By Kathryn Jurik [Continued from previous blog by Kathryn Jurik – Cooking for the Homeless] We have approximately 10 people on our cooking team, the number shifts as people come and go. Most of us come either Tuesday or Friday and some of us come both days. There isn’t a set schedule […]
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Cooking for the Homeless
By Kathryn Jurik When the Joe Rodota Trail homeless camp was across the street from the Center for Spiritual Living, our membership was affected in many ways. Cars were broken into in our parking lot, members were overwhelmed emotionally and spiritually observing the growing mass of people with no resources, and the basic […]
What it’s like to be a Point In Time Homeless Count Volunteer
By Gail Jonas, a Healdsburg resident. March 3, 2020. For the past two years, I’ve participated in the annual homeless count in Healdsburg. In Sonoma County, we do this count every year, although HUD mandates that it be done every other year. In 2019, our shelterless had experienced two law enforcement actions* against their camps, […]
