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Porchlight Moves to Larger Building

01/25/2021 06:49:05 PM

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Since late March when COVID-19 struck, men supported by the Porchlight shelter program have been sleeping at the Warner Park Community Recreation Center on the North Side. Before then, Porchlight guests were sheltered in three church basements downtown, where TBE volunteers provided evening meals for many years. Now the city has opened a new temporary shelter at the city's former Fleet Services Building at 200 N. 1st Street. The new space has a much larger capacity, which will be important as the pandemic drags on. You can read more about it this article from the Wisconsin State Journal. 

Meals are currently being provided by the city through a contract with local restaurants. When a permanent location is selected, Potchlight will let us know if our famous chicken rice casserole will still be required. In the meantime, we are using that same recipe in smaller batches to feed families at the Catholic Multicultural Center. Sign up here is you would like to cook it again ( or for the first time)!

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