In February 1998, CNN’s “Showbiz Today” profiled blues singer Mable John’s current avocation as a minister and advocate for the homeless. The singer, who toured with Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday in the ’50s, and cut classic blues for Motown and Stax before Ray Charles appointed her the leader of the Raelettes in 1968, […]
Olivia Hayworth stopped into the Care Alliance Health Care Center with her young son at 1530 East St. Clair Ave. to get tests done for a job. Unable to afford most health care costs, Care Alliance offered Hayworth the help she needed on Wednesday, free. Donating to a sock drive at the clinic is something […]
Atlantic City’s poorest residents had next to nothing going into the storm, and they came out of it with even less. In the shadow of multibillion-dollar casinos that now boast of having come through Superstorm Sandy just fine, urging gamblers to return with their wallets, many of the seaside gambling resort’s least fortunate endure hardship […]
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald joined Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. and HOUSINGfirst to celebrate the official opening of Greenbridge Commons, a 70-unit housing development for people who were chronically homeless. Through the Home at Last program, residents living at Greenbridge are provided with a safe, stable environment that allows them […]
The Association of Gospel Rescue Missions is partnering with Walt Disney Studios and Hanes to provide socks for the homeless. The drive will be held in conjunction with the release of “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” which premieres on August 15. Homelessness is a significant problem in the United States, affecting nearly 3.5 million […]
When David Boone attends Harvard University in the fall, he will finally have a place to live. Boone is a homeless Cleveland student who earned a full scholarship to arguably the most prestigious university in the world. Boone somehow managed to get great grades while sleeping on benches in parks that were often populated with […]
Ted Williams became famous when he was homeless after a video of him talking with his golden voice went viral. He became homeless after getting…
The world is full of homeless people who have fell on hard times for one reason or another. But, no matter how they got there, it is a tough life that many, without the help of society, find no way to escape. The stigma of being “homeless” has managed to keep assistance dwindling because society […]
At this time last year, Ted Williams — not the legendary slugger but the man with the golden voice — was homeless and bumming money on the streets of Columbus, Ohio. This week, his signature, baritone pipes officially debuted on New England Cable News as he became the voice of the regional network and its […]
First lady Michelle Obama rolled up her sleeves to help renovate a house for homeless veterans last night on ABC’s two-hour season premiere of Extreme…
A Brooklyn food pantry is abuzz about its new beekeeping project to fight hunger — harvesting and bottling the honey from two hives. “BEE’ing Against Hunger” is the latest creative idea from the Rev. Melony Samuels, who won a New York Post Liberty Medal for Leadership in 2009 for founding the BedStuy Campaign Against Hunger, […]
A Brooklyn food pantry is abuzz about its new beekeeping project to fight hunger — harvesting and bottling the honey from two hives. “BEE’ing Against Hunger” is the latest creative idea from the Rev. Melony Samuels, who won a New York Post Liberty Medal for Leadership in 2009 for founding the BedStuy Campaign Against Hunger, […]