Update: Thanks for the link love, Ed Cone! Current Needs List: Updated Monday, 11/28/2011 Tuesday, 12-13-2011 by StreetWatch (on Facebook) Our current needs list (made by homeless people, with help from GPD): blankets (The kind you would want if you lived outside in winter!) sleeping bags firewood (if you can … > read more
An outbreak of bed bugs at The Salvation Army of Greensboro’s Center of Hope has closed down three dorms — a total of 16 beds — and the Center needs to raise $22,000 to purchase 76 new mattresses to replace both infested mattresses and those that are old, worn and … > read more
From Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Action Alerts: “The Social Security Administration (SSA) has proposed changes to the way decisions are made for awarding disability benefits based on a mental impairment. These changes will threaten the ability of people with serious mental illnesses to obtain benefits…. The changes appear … > read more
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. [video link] Jimmy says that he’s eligible for Social Security, but doesn’t have the identification he needs, including his DD214, to … > read more
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?
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 … > read more
From an instant message conversation with a friend: Friend: “Im at the uncg campus library, but they have changed things around here pertaining to the pcs so I will not be here but for 5 mins” Me: “how did they change it” Friend: “no chairs and theres a time limit … > read more
I’ve visited the women’s winter emergency shelter at Grace Community Church the past two nights, and it’s a peaceful and happy place to be. I already knew most of the homeless women who are staying there, but it’s so cool to get to hang out with them at night like … > read more
Operation Greensboro Cares, a fundraising partnership coordinated by the United Way, the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the News & Record and other media partners, is raising money for emergency shelter (including winter shelter through the WE! program), emergency food assistance through food pantries, and emergency financial assistance with power … > read more
$53.11 will buy one pair of pants, two dresses, eight tops and a rockin’ pair of boots at Goodwill. And that’s more than enough to make me smile. Wear clothes with history. Pay less. Do more. » Goodwill » Salvation Army