Newsletter is available online, in this issue Phil Callahan and the "MOMM" foundation!

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TIME TO 'RE-ENROLL' FOR KROGER REWARDS!

We would like to thank everyone who has supported us through the Kroger Community Rewards Program! However, it is time to re-enroll to continue this support. Please click the link to continue supporting us! Not a member of this program? Click the link to help us by simply shopping at Kroger!
http://www.kroger.com/mykroger/Pages/community_rewards.aspx

 

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THE CHALLENGE!! new!

Thank you to everyone that donated to The Open Shelter in March and April towards the Feinstein $1 Million Challenge to Fight Hunger!! Thanks to your efforts, we raised nearly $78,000 in food and financial donations! This is such a blessing as we strive to meet the needs of the homeless and marginally housed men, women and children that we serve! Now, we will submit this info to The Feinstein Foundation to see how much of the Challenge Money we qualify for!!! THANK YOU!

 

 

Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income-By Hope Yen, Associated Press December 15, 2011

Nearly half of Americans are low-income as rising expenses, unemployment shrink middle class. Mayors in 29 cities say more than 1 in 4 people needing emergency food assistance did not receive it.

County's homeless shelter system overwhelmed! -Columbus Dispatch Oct. 11, 2010

The shelter system for homeless single adults in Franklin County is just as overwhelmed, said Michelle Heritage Ward, executive director of the Community Shelter Board. "Homelessness is a lagging indicator in a recession," she said. "It's like an earthquake in the ocean. You know the tidal wave is coming eventually. It's here now. It has hit the shore."

Poverty is reaching Suburbs! -Yahoo News Oct. 7, 2010

"Millions of Americans at all income levels moved to the suburbs looking for better schools, better jobs, affordable housing, and a sense of security, but in recent years, as incomes have fallen, people had a harder and harder time making ends meet," says Scott Allard, a University of Chicago Professor. "As a result, Americans who never imagined becoming poor are now asking for assistance, and many are not getting the help they need."- HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

 

 

FOLLOW THE OPEN SHELTER ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER!

The Open Shelter is now on facebook and twitter! You can now follow the latest info and see photos from The Open Shelter on both social network sites. On our facebook page, there is current info and pictures from past "Ho Ho Hope for the Holidays"; our annual event. Just search for us by typing in The Open Shelter (Columbus, Ohio) on facebook. We are also on twitter at www.twitter.com/theopenshelter. Both are great ways to keep up to date on The Open Shelter.

 

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