Word: homelessness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Granary Trust still faces financial difficulties, and is short on working volunteers. Les has a long history of providing shelter for the lost, and hopes to make Pitkierie a fully operating center for the jobless and homeless youth of Fife; he is able to offer free room in the bunk house in return for help with the project. For more information on the Trust, contact the photocopied address above, or call John Thompson...
Students and area activists are trying to revive a "drop-in" cooperative meeting place for homeless people several months after new construction forced the closing of a former location...
...cooperative is intended to provide a safe and friendly place for homeless people and area residents to interact, especially during the hours after lunch meal programs close and before night shelters open, volunteers said...
Cooperative members said that they hope they can also offer a place where homeless can receive mail, make and receive phone calls and listen to live music...
While most meal programs have volunteers serve food to homeless people, leading to what members described as an unequal relationship, the cooperative emphasizes equality among members. "For Harvard students involved, this is not a charity project," said Ben E. Wizner...