Rally in the Alley (Candlepin Bowling Tournament) to benefit Way Station: May 3-4 in Fryeburg
May 3rd and 4th • Saco Valley Sports Center, Fryeburg, ME Sponsors can register teams to bowl on either Sunday or Monday, with each day hosting up to 15 teams. Join us for a day of fun and philanthropy, with all proceeds supporting The Way Station’s vital programs. Register 4-person teams (info for sponsors and teams avauilable at the link below). This community service event is being organized by First Christian Church of Freedom, NH. Link to register teams or sponsors :...
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Recent Local News on Housing, Health, Hunger, Poverty and Policy
Every Little Bit Helps: Lawmakers want to offload New Hampshire's surplus property for affordable housing (Reddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/comments/1r8cwby/every_little_bit_helps_lawmakers_want_to_offload/ Tariffs and Economic Uncertainty Exacerbate the U.S. Housing Crisis (Joint Economic Committee for US Senate): https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/press-releases?ID=7B8A1702-3767-4126-9F09-5B160C5031C4 Column: High prices, limited supply con
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Housing & Shelter News in Frigid Times
Couple opens warming shelter in Brownfield, ME (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/community/local_people/brownfield-volunteers-set-warming-shelter-for-area-residents/article_e9aa51cf-6957-4ae2-9df5-eb6096f6df9a.html Henry's Impact column by Way Station's own Rick Crispo (bd of directors) with reflections on living outside or in his vehicle through New England winters (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/opinion/columns/rick-crispo-henrys-impact/a
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night? POINT in TIME Data Gathering Starts Thursday, Jan 29
From 10am - 6pm on Thursday, Jan 29, the Way Station will borrow the basement of Nativity Lutheran Church to help collect data about how people got through the night of Wed, Jan 28. Asking: where did people sleep? Their car? A hotel someone else paide for? A tent? A friend's couch? We are one of several locations in the county helping gather info for the PIT. See the map below. People can also be interviewed over the phone. Or come by in person to participate. We're serving
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Thank You to Emergency Donors for Cold Weather Response Program: Shelter Provided!
With the help of many compassionate private donors, we have provided a few nights of limited shelter at hotels to some of our most vulnerable neighbors in Carroll County. Some made other arrangements. Some cannot participate. Whatever we do, we know it's never enough. Realistically we won't be able to contact or be able to assist everyone. Yet many households are safer today. That's a lot more than we could offer a few days ago. To all who contributed in the past 36 hours, th
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