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

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WE NEED 'SACK LUNCHES'!!  CAN YOU HELP? 

 

Would you or your group like to be a part of our 'Sack Lunch' Program? We are in need of a group that could provide 175-200 sack lunches on the first and third Thursdays of each month...you can help provide a blessing to so many in need. Contact Harry Yeprem at 614-222-8495 between 9:30am - 2pm (Mon - Fri).

 

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE "Ho Ho Hope" A SUCCESS!

 

Thank you to everyone who made 'Ho Ho Hope for the Holidays' such a success!  Nearly 375 homeless and marginally housed men, women and children celebrated the Holiday Season thanks to your efforts!  So many provided so much....May Photography, St. Andrews' Catholic Church, Boy Scout Troop #298, TOO's, Cornerstone Baptist Church/Life Changing Ministries, Bare Escentuals, Broad Street United Methodist Church, McGraw Hill Education, The MASCOT Organization, Onda LaBuhn Rankin & Boggs, Girl Scout Troop #1805, McDonalds (Fishinger and Riverside), Giant Eagle Market District, Kasey's Gift, Gateway Film Center, Chick-fil-A (Sawmill Rd. Location), Starbucks (Sawmill & 161 Location), Toys R Us  (Gemini Place Location), Dr. Robert F. Dilley, DDS, Koi Auto Parts of Cincinnati, Sephora at Polaris, CompManagement/Sedgwick CMS and so many, many more!

Please visit our facebook page for "Ho Ho Hope" to see some beautiful pictures from the event courtesy of May Photography (http://mayphotography.net/)..... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ho-Ho-Hope-for-the-Holidays/154280091260269

 

 

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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