Posted on January 12th, 2010 in homelessness
StreetWatch needs volunteers to do laundry for homeless people and drive them to appointments. Please let me know if you can help.
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 in community, homelessness
Jimmy is 69 years old. He’s worked all his life, and is a military veteran, but now, at retirement age, he is living in a tent in the woods.
Read more on Video: Jimmy, homeless in Greensboro…
Tags: benefits, downtown, Greensboro, greenway, homeless, homeless camps, housing, housing program, InvisiblePeople, needs, news, NightWatch, policy, politics, tent, video, you can help
Posted on July 29th, 2009 in homelessness
Got supplies 4 homeless day ctr from NightWatch storage at SA store; at Grace 2 get more from StreetWatch storage; to donate call 332.0824
Note: Didn’t get things I asked for here. Just things we already had donated to us — toiletries, razors, plastic wrap, towels, etc. Still need these other things.
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Posted on July 16th, 2009 in homelessness
Mark Horvath is coming to Greensboro August 22nd & 23rd as part of the InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip U.S.A.!!
From Mark, at InvisiblePeople.tv:
This summer, InvisiblePeople.tv is traveling across America to capture the stories of people without a home. By visiting tent cities, motels, and other modern-day accommodations for people without a home, this tour will unearth the modern-day realities of homelessness while providing a venue for “invisible” people to tell their story, raw and unedited.
» PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AT INVISIBLEPEOPLE.TV
Read more on InvisiblePeople.tv Road Trip U.S.A.: The Journey Begins!…
Tags: blogging, events, Greensboro, homeless, InvisiblePeople, motel, news, shelter, stories, StreetWatch, tent, twitter, video, you can help
Posted on July 16th, 2009 in community, homelessness
From Partners Ending Homelessness:
Partners Ending Homelessness will sponsor the 1st Annual Furnish a Dream Furniture Drive in partnership with the Agents of Grace, Old Dominion Freight Company, Home to Home, and Barnabas Network. The two day event will kick-off on Saturday, August 22, 2009 in the parking lot of 200 Steele located at the Corner of E. Kivett Dr. and N. Centennial St. in High Point. The following Saturday, August 29th the furniture drive will be held in conjunction with Agents of Grace’s day of service which will be held at Grimsley High School located at 801 Westover Terrace in Greensboro.
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Tags: events, faith, Greensboro, homeless, housing, housing first, info, job, needs, news, poverty, Ten Year Plan, tent, you can help
Posted on July 06th, 2009 in homelessness
My ministry partner, Audrie Keen and I are praying for the following needs to be met for our ministry to the homeless and hungry in Greensboro. Please pray with us and help us as you feel led:
Read more on Need your help to help the homeless: Office space, food, family time, etc….
Tags: addict, Audrie, benefits, bus passes, disability, downtown, food, God, Greensboro, health, homeless, housing, hungry, Jesus, needs, poor, Proverbs, recovery, tent, you can help
Posted on May 10th, 2009 in homelessness
- Happy and peaceful at the start of a new week, and contemplating repentance, righteousness and obedience. #
- At the HIVE; getting ready 4 Food Not Bombs; on phone and email dealing w/multiple homeless crises; alcohol + mental illness + anger = uh oh #
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Tags: alcohol, crack cocaine, food, Food Not Bombs, homeless, housing, hungry, info, Jesus, mental illness, needs, NightWatch, photos, street outreach, the HIVE, twitter, you can help
Posted on May 02nd, 2009 in homelessness
» go to News14.com story with video: “Drive aims to provide items to homeless“
AmeriCorps members from the Partnership to End Homelessness are doing a Non-Food Drive to benefit homeless people in Greensboro, as part of National AmeriCorps Week’s “AmeriCorps Drives for Service.”
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Tags: food, Greensboro, Greensboro Urban Ministry, homeless, needs, news, shelter, stories, tent, video, you can help, youth
Posted on April 11th, 2009 in homelessness
Mark Horvath called me from LA and made me smile. Who wants to donate $250 (tax-deductible) so I can visit him and do a homeless LA tour?
Posted on March 25th, 2009 in community, homelessness
From Liz Seymour:
Carwash at the HIVE
Saturday, March 28!Spring cleaning time! The men of the WE! (winter emergency shelter) program are holding a carwash this Saturday, March 28th at the HIVE (1214 Grove Street) to raise money for housing after the WE! program closes on April 1. The carwash begins at 8:00 a.m. and runs all day in the parking lot — $10 a car.
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Posted on March 16th, 2009 in homelessness
Joseph’s Gear is a new clothing resale store near downtown Greensboro, selling new and gently used trendy, brand-name clothing at amazingly low prices — to benefit homeless young adults! The store opens to the public on Monday, March 16th, 2009. Joseph’s Gear will serve as a hands-on learning program and provide financial support for Joseph’s House, which offers shelter, food, clothing, and other supportive services to homeless young adults in Guilford County, assisting them to become self sufficient.
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Posted on January 28th, 2009 in homelessness
From the web site of the Greensboro Police Department:
Helping the Homeless — The GPD’s Center City Resource Team is collecting winter coats, hats, gloves and boots for the homeless. If you would like to donate any of these items, please deliver them to one of the Police substations: 1106 Maple Street, 300 S. Swing Road, or 2602 S. Elm-Eugene Street. You may also drop off your donations at the GPD administrative offices in the Melvin Municipal Office Building, 300 W. Washington Street.
See why we heart the popo? 
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