While estimates on scale of homeless-ness
are invariably difficult to ascertain with precision, it
is generally mentioned in the relevant United Nations
documents that there are about 100 million homeless
persons in the world.

This estimates to about 1 out of every 64 people worldwide is homeless!

United Nations Report “Strategies to Combat Homelessness (2000)” p. 26

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You can help The Open Shelter help the homeless and marginally housed
with your donations. Now, on Thursday March 6th, you can make your
donation go EVEN FURTHER!! The Columbus Foundation has launched a whole
new way to improve the effectiveness of charitable giving -
PowerPhilathropy. They are celebrating it with MATCH DAY, with up to
$175,000 in matching grant dollars to benefit nonprofits like The Open
Shelter.

Beginning at 3:00 p.m., anyone may visit www.columbusfoundation.org to
make an on line donation to The Open Shelter! The Columbus Foundation
will match 50% of all public donations of $1000 or less made online with
a credit card through PowerPhilanthropy, while funds last. Anyone can
give, starting with a $20 minimum.

PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE OPEN SHELTER
RAISE
NEEDED FUNDS!!!!!!
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HELP THE OPEN SHELTER AND THE FEINSTEIN FOUNDATION FIGHT HUNGER!!

During the months of March and April, you can help The Open Shelter in
the fight against hunger. We are once again proud to be part of The
Feinstein Foundation's $1 million challenge to fight hunger. For any
donation made to The Open Shelter in March or April, The Feinstein
Foundation will add money to it! The more of a donation you make, the
more of the Feinstein Million The Open Shelter gets! For more
information on the Foundation, please visit them at
www.feinsteinfoundation.org . Take advantage of this opportunity to
make your donation grow!!
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WENDY'S INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT OPEN SHELTER MEALS
PROGRAM

The Open Shelter is proud to announce that Wendy's International
Foundation is awarding The Open Shelter $10,000 to support our Meals
Program. We are grateful for the support Wendy's is showing us with this
phenomenal gift. In 2007, our Meals Program provided an average of 475
meals and snacks. (118,662 in total). This program is totally dependent
on the generosity of volunteers, religious and civic groups, student
organizations and compassionate businesses. (Over 400 volunteers are
directly involved in this fight against hunger.) If you aren't a part of
this program, and would like to find out how you can be involved, please
contact us at Openshelter@juno.com
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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED AND HELPED THE OPEN SHELTER OPEN
HOUSE!!

The Open Shelter staff would like to thank everyone who attended our Open
House on February 17th! It was a great pleasure to meet everyone who
supports us and our mission. The day was a wonderful success. We would
also like to give many thanks to the following who made the Open House
such a enjoyable event: 7up Bottling Company of Columbus, Giant Eagle,
Hoggy's, Huffman's Market, Hyatt on Capital Square, Katzinger's Deli,
Otterbein University, Our Lady of Peace, St. John's Evangelical
Protestant Church, U. C. C., T. Bears Florist & Gifts and White Castle.

To find out more about The Open Shelter, Inc click here