Tag: homelessness
Compassion Center nets $21,000 city grant
The Gilroy Compassion Center - a grassroots outreach organization offering food, clothes, shelter and support services - is ringing in the new year with $21,000 worth of good news.
Youths collaborate – and inspire
Christopher High School senior Lea Ready expressed the desire this Christmas to promote doing something actively positive on the streets of Gilroy by mounting an effort called "drive-by giving to the homeless." She had first enjoyed participating in such an effort last Christmas and encouraged others to join in to participate this year.
Support homeless outreach through New Hope Community Church
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A good fit for the homeless
Freezing temperatures bite at the nose, ears and cheeks around 6 a.m. as Austin Guess, a homeless 26-year-old, shuffles down Wren Avenue on his 15-minute trek to McDonald’s on First Street.
