Word: shelter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University Lutheran Church on Winthrop Street, which has housed the "UniLu" shelter in its basement since the early 1980s, contributed $800,000 to the renovations, while student volunteers raised $25,000 through solicitations and a recent walk-a-thon, a sum matched by the University...
Enhancements to the shelter include additional showers, a wheelchair accessible entrance, improved counseling and work space and dining area, two laundry machines, and stronger partitions for the women's bedrooms...
...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...
...Alina Das '01, volunteer director, says she thinks the renovations will make a big difference to the guests, some of whom live in the shelter for up to six months...
...addition to its name change and physical improvements, the maximum amount of time regular guests can spend at the shelter has been extended from one week to two and is renewable after a week's absence...