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Wedding couple donates their reception food to a homeless shelter

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122336) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Aug 20

A wedding reception in Cleveland Ohio that was cancelled due to the Coronavirus was a blessing for residents of Laura's Home since the food that would have been used at the wedding reception of the couple who are Melanie and...

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A pizza owner in Florida repays a favor from donors

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122336) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Apr 20

I admire the way that Sanford Pizza Company owner Alfredo Colimodio is using his good fortune when a few weeks ago he is a world of money problems due to the lack of business in his store due to the Coronavirus shutting down his...

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A former homeless man is now assisting homeless people find shelter

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122336) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 15 Nov 19

B B McGowan is one person who knows what it feels to be homeless due to his addiction to alcohol which he was able to kick the habit when he went to work with the Oak Lawn Methodist Church in Dallas Texas. B. B. is now sober and...

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Meet the "No Birthday Left Behind" teenager

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122336) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 9 Sep 19

My respects and amazement go to 17 year old Bay Area resident Tanvi Barman who started a program called "No Birthday Left Behind" since she was in the eight grade. Barman received the idea to have birthday parties at homeless...

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A shelter in Montreal is a temporary home for the homeless

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122336) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Jan 19

This is an interesting story that a former hospital in Montreal Canada that was called the Royal Victoria Hospital that closed its doors in 2015 was converted to a temporary homeless shelter for people and their pets since the...

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Homeless Shelters

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 8 Jun 16

A common debate about homeless shelters is that they attract crime and bring down property values. This is currently an issue in my city, where citizens want a large shelter in the city to close due to people loitering on the...

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I believe... even though I only go to church 3-4 times per month..

mariaperalta @mariaperalta (19073) • Mexico 4 Jan 13

I believe in God. I dont read the bible. I do read, what a favorite mylot person posts here re: bible- my favorite to read here. I go to church 3-4 times per month. Id love to go more. I try and help out 2-3 times per month...

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Have You Ever Been Homeless?

KrauseHome @KrauseHome (36445) • United States 31 Mar 09

With all of the problems going on these days, with people loosing homes and jobs, I am sure there are some of you who have been worried about this, and just barely scraping by as well. I know we are, and somedays Pray extra hard...

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Fire At A Homeless Shelter Kills Five

Bd200789 @Bd200789 (2994) • United States 5 Jan 09

In Paris, Texas, five men have died at the Seed Sowers Christians in Action shelter. The fire alarm went off at three this morning. About twenty people were at the...

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Is this stealing??

angelface23 @angelface23 (2494) • United States 12 May 08

So we were driving home yesterday and we passed a Hidden Treasures store. It's this discount store that supports our city's homeless shelter. Anyways, they were closed and someone had left some things in the parking lot that once...

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The homeless shelter was able to open!!

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 4 Feb 07

After the city deciding they would not let it open, even after they had already asked what needed to be done and being told, "nothing", it opened. Thursday, they got he ok, they have a time period to get it up to code. Enough...

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