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Behind 100 miles and $10K, an endurance to care for men on foot

Date: December 17th, 2012, 4:32 pm

Someone ran 100 miles and showed up last week at the Central Night Shelter downtown with a pocketful of checks totaling $10,000, an eye-popping climax to a story of one man trying to help the many homeless men who had shown him how to better appreciate his own life.

His donation shone light on the endurance of the shelter, which has for 32 years housed and fed about 100 men a night at Central Presbyterian Church and the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Between November and March, this shelter has never missed a night.
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Posted in Atlanta, Inspiration, Life Changes, Michelle Hiskey, Saporta, Self-improvement | Tagged Atlanta, Catholic Shrine of Immaculate Conception, Central Presbyterian Church, endurance, homeless, Maria Saporta, Michelle Hiskey, running, shelter, transformation | 2 Comments

Common ground with the homeless raised as Easter approaches

Date: April 2nd, 2012, 7:00 am

Regardless of religion, we all are equaled through humbling moments.

The Palm Sunday service at the Church of the Common Ground in Woodruff Park repeatedly chipped at the gap between the homeless worshippers and those who were much better .

Staring into a street person’s face to see the face of Christ is a stark discovery of one’s own neediness – for status, approval and fleeting comforts.
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