homeless

Social Distancing is being practiced at the shelter, and people who come in will have access to free masks, meals, refreshments and entertainment.

This $10 million project, mainly funded by private donations, is a 4,700-square-foot, three-story building that includes a good Samaritan room on the first floor, with cots for single women needing emergency shelter. The top two floors will be allocated to women and children with apartment-style units to create more “intimate, safe and comfortable living quarters.”

An annual effort that began in 2015 by a then 9-year-old Kalamazoo area boy has surpassed its 2019 goal by providing 4,839 blankets to those in need.

A Kalamazoo area boy began an annual blanket and sleeping bag drive for area homeless in 2015 and four years later, the event and goal continues to grow.

What if the funding used to by the city for passing laws and ordinances, police and enforcing as well as cleanup costs was diverted to a program that pays the homeless to get back on their feet?