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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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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Hospitality Center 4th Anniversary Open House Saturday
The Hospitality Center Saturday celebrates four years of service to the greater Racine. Starting at 8 a.m., community members are invited to visit for fellowship, food, music and more. Copyright 2015 Racine County Eye. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Dickert, Hargrove Talk Hospitality Center, Homeless Solutions
**Editor’s Note: After the Hospitality Center last week ceased overnight emergency shelter, Racine County Eye heard from residents asking where the candidates for mayor of the City of Racine stand on the issue of homelessness in general and what the city’s role could be in finding a long-term solution for overnight emergency shelter. Both incumbent […]
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Hospitality Center Closes, But No Long-term Solution For Guests
Despite a community-wide discussion about homelessness in Racine held last week, the 28 homeless men and women calling the Hospitality Center home won’t be able to sleep there anymore. The overnight emergency program ended Tuesday night for good while it maintains its day services. But many guests at the Hospitality Center weren’t clear on where they were going to […]
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Hospitality Center Emergency Shelter To Close Tuesday Night
With the Hospitality Center of Racine emergency overnight program closing its doors for good on Tuesday, 18 of the 28 participants will be heading to the Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization (HALO), said Rev. Kevin Stewart, who runs the overnight program. The others will likely be given motel vouchers for an initial period of time until […]
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Hundreds Show Up To Conversation About Homelessness
Homelessness is not Racine’s problem, rather homelessness is the result of larger problems in the community — from a lack of mental health and drug treatment services to long-term unemployment. And Racine’s problems aren’t going away, at least not in the short-term. But that’s why hundreds of people showed up to a community-wide discussion at Gateway Technical College on Tuesday, March 24 on how […]
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Meeting Set For Discussion About Homelessness In Racine
To address the issue of homelessness in Racine, the Continuum of Care for the City and County of Racine is hosting a community discussion from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at Gateway Technical College, 1001 S. Main St. in the Racine Building. The purpose of the meeting is to involve the community in […]
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Helping The Homeless: An Uncomfortable And Complex Reality
Ruben Ramon lost his powder painting job at Haban Manufacturing when the plant shut down in 1995. He worked a series of temporary jobs to make ends meet, but even those dried up in 2012, and he became homeless. He admits his pride got the best of him. He refused to ask his friends, or […]
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Hospitality Center Offering Monday Dinner Starting Sept. 22
The Monday Night Hot Meal program is coming to the Hospitality Center. Established some 25 years ago, the program moves location each week, typically at a church in the greater Racine area featuring meals prepared by members of congregations from various other churches. Beginning Sept. 22, the Hospitality Center at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 614 Main […]