Homelessness In Rural America

Commentary and networking resources for helping meet the needs of the homeless and the undersheltered, particularly from the viewpoint of a former homeless shelter worker in Sheridan, Wyoming. His local shelter is failing the homeless in the area, so he occasionally takes them to task. He is volunteering privately to assist people in his community. Personal, upbeat and interesting. Very committed to Catholic spirituality and the dignity of each person.

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Welcome to our wikizine called "Homelessness In Rural America"

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Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Homelessness In Rural America". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your... Read Full Story

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'Welcome' is a funny word at this homeless shelter

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From: helter-shelter.blogspot.com

About one-third of the people who seek assistance at the Sheridan Community Homeless Shelter are either later kicked out, or leave on their own because they can’t endure the contortions of living in the tilted chicken-wire hutch that is the director’s world. Not only is the revolving door at the shelter spinning fast enough to affect the weather, those who are whisked away by the breath of the dictator’s nostrils are placed on an ever-thickening stack of pages known as the dreaded “Not... Read Full Story

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Problem smaller, responsibility larger in rural America

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From: helter-shelter.blogspot.com

Comparatively speaking, my town doesn’t have as big of a homeless problem as some of the larger communities within an afternoon’s drive from here: Billings, Rapid City, Casper and Cheyenne. Certainly, we in rural America do not come even close to seeing the numbers of homeless in metropolitan areas – the makeshift homeless “camps” on the fringes of the cities; the alleys, bridges, the curbs, the parks, the hallways all populated with people who have no other place to go. You have to be wary... Read Full Story

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Faith In Others Is A Casualty Of Homelessness

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From: helter-shelter.blogspot.com

I talked to a guy in front of the Edwards Hotel the other day. I knew him from my shelter-working days. I hadn’t seen him in a while. I was looking for another homeless man who had been kicked out of the Sheridan Community Homeless Shelter (like so many others) several months ago. He is often walking along the main drags of Sheridan. Since he got kicked out, he has been living in a room about the size of two double beds. I walked up the narrow claustrophobic staircase and paced up and down... Read Full Story

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Still A Conscientious Objector to Shelter's Poor Treatment of Homeless People

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From: helter-shelter.blogspot.com

You might be wondering when I am going to get past my objections to the poor treatment of people at the Volunteers of America Sheridan Community Homeless Shelter. So am I. I confess there is no little conflict within me between wanting to be seen as a nice guy by everyone, and feeling obligated by conscience and faith to call fouls in order to set things right. There is no doubt in my mind that the abuses at the shelter continue as a natural mode of operation. There isn’t a day goes by when I... Read Full Story

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Homelessness hits record high

Jonathan Santiago daydreams outside the House of Hope homeless shelter in Lowell, where he lives with his mother, Frances.

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Family escapes N.E. fire

A family of eight is homeless after fire ripped through a suburban house that relatives had spent the day moving into.

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13,000 Welsh families said 'We're homeless'

Over 13,000 households in Wales presented themselves to local authorities as homeless in the last year.

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Central Asia quake kills 70, razes village

BISHKEK - A powerful earthquake killed at least 70 people in Kyrgyzstan and leveled a village in the remote mountains of the Central Asian state, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.The ...

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Economy creates surge in homeless Mass. families

There's been a surge in the number of homeless families in Massachusetts _ a spike that has overwhelmed the state's shelter capacity and forced it to again place homeless families in motels.

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Economy Creates Surge in Homelessness

There's been a surge in the number of homeless families in Massachusetts - a spike that has overwhelmed the state's shelter capacity and forced it to again place homeless families in motels.

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Tainted Chinese food in Vietnam

Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the industrial chemical melamine in 18 food products imported from China and three other countries and has ordered them recalled and destroyed, officials said yesterday.

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Homeless man finds peace and his calling

Editor's note: Voices, an East Texas conversation, appears on Fridays. Send items to be considered for Voices to Ana Walker, P.O. Box 1792, Longview TX 75606 or awalker@longview-news.com. They say that ...

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Ice-cream meltdown

He said the ministry tested the product according to the European standard, which was not used for other local ice-creams; and that a separate test by an independent party was far more favourable to Flavorite; ...

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Homeless teen charged in bank heist

A homeless teen is behind bars charged in Thursday's armed robbery of a Mobile bank.

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