Homelessness is having no place to hang your hat

An old My Turn of mine published in the Burlington Free Press years ago (which I had also previously blogged to the North American Homeless News Network blog, here as well as Green Mountain Daily blog, here):

Back from WGDR & Listening In

Had left here around 8PM [ET] for the WGDR 91.1 FM radio studio in Plainfield (VT) and was on with Joseph Gainza from 9PM to 11PM cutting in with breaks from the national feed during the long programs in order to provide a local perspective. Dana ended up volunteering to stay at the station all night and keep the national broadcast on air from 11PM to 6AM, although they may cut in here and there with songs and local perspective from time to time. Thus I decided to take a ride home at 11PM instead of staying, particularly since I pulled an all night Tuesday evening and only got five hours sleep Wednesday and am not as well rested as a result. Thank you to Joseph, station manager Greg  Hooker the everyone else at WGDR as well as the listening audience for participating.

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WGDR 91.1 FM Plainfield VT

*Updated*

Just found out today that WGDR 91.1 FM located in nearby Plainfield, Vermont plans on airing a portion of the 11th annual homelessness marathon from 8PM to 1AM and, if all goes as planned, I will be in the WGDR studio from 9PM to 1AM.

*Update*: Read a local news report concerning it, here [via Barre - Montpelier Times Argus; 2/19/2008].


*Note*: last updated on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 5:35 AM [EST].

Down But Not Out

Read a lengthy, detailed report concerning certain aspects of some of the lives and experiences of those who face living unhoused (aka homeless) in Burlington, Vermont, here [via Vermont Cynic - weekly student newspaper for the University of Vermont (Tuesday, February 20, 2007)].

fyi: Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)

"Homeless, not hopeless"

Article published with the Thursday (February 15, 2006) edition of the Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont), here [online edition of article includes photo].

fyi: Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)

'Homeless Man Crusades Against Condo Conversions in Burlington' [Vermont]

Must-read article: A House Divided, here [via Seven Days; alternative weekly newspaper; Burlington, Vermont].

[cross-posted at Norsehorse's Home Turf]

'Homelessness Counts'

Study: Vermont nightly homeless figure estimated at nearly 1,000 (here):

A new national study released today put Vermont's daily homeless population at 927 in January 2005, a figure the Douglas administration says it is aggressively working to reduce.

The study, by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, determined that 744,313 people nationwide were homeless at the same time in early 2005, and that 44 percent of them were living in unsheltered situations. In Vermont, 24 percent were not living in shelters, the study found.

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Read the article in full, here [via Burlington Free Press; 1/10/2007].

fyi: Homelessness Counts Report, January 10, 2007 [via National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH)].


[cross-posted from Norsehorse's Home Turf, here]