Warming Centers to
Open in Middletown
By Libertatem
Orator
Warming Centers will be available in the City of
Middletown, at the South Congregational Church beginning tomorrow, and working
in conjunction with the Church of The Holy Trinity, at 381 Main Street, and
will operate through April 2nd. The South Congregational Church, at
9 Pleasant Street (opposite of The South Green), will operate from Nov. 29 to
Dec. 12; Jan. 10 to Feb. 6; and March 6 to April 2. The Church of The Holy
Trinity will operate Dec. 13 to Jan. 9; and Feb. 7 to March 5.
Free breakfast will be provided daily at St.
Vincent de Paul, 617 Main St., beginning at 7 a.m. The warming center is sponsored
by the Mayor’s Taskforce on Homelessness with funding from the Middletown
Health Department and in-kind services donated by River Valley Services. For
more
information, call 860-344-0097, ext. 11.
It’s been the objective of this writer, to
eliminate homelessness in Middletown for quite some time, and while we have
made some strides in that direction recently, with the group, The Connection,
securing the site of Middletown Manufacturing on Stack Street in Middletown, to
build a 19 unit low income housing apartment complex. While that’s a step in
the right direction, it’s a far cry from what is truly needed to solve the
homelessness issue in the City of Middletown.
I’d like to remind everyone that The Connection
also runs The Eddy Shelter at 1 LaBella Circle, located near the grounds of
Connecticut Valley Hospital. Their phone number is 860-343-5520. If you are
homeless, or you have found yourself in between housing units, however you want
to describe it, please call The Connection. These people can work miracles in
your life, I have personally seen it. Another option is the Middletown Housing
Authority, although not as miraculous, they can help as well. Call them at (860)
346-8671. The final option that may be able to help you is CRT, located on
Hamlin Street, call them at (860) 347-4465.
I realize that the last paragraph reads more
like a phone book than a news article, but here’s the point: I don’t much care
if it helps you in the end. Homelessness is an epidemic in this country, and
no, I don’t believe our civic leaders and government do enough to help. So, if
I have to list a few phone numbers to help, so be it. Please stay warm this
winter season. Please take care of yourselves. And those of us, that can help,
let us help. The bell ringers are out there people! Drop a buck to help these
people! That is all for now. Until my next diatribe, please be well, and be
well to your neighbor.
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