The winter season was almost over, but every morning for 18 weeks the same volunteer had done the morning bus run for the cold weather shelter. For 126 mornings, he climbed from his bed at quarter to six and drove to the lot where the bus was parked. It took a good...
At her lowest point, almost eight years ago, a neighbor in need was hunched over a chair while a case manager snipped her long blonde locks to the floor. In her months of staying outside and holding up in cheap motels she had collected such a horrendous case of head...
If you listen closely among the homeless community—at least those who have been around for a while—you will hear them talk about a woman who was incredibly important to them. The late Barbara Gear spent 20 of her retirement years feeding, counseling and sheltering...
The United Nations’ General Assembly has declared Friday, September 21, 2018 as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme of the 2018 International day of peace is “The Right to...
It was sometime in 2008 that Micah housed its first homeless person. Admittedly, the event transpired in the aftermath of a minor crisis in which we feared the worst had occurred for one of our street friends. But it was a notable beginning to what we have come to...
On his 18thbirthday, a young man found himself scouring the wooded areas of Fredericksburg for a campsite. His relationship with his adoptive parents had never gone well, but now that he was officially an adult they no longer had legal responsibility for him. More...
