A Solid Foundation
When you enter William’s neat apartment, you can quickly identify what’s important to him – around his TV, where he watches sports non-stop, are photos...
10 April, 2019
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Room In The Inn: 41 Housed & The Impact of One
Neighbors using Room In The Inn (RITI) this season ranged in age from 5 months old to 89 years old, and that’s really the story...
05 April, 2019
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Hugs, Faith, & Cookies
Every Friday, I walk into Moore Place and am greeted by a hug and smile from Von. Chances are that if you’re a regular Moore...
20 March, 2019
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Faces of Diversity
Diversity, community, and storytelling have become common buzzwords as of late. Flying around, circling in, out, and through our conversations. And for good reason. The...
08 March, 2019
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How to be a Good Neighbor
Cleo is a 60-year-old, petite woman, with dark skin, eyes that sparkle and a smile that can’t help but make you do the same. Her...
11 February, 2019
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Midway Mark for Room In The Inn
[caption id="attachment_4237" align="alignright" width="300"] Neighbors wait to check-in for RITI[/caption] It’s hard to believe, but we’re half way through the Room In The Inn season! The...
07 February, 2019
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Top 5 Results of Community Engagement (by the numbers)
Our mission promises to bring the community together to end homelessness, so we thought it might be fun to share some of the top ways...
28 January, 2019
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Bruised, Not Broken
A typical day in the life of Eveco probably sounds familiar to most of us: Getting up, going to work, coming home, tending to household...
19 December, 2018
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Tough Choices
Tabby’s life has been peppered with tough decisions: the decision to give her daughter to her mom to raise, the decision to leave abusive romantic...
11 December, 2018
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From the UMC Garden to Moore Place
For over a decade, the community garden at our College Street campus has provided nourishment for the spirit and the body, for both neighbors and...
12 November, 2018
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From the Woods to the Whitehouse
Byron was 20 years old and attending CPCC studying small business with the support of his mom, when she became ill in 2007. He quit...
06 November, 2018
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What is Community?
What is community? What does it mean to be a member of a community? What does it take to bring communities together? As a newcomer...
16 October, 2018
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