By Mike Parins, volunteer and “Marathon Mascot” Growing up St. John’s was a safe Haven. I counted on teachers, priests and the community to protect and care for me when things were difficult. So often I was gifted acts of love and caring – a smile, new clothing, delicious food and caring hugs. I know…
“This is the heart of what the Y is all about, the foundation of why we are here,” says Eric Gorder, Branch Director of the Ferguson Family YMCA downtown. Gorder is speaking about the collaboration that has lasted over a year and was spurred by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. March 18, 2020 is…
It’s a cold snowy day a few weeks ago, and you can see a group of male guests standing outside around a fire pit with Senior Case Manager Eugene Smalls. You can see that words and emotions are being exchanged. What brought them outside into the cold that day was the Micah Center workshop, “No…
Brian Brook’s COVID Story [Video recorded in Fall 2020] [Update from March 2021] “I’ve got a good plan to get healthy again,” says Brian Brooks, as he sits at St. John’s Bay Lake City Center men’s shelter. He’s in very good spirits, despite some setbacks in his treatment. The embolism that was discovered is still…
