This week God brought us…”Melanie”, who attended the memorial service we held at one of our downtown housing units. We hold these services periodically to remember and celebrate our residents who have died, considering that for many of them, this will be the only memorial they might have. Melanie was there because her son, “Sam”, was one of those we were to remember by name. Sam had been one of our residents and just recently passed away from a combination of health issues, o

This week God brought us... Hayden, Angie, Travis, Carl, Rick, Heather and Duane”, all of whom approached us for help this past week to put some gas in their cars.  Each and every one of them is experiencing homelessness and living in their vehicles.  Angie drives a large truck hauling a large travel trailer behind it.  Heather has bright eyes and a polite manner, she is in her 30s and lives in a small SUV with her mother.  Rick broke down in tears at our front desk, overwhel

This week God brought us Herb, looking for help to keep his electricity on.  Herb is 82 and lives by himself. He keeps a part-time job in order to afford his medications and incontinence supplies. Lately, though, he’s been sick and unable to work those hours to supplement his income. He made a partial payment on his utility bill and found help through us and another local social service organization to keep his power connected.  Herb is a stand-in for hundreds of households i