. He’s excited and grateful. He said to me, “I’m in MY house.” ;) I’m grateful to his new employer and landlord, Ed, for giving Mark this opportunity. And to God, the giver of all good things.

 

If you’d like to help Mark, here are some things he mentioned that he needs:

  • dishes, glasses, utensils
  • pots and pans
  • TV
  • towels
  • lamps
  • welcome mat

» Keep reading “I’m in MY house” at StreetWatch on Facebook.

» Previously:  (Video) StreetWatch: Mark, back at the homeless camp, looking for work

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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 the lobby area, but there are only so many mats to go around, so others sleep on blankets and chairs.

“I’ve worked here at Weaver House for seven years and this is the largest numbers that I’ve seen in a while,” said Tammy Davis, case manager at Weaver House.“

» See News2 video or continue reading”Homeless Sleep on Floor, Chairs At Overcrowded Shelter”

Note: The 165 homeless people at Greensboro’s Urban Ministry’s Weaver House shelter is in addition to the 100+ homeless people in winter emergency (WE) shelters located in seven Greensboro churches. And those numbers are homeless adults only. There are separate shelters for homeless families. (And for a number of reasons, there are still homeless people outside.)

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