Donations flood in to help St. Pete family living in U-Haul since Christmas

Gary, Mia, and 10-year-old Julian spent the last month sleeping in the cab of a U-Haul truck. Not many places would even allow them to park overnight. Source: Donations flood in to help St. Pete family living in U-Haul since Christmas

Fill the box: Amityville program helps homeless for the holidays

Volunteers and supplies are desperately needed for the program, which supplies homeless people at nine Long Island shelters with shoeboxes full of donated hygiene products, along with socks, candy and other gifts. Jadyn Wilcox knows comfort can be found in a box. So the 17-year-old made sure to fill the shoeboxes to the brim one recent evening as she…

Gloucester man gives up full-time job to feed the hungry

Hash Norat is helping rough sleepers and people hit by the rising cost of living. A man who quit his full-time job at Unilever two months ago to provide hot meals to hungry people is already helping 250 people a day. Hash Norat’s Feed the Hungry cafe in Gloucester has no set prices, so people…

Charity gave 1,200 people keys to own home last year

The housing and homelessness charity Peter McVerry Trust has said it supported over 10,000 people in 2021, an increase of almost 30% on the previous year. The housing and homelessness charity Peter McVerry Trust has said it supported over 10,000 people in 2021, an increase of almost 30% on the previous year. The trust’s annual…

Meet the young couple who’ve opened their door to the homeless

Toni and Nick Baier open their home to people experiencing homelessness. And they do this with four little kids in tow! When I first met my friend Toni Baier, she mentioned the “guest” in her home. I assumed she had a relative staying with her, but after I asked her about it, I found out…