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What's New at Romero House!MOBILE UNIT
In
December of 1999, Romero House began a Mobile Service on the streets of Saint
John to provide assistance to anyone stranded without a place to stay during the
cold winter months. This service was provided until March 30th and
completed a total of 328 acts of service. There were 48 individuals who
frequented the Mobile 10 of which were homeless. Romero House purchased 18
nights at the YMCA to assist these individuals. Most of the 48 individuals live
in terrible conditions yet because they have a roof over their heads they are
not considered homeless.
Example:
one man lived in a wood shed and kept the stairwells and sidewalk swept in
return for his “home”. Others suffer from insomnia, some are schizophrenic
(treated and untreated) and some not yet diagnosed. The rooming houses are
alcohol and drug infested, noisy and violent. Bullies and abusers rule the roost
and the only escape is the streets until one is ready to drop. Finally they are
the mentally and physically handicapped who suffer from all of the above
including illiteracy.
Our
experience on the Saint John streets this winter did not present many new faces.
As a matter of fact only 4 were strangers to us. We did however see these people
in a night setting and it did serve to present a more in depth picture of what
they’re up against in their fight for survival. It put a clearer light on the
“homeless” question of “How many?” and “Why?”. Aside from the
sadness of the lack of basic human needs we were able to establish a communal
circle that we the volunteers looked forward to nightly. We are all healthily
tired but missing our friends at night.
We
will continue again in November.
Sincerely in Christ
Carolyn McNulty
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Support our HouseSupport for Romero House can be in many forms. If you live locally, you can offer support in the form of volunteering your time at Romero House. If you live elsewhere or you do not have the time to volunteer, you can still financially support Romero House by mailing a tax deductible cheque for what you feel you can afford. Please make cheques payable to Romero House Inc. Our mailing address is 647-649 Brunswick Drive Information not provided for here can be obtained by
writing or calling Romero House.
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