Baltimore Community Gives “A Literary Tribute” to Jeff Singer
The challenge: To honor a highly educated man who shies (or, more accurately, runs) from public praise. The solution: Entice him with readings from great poets, novelists, and philosophers. Last...
View ArticleJoin Us Dec 21 for Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
On Wednesday, December 21 – the first day of winter, the longest night of the year – we will remember the over 111 men and women who are known to have died in 2011 and who, in life, had lacked a...
View ArticleThere’s No Such Thing as a Lost Cause
Today on WYPR, 88.1 FM, Kevin Lindamood shared the story of Ernest, a former client of Health Care for the Homeless. Click here to listen The following is a transcript of the story: “At 325 pounds,...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Homelessness is Bad for our Health Care System
A recent study shows that people experiencing homelessness are amongst the most frequent users of emergency rooms in Baltimore. HCH Policy Director, Barbara DiPietro and colleagues (Dana Kindermann and...
View ArticleKids Being Kids
Today on WYPR, 88.1 FM, Kevin Lindamood discussed the troubling increase in youth experiencing homelessness and a new law to give unaccompanied homeless adolescents the right to consent to their own...
View ArticleThe Danger of a Single Story
On Thursday, July 12 (6-8PM) come hear homeless and recently housed friends and neighbors perform monologues and other creative works at the Cork Gallery (302 E. Federal St., Baltimore, MD 21202)....
View ArticleHelp Homeless Families at the Canton Cold Stone Creamery this Sunday, August 5th
Eat ice cream without guilt this Sunday (August 5, from 11am-11pm) at the Cold Stone Creamery in Canton (2500 Boston St, Baltimore) as they host The 4th Annual Battle of the Stones to benefit Health...
View ArticleDon’t miss The Annual Community Meeting at HCH on 10/9/2012
You won’t want to miss the HCH Annual Community Meeting next Tuesday, October 9th. Click here to RSVP for the Annual Community Meeting. Learn how our community helped Karl rebuild his life and how...
View ArticleA Bench Is Not A Bed: Ending Homelessness and Hunger
By Rachel Kutler, graduate student at the University of Maryland School of Social Work “Before I was homeless I had no idea there were that many people out there suffering. There are so many...
View ArticleWYPR Commentary on Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day: “We remember them…”
The following is a transcript of a two-minute commentary by Kevin Lindamood about Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day, which aired on WYPR. Click here to listen. “Some national memorials are carved in...
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