You wouldn’t know it from the heat waves that keep washing through Racine County, but winter is coming. The proof is in the street lights shining at 5 a.m. now when it was the sun that greeted early-risers just a couple of weeks ago, and our homeless neighbors still need an emergency overnight shelter where they can […]
Tag: Hospitality Center
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People of Racine County Eye: Cynthia Vasey on a Mission to Succeed
Cynthia Vasey is a woman on a mission to succeed; as a mom, as a police officer, and as a member of the greater Racine community. Vasey, 27, of Racine, is the single mother of four children ages 3 to 13. She is acutely aware of how quickly people can form an opinion about her when […]
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Perez Named Hospitality Center Executive Director
Racine city alderman Henry Perez will take over as executive director of the Hospitality Center, a center for people who are homeless, or near homeless. Perez takes over the vacant position after Rev. Kevin Stewart left the ministry in December. Stewart turned over the position to longtime volunteer Leif Peterson while the Episcopal Diocese of […]
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Overnight Emergency Shelter Opening This Summer
A group of residents led by local clergy and others – Segue Racine -have a building they will rehabilitate into an overnight emergency shelter. It is expected to open this summer and will operate from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily. Located at 961 Martin Luther King, Dr., the building has been home to a […]
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Stewart Departing, Mission Continues at Hospitality Center
There will be a new voice leading the charge for participants of the Hospitality Center. Rev. Kevin Stewart on Dec. 1 will turn the ministry over to longtime volunteer Leif Peterson while the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee finds a more permanent replacement. “It’s time for new ideas and new energy,” Stewart said. “Leif is all […]
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Hospitality Center Donating $39,000 for Winter Hotel Vouchers
The Hospitality Center is donating nearly $39,000 to the Continuum of Care’s hotel voucher program to help house homeless and transitioning individuals through the coming winter. After Rev. Kevin Stewart announced last January that the Center would cease overnight emergency shelter because of a lack of resources, the greater Racine community and beyond responded in force, raising […]
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With No Emergency Shelter, Homeless Men Return To The Streets
About a dozen people protested along Main Street near Memorial Square to voice their concerns about people being turned away from the Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization and the need for an emergency shelter in the community. Holding signs that said: Need shelter, shelter now, and we can’t, HALO won’t, who will? The group marched through […]
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Hospitality Center Director To Speak At Business Ideas Exchange Lunch
Rev. Kevin Stewart, of the Hospitality Center of Racine, will be the featured speaker at the Business Ideas Exchange lunch Tuesday, Aug. 11. Stewart is expected to talk about the changes and events that have taken place at the shelter, which serves people who are homeless or nearly homeless. City plan commission members met last […]
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Hot Meal Program, Expanded Services at Hospitality Center in Question
City planning commission members Wednesday will hear recommendations from city staffers to confirm the Hospitality Center’s conditional use permit as it was first approved in 2012 and defer any amendments for six to 12 months. The reasons stated in the list distributed Tuesday to parties who will appear before the plan commission include: The HC has moved from […]
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People of Racine County Eye: Meet Hospitality Center Participant & Volunteer Barbara Ann
Barbara Ann knows what it’s like to be homeless and to be lonely. When she was just 16 and a new mom, she had nowhere to go and only $16 in her pocket, but, she told Racine County Eye, she pulled through and made it. Now, though, she finds herself struggling again because of a […]
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Four Men, Two Homes… One Giant Dose Of Hospitality
There’s no agenda behind the Hospitality Center — unless you call feeding hungry people an agenda, but many people in the community don’t subscribe to the notion that this approach to helping people works at getting them off the streets. Whether the Hospitality Center continues serving homeless Racine-area residents will be up to the city Plan Commission, which […]
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Letter to the Editor: Hospitality Center, Monday Night Hot Meal Need Your Help
**Editor’s Note: The letter to the editor was submitted by Holly Anderle, pastor at First Baptist. Last year we chose to partner with the Hospitality Center of Racine to bring the Monday Night Hot Meal Program back to our downtown roots. This partnership has allowed the Hot Meal mission to reach many more people and […]
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Obituary: Hospitality Center Bids Farewell to Dan Chacon
Hospitality Center participant Dan Chacon has died after a long battle with cancer. Rev. Kevin Stewart made the announcement Saturday. Chacon was not homeless and visited the Hospitality Center instead for the fellowship he found among participants and volunteers. “Dan was quiet, very quiet. The Center helped him to connect to God and to the […]
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Letter to the Editor: Support Hospitality Center’s Conditional Use Permit
**Editor’s Note: The letter to the editor was submitted by Hospitality Center volunteer Leif Peterson. The Hospitality Center met with city officials. An application to amend the Conditional Use Permit that reflects current experience was submitted to allow RACINE’S LARGEST MEAL PROGRAM to continue to feed all of our hungry friends. In a city with […]
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Hospitality Center Needs New Conditional Use Permit
Whether or not the Hospitality Center continues serving homeless Racine-area residents will be up to the city Plan Commission next month. In a nutshell, officials in the city attorney’s office have received complaints about how the Center grew from a day program into a full-on homeless shelter during the winter, and from serving light snacks and […]
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