On Valentine’s Day, my phone rang. The call was from the North Township Trustee’s office seeking help for a homeless gentleman. Valentine’s eve temperatures had dropped to one degree, and Valentine’s night was forecast to be in the single digits. The problem was there was not a single warming center open for the homeless! If the homeless individual […]
Hello, Marcus here, The other night, my phone rang at 8:30 p.m. I was busy. I was going to let the call go to voicemail, but I answered. Margaret, one of our homeless clients, was in distress. At the end of her workday, she was notified that her temporary shelter with her friend was not available. Her […]
Hello, it’s Marcus. I just wanted to let you know that over the past 3 weeks, there has been an overwhelming number of homeless emergencies coming to us! The other day, I completed an emergency homeless intervention that lasted one hour and it took place at 11:00 p.m.! The woman had no place to go, no one to turn to for help, but was […]
