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.
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.
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.
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.
...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...
...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...
...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...
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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.
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.
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