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Article: Churches again offer shelter to homeless; Hospitality program's participants take turns providing lodging
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- November 10, 2005
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The Patriot Ledger
A group of local churches has restarted its emergency shelter
program for homeless men and is looking for volunteers.
The Task Force for the Homeless, a nonprofit group created to
address the problem of homelessness in Plymouth, has launched its
Overnights of Hospitality program in local churches for the winter.
Five Plymouth churches - First Parish Unitarian-Universalist,
Congregation Beth Jacob, Christ Church, Zion Lutheran Church and
First Church of Christ, Scientist - open their doors on a rotating
basis to provide shelter and warm meals to homeless men throughout
the winter. The program is based on a successful national model that
is used on Cape Cod.
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