Captain America is traveling across the country, raising money for veterans, and recently visited Oklahoma City.
homeless
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Ask anyone and they’ll name intersections where panhandlers stand in Oklahoma City.
Ask anyone and they’ll name intersections where panhandlers stand in Oklahoma City.
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City government, police and nonprofits work together to help OKC’s homeless
Straughan started The Homeless Alliance 11 years ago and said he has seen the community become more collaborative in its effort to end homelessness in recent years.
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Commentary: Sidewalks for a sense of community
He put down his cup of coffee, looked me in the eye, and asked, “Wait. Do you mean literal sidewalks?” I did mean literal sidewalks. It was the Thursday of Holy Week, so I wore my pastor’s collar, something not ordinarily required by our Presbyterian tradition. This group gathered for coffee and to discuss race-related […]
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Charity provides food for pets of city’s impoverished
Local animal companions eat for free with the Pet Food Pantry of OKC.
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A house of hope
Tammy McKee was lonely. The struggles of trying to overcome a felony charge in hopes of landing a job had taken a toll, and she was battling mental health issues, including depression. Down on her luck and running out of money and medication, McKee, 52, admitted herself to a hospital. She first learned about Lottie […]
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Hope and dignity
Roberts is executive director of Be The Change, an OKC nonprofit that focuses on what it calls marginalized citizens, including the homeless. Outreach teams provide services that include counseling for substance abuse and mental illness. The program also distributes food and directs people to agencies that might be able to put a roof over their […]
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New look
His work experience is mainly in “labor work, construction, roofing and painting.” He is a high school graduate who has a lifelong love of writing and of films. Powell recently published one of his stories, “Sasquatch,” online through bookcountry.com. Like any writer, certain works inspire him. “The writer I’m probably most influenced by is Stephen […]
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Always help
That’s why the Salvation Army’s Central Oklahoma Area Command is open for everyone. Jeanean South, director of development, said emergency shelters are open 24/7 and will provide a place to sleep, hot drinks, meals, coats, gloves and other winter weather necessities. “There’s no requirement to receive help at the shelters,” South said. “If there is […]
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Not in my backyard
The nonprofit agency is building a $15 million, 50,000-square-foot, multipurpose facility that includes an overnight shelter, a feeding site, administrative offices, a chapel and social services offices. The new building replaces the abandoned flea market that was housed there for decades. Marilyn Blackburn, who lives north of the facility at 1101 N. Barnes Ave., complained […]