" Foreclosure of a homeless shelter has been delayed, thanks to bankruptcy filing. The owner has fought off the auction at the last minute by resorting to this strategy. Judy Jones has been heading the Bread of Life Mission for a long time. She said, “We’re trying to...
Samaritan House—In the southwest corner of the first floor inside the Catholic Charities’ run shelter in Denver, residents trickle in as the 7:30 p.m. hour approaches. They come to hear Chet W. Sisk's soothing voice and to be part of his exuberant wellspring of positive...
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Who ever thought that in this 21st century more of our citizens have lost their homes at a rate equal to that of the Great Depression of the 1930's. This dramatic rise in homelessness is attributed to many factors starting with the way our economy has shifted from being the...
Today, the offspring of these Bastard Eugenics groups (headed by George Bush, Sr.) are using new techinques to make it too expensive for poor people to have...
I've been watching the news and they're still trying to recover what has happened. They're still finding people who's been hiding under blocks under a few days. They just found a 24 year old man not too long ago. I seen them pulling him out in a stretcher as he lay there...
Magnificent voice! He also seems like a really decent, kind and intelligent person. May 2011 hold much success and happiness for this man."Earlier this week, a video of a homeless man in Columbus, Ohio, named Ted Williams hit the Internet. Upon first glance, he looks like...
Petula Dvorak wrote the article that I post below in full length because it touches many bases regarding panhandlers. Yet, it misses some major points.
1. If you lose your job,...
" The rights group Amnesty International has criticised Nigeria's government over mass evictions in the oil-rich Niger Delta. Plans for urban development and slum demolition have been a violently contested issue in Port Harcourt. Amnesty is warning that continued...
Before sharing pizza at a special Mass celebrated on San Francisco's Civic Center plaza, a flock of some 20 parishoners were reminded that Jesus suffered the death penalty.
Ten pizza pies were divided among the congregants, including homeless...
Work published by the Public Library of Science points out that head lice may pose a greater health risk than previously thought. Many of us have had a call from a school official saying that the school...
I don’t think much has changed in Clyde since Sherwood Anderson lived and worked here in Northern Ohio. Yonder is Lake Erie, still covered in winter’s ice, though it’s getting thinner and receding every day....
originally published in Street Sheet, Feb. 15-28, 2010
About 40 people ran an obstacle course through Tenderloin streets on Jan. 29 to illustrate the runaround homeless people in San Francisco experience when looking for space in a homeless shelter.
"I've seen people go...
originally published in Street Sheet, Feb. 1 - 15, 2010
People who escape dangerous situations by walking into a Safe Haven in the Tenderloin or South of Market have neighborhood residents to thank for it.
Safe Havens include 52 businesses, nonprofits and residential...
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There seems to be a controversy over this shelter and the methods they use but still they provide some services to thousands of homeless people and there should be a way to keep it in operation. "Bob Cramer,...