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SERVICES
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reasons for homelessness are many and often complex. To many of
the homeless , it seems that the door to opportunity has closed.
And while there is no average “homeless” individual ,
there is one thing that they all have in common : they are waiting
for the door to open. There is an open door at 4 Merritt Street
in South Norwalk. Here the homeless find refuge in the form of a
safe, warm place to sleep. They find nonjudgmental people who care
about them.
The open door is called the Norwalk Emergency Shelter. Providing
safe emergency shelter care for men, women and families, the Shelter
also operates a breakfast , lunch and dinner soup kitchen, The Manna
House of Hospitality. On average, 85-95 people stay at the Shelter
per night, and it is frequently full.
• 95-Bed Evening Hospitality Program
• Open 365 Days a Year
• 30,000+ Individual Beds Filled in 2000
• Mens’, Womens’, and Family Wings
When asked why she volunteers, Peggy Andral, VAC Award winner answered,
"It's my way to return the kindness that others have shown
me. Throughout my whole life there was a helping hand. Without the
generosity and help of others, I don't know what I would have done
as a single mother of two kids. I'm very humbled by what people
have done for me. I'm grateful to be able to help, too."
-Volunteer Peggy Andral, VAC Award winner
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The Norwalk Emergency Shelter
and the Manna House of Hospitality are open three hundred sixty
five days a year. The shelter sleeps ninety-five people and offers
case management services to all that stay at the shelter as well
as anyone else in the community in need. The Manna House serves
three meals a day, every day of the year. This translates to over
12,000 meals served monthly.
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