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Columbus House
Alison Cunningham, CEO, Announces Departure
May 31, 2019
After 21 years of devoted service to Columbus House, Alison Cunningham, CEO, is leaving. Read a message from Jim Barra, Board Chair.
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The Middletown Press
Middletown opens 32-room permanent housing facility for homeless vets
May 21, 2019
The stately, 30,000-square-foot masonry colonial revival Shepherd Home on the campus of Connecticut Valley Hospital enjoyed its grand opening Tuesday, under brilliant blue skies.
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New Haven Register
Columbus House to open Shepherd Home, apartments for veterans, May 21
May 19, 2019
Columbus House and its many regional and state partners recently announced that 32 newly renovated apartments are complete, and 16 formerly homeless veterans already call Shepherd Home their own “home.” Full occupancy is expected by the end of May.
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Zip06.com
GHS Junior Brings Awareness to Homelessness with Big Sleep Out
May 1, 2019
Photo Gallery: The Big Sleep Out, organized by Guilford High School junior Ella Stanley, returned to the Guilford Green on April 27 with activities and speakers that brought awareness to the plight homeless, as well as support for the non-profit Columbus House. Here, Stanley lends a hand to Peter Keanna unpacking his sleeping bag. View 20 more photos!
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New Haven Register
‘Big Sleep Out’ to benefit Columbus House, educate about homelessness
April 24, 2019
This Saturday, for the second year in a row, people are invited to attend presentations about homelessness, eat a typical soup kitchen meal and, if they so choose, spend a night on the town Green.
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Zip06.com
Noe Encourages All to Join The Big Sleepout 2019
April 10, 2019
Last spring, Laura Noe was taking her favorite drive into Guilford along scenic Route 146 when she saw a sign that made her stop and turn around. “It was a sign on the St. George property about The Big Sleep Out and homelessness awareness. I took a picture of it, and I drove home and Googled it,” says Laura, a Branford resident.
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GCTV Guilford
Spotlight on Guilford - The Big Sleep Out
April 9, 2019
Watch Ella talk about The Big Sleep Out on GCTV!
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New Haven Register
New Haven’s Columbus House overflow shelter moving
February 12, 2019
The homeless men staying in Columbus House’s overflow shelter will be sleeping in a new location beginning Wednesday night.
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The Middletown Press
Warming centers, diversion programs part of addressing homelessness in state
February 6, 2019
Cuts in state aid have stretched budgets thin for agencies that help find shelter for individuals and families without a place to stay, but a coalition of agencies has found success in mostly reversing the tide of chronic homelessness.
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Guilford Patch
Needy Fed To Honor Tragic Anniversary of Ethan Song's Death
February 1, 2019
To mark the tragic one year anniversary of the death of Ethan Song from a gun shot, friends of the Song family Thursday served dinner to 100 guests at the Columbus House shelter in New Haven
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