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As people around the state are helping others, it’s always good to remember everyone who lost during the floods earlier this month. Tent City residents are running out of time. The shelters are closing and homeless advocates who want to build a new encampment aren’t having any luck finding a new site. Many Tent...
Folks, the weekends just aren’t long enough. That’s the only conclusion that I can come to. Seriously, there’s just too much stuff to do (some of which is lounging) and not enough time to do it. I don’t know, maybe it’s that I had to work Saturday. Maybe it’s that I have a million...
There has been a lot of discussion recently about panhandling in Memphis. I would like to introduce you to Eric who is from Memphis. Take a bit of time to know the people behind the issue. Also a reminder from the Facebook page about the Rally for H.O.P.E. scheduled for next week. Rally for...
The Walk is an opportunity to learn first hand about the journey a homeless person travels. The Walk is also a fundraiser to support The Key Alliance or a partner agency that serves the homeless. Stone Soup Station has the details on the fundraiser.
Steven, who works with the homeless in Nashville, posts a story from Travis Williamson on what he witnessed one night in Nashville. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to this man and thought him to be just another homeless guy on some street corner. Then I saw something truly amazing. The person driving...
There are a lot of things in life that are probably ok to be against. Murder and genocide are pretty high on the list. Any kind of assault or burglary is usually not something that society wants to have to put up with. One thing our society will put up with is blowhards who...
A stunning post about the realities that people are facing out of Nashville from Stone Soup Station. I think it had a lot to do with the type of emergencies and difficulties brought to my table by many of the folks I saw last week; there was the family of four who was surviving...