Viusit Number 2

Assessment Number Two

 A Paragraph by Gaelen Frink

Eighth Grade English

Pine Point School

December 20, 2010

            When I went to the shelter for lunch I met Richard, but everyone calls him Zig. When we got there tables were already set up. He said that it is one of the people's jobs who live at the WARM shelter. The lunch is usually donated by an restaurant like Subway, but the lunch today was subs, chips and pizza from Pizza Lady. It was my job to ask the people who come in what kind of sub they wanted and what type of chips they wanted. Zig said that if someone has a party and there is leftover food the food sometimes will be donated. Some of the people that came in to get food surprised me and some didn't. Some of the people looked like they had a job and looked like they weren't homeless, but some looked a little weather beaten. Their hair was wild and some were limping a little. Zig explained that he had to be a very flexible cooker because when he receives donations they are sometimes not enough so he has to quickly make more sandwiches or make a recipe that is easy and quick. The people want to eat when they get there, but they don't mind waiting a little bit if they are early though. At the soup kitchen I saw that homelessness can happen to anyone, you could lose your job or get behind on payments for rent or electricity.

Visit Number 1

Assessment Number One

 A Paragraph by Gaelen Frink

Eighth Grade English

Pine Point School

December 20, 2010

           
            (TS)On my first visit to the WARM shelter in Westerly I talked to Joy Cordio, who is the Volunteer Coordinator, she told me about how the WARM shelter works. She told me that there are two buildings, one of them is an administrative office and the other building is living quarters and the kitchen with an eating area. Nineteen people live at the warm shelter at one time, thirteen men and six women. While they are there they have to attend budget/money handling and literacy classes. The WARM shelter wants to expand because they received a grant for 1.3 million dollars, but they were denied the permits to build because the surrounding neighbors petitioned for the permits not to be given. They did this because of NIMBY, NIMBY stands for Not In My Back Yard. The neighbors think that with the renovations more homeless will be near the neighborhood and this could increase crime rate. Joy said that they appealed to a higher court and they were going to the next round. If they win that round they will break ground in March. When the renovations are complete there will be six-one bedroom apartments and two-two bedroom apartments.From just going to the Warm shelter I saw that people need help and this organization does the helping.