Word: homeless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Number of homeless men and women who died in San Francisco this year, through...
Meanwhile, as philanthropy becomes more strategic, the old human-services standbys--like hospitals, homeless shelters and soup kitchens--have had to scramble for support. The Jenjo Foundation, created and run by actor Alan Alda's family, focuses specifically on nonprofits that work with poor women and children. "We tend to fund organizations that will help people get on their feet," says Elizabeth Alda O'Heaney, 38, the family's second daughter, "rather than just give someone a handout for a meal." The family visits prospective grantee's sites, closely vets budgets and interviews local community members. Says O'Heaney: "Whether...
...then, one of the recipients of their letter-writing campaign responded. Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, put the kids and their message on his Nickelodeon Channel. News of the crusade spread everywhere--and outside contributions began streaming in. A Texas company kicked in $5,000; a homeless Alaskan scraped together $100; a destitute elderly woman mailed in a dollar, calling it "all I can afford." When Casey Reed, a Wisconsin trucker, heard about the kids on his radio, he sent $200 and spread the message on his travels...
...Harvard University Police Department arrested a homeless man on narcotics charges. The suspect had six bags of heroin and a syringe in his possession when he was found in the bathroom of Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square...
While noting what he called the "special features" of Leverett--backing to Memorial Drive, a heating grate near an entrance that attracts the homeless in cold weather, the difficulty of securing and isolating non-common areas in Leverett Towers and the number of small children of resident tutors--Georgi announced that access to all common areas of the house would be available from 8 a.m. to midnight...