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Enter the Bread & Roses Bake-Off!
Make no less than 6 equally-sized, 3-6 oz. portions. Item must have shelf life of at least three days and be easily packaged in plastic wrap. Limit 2 entries per person. Print and fill out this entry form. Bring it with your desert on June 1. Call...
Nevada County mayors discuss homeless issues at breakfast
"Nevada County's three mayors addressed the public at Thursday morning's "Breakfast with the Mayors" event, discussing issues of homelessness throughout the community. Following the addresses, a panel of expert stakeholders joined in the discussion and answered...
Grass Valley homeless shelter gets clients off the streets and into the kitchen
"Hospitality House, Grass Valley's full-time homeless shelter, provides clients with the job-training skills they need to gain employment and move into housing. Their culinary program, a six-week course, trains a small group of clients in food service and cooking...
Mental illness, homeless issues discussed at League of Women Voters event
"When approached by someone on the street, is it a good idea or a bad idea to give them money? How about food? Clothing? As a trio of mental health experts gathered at the behest of the League of Women Voters on Saturday morning, the last question of the day seemed to...
Empty bowls filled with love
"Most people come for the hand-crafted bowls, stay for the gourmet soups, and leave with a newfound — or renewed — compassion for homeless people in our community. On Saturday, Hospitality House Community Shelter will hold its 11th annual Empty Bowl fundraiser at...
Nancy Baglietto joins Hospitality House as new Executive Director
Hospitality House Announces New Executive Director GRASS VALLEY, CA: Hospitality House, the only emergency homeless shelter in Nevada County, has announced the selection of Nancy Baglietto as its new executive director. Nancy will fill the vacancy created by...
Solitary
One of my colleagues at Hospitality House once called our guest Sue the “most authentic person” he’d ever met. When I shared his words with her recently, she smiled doubtfully and murmured something about “all my flaws.” By that time we’d been acquainted for years,...
Heart on a String
This is the conclusion of the story of Hannah and her son Joseph that began in my first post. We left off with Hospitality House staff, in partnership with other county agencies, learning that Hannah, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, did indeed once have a...
Hannah and Joseph
Hannah arrived by taxi at Utah’s Place seeking her lost infant. She was an older woman, quite short and rather squat, as though she had been stunted in childhood by a heavy load placed on top of her head. Although she kept her eyes focused meekly on the floor and...
These Stories Describe Us
“You can’t understand most of the important things from a distance, Bryan. You have to get close.” Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy http://www.eji.org/BryanStevenson The suffering of the poor isn’t subtle; I first encountered it as a very young child. I grew up in Glencoe,...
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