17 years...quite the accomplishment. Special thanks to all who are involved with Friendly Hands for your devotion and commitment to an important issue!
Read the article here
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Horrible Conditions in Haiti
I'm sure you have heard of the skyrocketing food prices in Haiti and perhaps you're wondering how you can help.
Ray Dunaway on 1080 WTIC-AM (morning show) discussed the problem on his show this morning...he provided a link to an organization called Haitian Health Foundation. It gives some great insight and information to guide you.
TIME also had an article about the food "trouble" (to put it mildly) in Haiti.
Ray Dunaway on 1080 WTIC-AM (morning show) discussed the problem on his show this morning...he provided a link to an organization called Haitian Health Foundation. It gives some great insight and information to guide you.
TIME also had an article about the food "trouble" (to put it mildly) in Haiti.
Friday, April 11, 2008
New Details on the Upcoming "Homeless Fair"
Thank you to Anne Karolyi, Litchfield County editor of the Waterbury Republican-American, for filling me in on the details of next month's "Homeless Fair" in Torrington.
The complete article she obtained from the archives reads:
TORRINGTON — A daylong event planned for May will provide a variety of resources, from medical services, housing and employment assistance to bicycle and wheelchair repair for the area's homeless.
The event, called Project Homeless Connect, is modeled after a program started in San Francisco in 2004 that has since spread across the country to more than 100 cities. This will be Torrington's first, but organizers hope to make it an annual event. The ultimate goal is to help end homelessness.
"It's a way to bring the homeless back into the community, to provide them with services and start them on the road back to being housed," said Nancy Cannavo, who is organizing the event and runs several programs for the area's homeless, including Charlotte Hungerford Hospital's Homeless Outreach Team and the Northwest Connecticut Continuum of Care, a group of providers who work to end local homelessness.
On Jan. 30, volunteers found 157 unsheltered homeless people and 41 in shelters in Litchfield County during a statewide count of the homeless. In this area, most were concentrated in Torrington and Winsted, Cannavo said. But because the count is restricted by statewide organizers to one day, Cannavo said it likely doesn't include everyone.
She hopes 150 to 200 people will attend Project Homeless Connect, which will be held at Coe Park and the Torrington Armory from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 16. The city is donating the space.
Cannavo heard about the idea several months ago, and discovered that Danbury was holding Project Homeless Connect for the first time in December.
"The Danbury event drew 82 people for services from 55 different providers," said Milena Sangut, co-chairperson of the Greater Danbury Continuum of Care. Hartford and New Haven also hold similar events. "Many people were able to leave with future appointments," Sangut said. "When you have various agencies not in the same place, people have to make different appointments for different services," Sangut said. "This brought everybody here at the same time."
Along with the event itself, Cannavo said a task force will be started to outline a 10-year plan to end homelessness in the area. She hopes the resource fair will help move them toward that goal.
"It's a way to engage them; it's a way to get them into housing, a step toward housing and self-sufficiency," she said.
The complete article she obtained from the archives reads:
TORRINGTON — A daylong event planned for May will provide a variety of resources, from medical services, housing and employment assistance to bicycle and wheelchair repair for the area's homeless.
The event, called Project Homeless Connect, is modeled after a program started in San Francisco in 2004 that has since spread across the country to more than 100 cities. This will be Torrington's first, but organizers hope to make it an annual event. The ultimate goal is to help end homelessness.
"It's a way to bring the homeless back into the community, to provide them with services and start them on the road back to being housed," said Nancy Cannavo, who is organizing the event and runs several programs for the area's homeless, including Charlotte Hungerford Hospital's Homeless Outreach Team and the Northwest Connecticut Continuum of Care, a group of providers who work to end local homelessness.
On Jan. 30, volunteers found 157 unsheltered homeless people and 41 in shelters in Litchfield County during a statewide count of the homeless. In this area, most were concentrated in Torrington and Winsted, Cannavo said. But because the count is restricted by statewide organizers to one day, Cannavo said it likely doesn't include everyone.
She hopes 150 to 200 people will attend Project Homeless Connect, which will be held at Coe Park and the Torrington Armory from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 16. The city is donating the space.
Cannavo heard about the idea several months ago, and discovered that Danbury was holding Project Homeless Connect for the first time in December.
"The Danbury event drew 82 people for services from 55 different providers," said Milena Sangut, co-chairperson of the Greater Danbury Continuum of Care. Hartford and New Haven also hold similar events. "Many people were able to leave with future appointments," Sangut said. "When you have various agencies not in the same place, people have to make different appointments for different services," Sangut said. "This brought everybody here at the same time."
Along with the event itself, Cannavo said a task force will be started to outline a 10-year plan to end homelessness in the area. She hopes the resource fair will help move them toward that goal.
"It's a way to engage them; it's a way to get them into housing, a step toward housing and self-sufficiency," she said.
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