{"id":8455,"date":"2010-12-08T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T19:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2010-12-08T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T19:03:42","slug":"spread-some-holiday-cheer-to-the-hospitality-hub-an-organization-that-helps-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/spread-some-holiday-cheer-to-the-hospitality-hub-an-organization-that-helps-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Spread some holiday cheer to the Hospitality Hub, an organization that helps the homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for a way to give to the less fortunate this holiday season, I have an idea for you.<\/p>\n

The Hospitality Hub<\/a>, located on Jefferson between Second and Third next to China restaurant, was established by the Downtown Churches Association to help the homeless navigate through the network of services offered throughout the city. They open three days a week and the homeless are invited in for coffee and conversation. Once inside, they can gain access to job training and placement, free vouchers to sleep at the Union Mission, and help for mental and addiction issues. The Hub also helps them get copies of birth certificates and other documentation they need to be able to work.<\/p>\n

The CCC sent out an e-mail\u00a0yesterday afternoon asking everyone to support the Hub. The e-mail didn’t say it, but I know the Hub has been in tough financial straits recently. The services it offers are too valuable to those who need it. No donation is too small, and this is a MUCH MUCH MUCH better use of your money than giving it to a panhandler on the street, who probably isn’t homeless and will use your money for alcohol and drugs.<\/p>\n

You can visit the Hub’s giving page<\/a> to donate to their PayPal account<\/p>\n

or send your check to:
\nHospitality HUB
\n146 Jefferson Avenue
\nMemphis, TN 38103<\/p>\n

Any amount at all helps, but just to give you an idea, $35 pays for eight shelter vouchers. $50 pays for two job program participants to have work shoes. $75 pays for 50 MATA bus passes so participants can get to their jobs. $100 pays for eleven people to get the Tennessee state IDs they need to be legally hired.<\/p>\n

Please consider supporting this most valuable program. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"