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Winston-Salem Homeless Left Sleeping in Chairs Due to Shelter Glitch

“That is not the way we want things to work.”
YES! Weekly  |  Jordan Green  |  02-07-2013  |  Homelessness

Count sizes up Guilford County’s homeless population

Apolice car slowed suddenly, flipping its blue lights on as it banked a U- turn on Eugene Street in downtown Greensboro. Sidling up to a man pushing his bicycle, a crate with a trash bag in it strapped to the front of the bike, the cruiser stopped and rolled down the passenger side window near the man.
YES! Weekly  |  Eric Ginsburg  |  02-06-2013  |  Homelessness

Homeless veterans in Winston-Salem find opportunities for housing

Teri Hairston, a program assistant for United Way of Forsyth County, made a triumphant entrance into a conference room at Bethesda Center for the Homeless waving a survey.
YES! Weekly  |  Jordan Green  |  08-02-2012  |  Homelessness

Natural Food Grocer Earth Fare Ends Donations to Food Not Bombsnew

After several years of donating perishables and other goods to the Greensboro chapter of Food Not Bombs, Earth Fare has decided to cut off the small organization.
YES! Weekly  |  Eric Ginsburg  |  04-05-2011  |  Homelessness

Nonprofits Feel The Pinch As Holidays Approachnew

North Carolina ranks in the bottom 10 states nationally with regard to children under 18 going hungry, and along with Louisiana, leads the nation in percentage of children from birth to 5 years old that suffer from hunger on a regular basis.
YES! Weekly  |  Keith T. Barber  |  11-18-2010  |  Homelessness

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