Word: mazzarelli
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Dates: during 1999-1999
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...shelter's Emergency Director, Jennine B. Mazzarelli '01, said the improved facilities such as new plumbing, wiring, and ventilation systems, as well as more storage, showers and laundry facilities will have significant impact on the guests' quality of life...
...past, plumbing was a big problem, and there was only one shower for all the guests, in the men's bathroom - so every time a woman needed to shower we had to cordon off the men's room," says Jennine B. Mazzarelli '01, an emergency director for the shelter. "Now the bathrooms look great--there is a shower in the women's room too, and overall the place looks much more welcoming - which is important if you're trying to give people a real home to live...
...After all, our main aim is to get people out of homelessness - they need long term help, and the two week period means we have a better chance to connect them to resources that can help them re-establish themselves in the community," Mazzarelli says...
...people who have very little going for them come into the shelter," Mazzarelli says, "but in the end some of them manage to make it out of homelessness - and that's really rewarding...