[cross post from Madison Fisher's blog] I recently interviewed Celena Ferguson who used the Upstate Homeless Coalition of South Carolina to win her fight against homelessness. Below is the interview and Ms. Ferguson’s answers. How old were you when you became homeless? I was at the age of 24 when I became homeless without my [...]
Archive for March, 2010
One Car Accident Away from Homelessness, Three Children Away from Hope
Posted in The One Away Campaign, tagged Fighting Homelessness, Homelessness, UHCSC on March 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Healthcare in the United States
Posted in The One Away Campaign on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Talk about change- Obama’s healthcare plan that passed early this week is definitely going to bring about change in the United States. Whether you agree with the change or disagree, one thing is certain. Those living in poverty will gain access to healthcare. This makes me think of the movie “30 Days: Minimum Wage.” Morgan [...]
Getting the Community Involved…
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged awareness, community, fundraising, Just One Away Campaign on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Part of the One Away Campaign is getting the community involved. We want to publicize the Upstate Homeless Coalition, and one way to do that is by creating fundraising events, which will help raise money and awareness. During the week of April 19-23, the One Away Campaign will be involved in a series of fundraising [...]
Homeless Children in Greenville, SC
Posted in Guest Writers, tagged Greenville, Homeless Children, Homelessness, UHCSC, WYFF4 on March 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[Cross-post from Leslie Farmer's Blog] This morning on the news, WYFF4 featured a story about the rise in the amount of homeless children in the Greenville area. There were 500 reported homeless children last year in the Greenville area. This year, 850 students in county schools are considered homeless. This story adds the important role schools [...]
Results from the UHCSC’s Bridesmaid’s Ball!
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged Bridesmaid's Ball, Linda Wilson on March 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After asking Linda Wilson more about the statistics and numbers from the Bridesmaid’s Ball, I wanted to share them. How many people attended the Bridesmaid’s Ball? About 200 people attended! How much money did the ball raise? The ball raised about 38,500, but this is an estimate. How much money specifically did the silent auction [...]
Meet Jordon Weldon
Posted in Meet the Staff, Uncategorized on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week I wanted to continue profiling the staff of the Upstate Homeless Coalition. Lets all meet Jordon Weldon! 1.Why did you decide to get involved with the Upstate Homeless Coalition? *I became involved with UHC when I took an Americorps VISTA position through the National Coalition for the Homeless. I graduated from Corban College in Salem, Oregon [...]
Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program
Posted in Fundraising & Events on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program will commence in the beginning of April. The program is stimulus money to help homeless people get into permanent housing quickly and to help those about to be evicted from becoming homeless. The program will be starting in areas, such as Gaffney, Union, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick, [...]
Even the Homeless Get Evicted
Posted in The One Away Campaign, tagged eviction, Homelessness on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you are homeless, can you get evicted? According to the blog Change, about thirty homeless people have been evicted from living underneath a bridge in Indianapolis and a bridge was assembled to keep them out. The mayor says the eviction occurred because the conditions underneath the bridge were proving to cause a threatening and [...]
Food For Thought
Posted in Media Group, tagged statistics on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The media group in Dr. Novak’s 495 Comm class compiled a few statistics on homelessness… In South Carolina… -More than 11,272 children in South Carolina experience homelessness each year. -Of that number, 4,734 are under the age of six years old. -As of 2007, the state minimum wage is $6.55 an hour. This amount [...]
Students Raise Awareness at Clemson
Posted in Fundraising & Events, tagged Homelessness on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Clemson Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha hosted a philanthropy event on Wednesday, February 24th at 5:00 p.m. on Bowman Field. The event raised awareness about the issue of homelessness in the community. Students from various Greek fraternities participated in a competition by building a “house” for the night out of a cardboard box with duct tape. [...]
