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Merger refreshes Juneau's housing problem

Housing First Inc. merged with St. Vincent De Paul last Wednesday night in a celebratory gathering, with board members signing official documents and handing off a ceremonial key.

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-07/merger-refreshes-juneaus-housing-pr
Neighbors
Empty Bowls and Stone Soup

Empty Bowls, a fundraiser Sunday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Centennial Hall for Juneau's Glory Hole shelter, shares many similarities with the story "Stone Soup.

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-04-28/empty-bowls-and-stone-soup
Neighbors
Our way of remembrance

The Tlingit people have a way of showing respect to those who have passed away, remembering the good and not the bad in that person. On March 20, my auntie Gloria Plummer passed away.

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2012-04-04/our-way-remembrance
Letters
Homegrown produce from the Glory Hole garden

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series about dining services provided by the Glory Hole. High above the glitzy bustle of downtown Juneau, crowds of pea shoots and mustard greens bloom on the rooftop of the Glory Hole homeless shelter and soup kitchen.The shelter this summer is enjoying a healthy harvest with a bounty of salad greens, herbs, and vegetables flourishing on the rooftop garden and in the terraced hillside behind the shelter.

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-07-23/homegrown-produce-glory-hole-garden
Neighbors
Glory Hole receives some financial relief

...flooded with donations and offers of assistance since news of its financial woes surfaced last week.The executive director of the Glory Hole, Mariya Lovishchuk, said Friday online donations on Wednesday alone exceeded $2,000, and one group...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-10-30/glory-hole-receives-some-financial-reli
Local
Feds and state collaborate to end homelessness in 10 years

...Mayor Bruce Botelho said he was unaware of the conference at the Goldbelt Building. Jetta Whittaker, executive director of the Glory Hole homeless shelter, said she didn't know about the meeting until she heard Mangano being interviewed on...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070804/sta_homeless.shtml
News
Blaze damages homeless haven

...of pieces of material, melted garbage bags. It looked like your average garbage dump." Joan Decker, executive director of the Glory Hole, a downtown homeless shelter and dining hall, said many homeless choose to sleep in abandoned buildings...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/073101/Loc_Blaze.shtml
Local
Local Briefs

Scooter collision injures boys; Forum on homelessness set; Tuesday is tango night; Nine survive crash near Cordova

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/091001/Loc_briefs.shtml
Local
Mental health center closes

Since the Juneau Alliance for Mental Health closed its drop-in center on Front Street in late September, Willy Boy Denny, a 35-year-old man with severe depression, has spent many hours of his day staring at rain from his apartment at Salmon Creek.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100605/loc_20051006016.shtml
News
Photo: Glorious moment

George Briggs, new executive director of The Glory Hole, introduces himself and his wife, June, at the soup kitchen and boarding house on Thursday evening.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/120106/loc_20061201010.shtml
News

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