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2008
Dreams Can Come True Gala Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSOR

HCC Global Financial Products


DIAMOND SPONSOR

Aetna Foundation

Ahlstrom Windsor Locks LLC

McCarter & English

Siracusa Moving and Storage

Travelers Foundation


PLATINUM SPONSOR

Connecticut Housing Finance Authority

Mercy High School


GOLD SPONSOR

Ahern Family Foundation

Bank of America

Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family Foundation

Citizens Bank

Marsh USA

Melville Charitable Trust

Pullman & Comley LLC

Reid & Riege Foundation

St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Sisters of Mercy Northeast Community

Wachovia Securities

Webster Bank

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Man on a Mission

garycain

After two years on Hartford Streets, Gary Cain is getting his life back. Cain, one of 118 adults living in Mercy transitional housing, was a college football player. The divorced father of three grew up in Fairfield County, but became ensnarled in addiction and lost it all.

Thanks to donations and grants, Mercy is able to provide Cain a warm meal, roof over his head, recovery counseling and guidance toward independence. We also are able to obtain free dental work and knee surgery for him. Cain, who turned 43 in February, is looking for work. In the meantime, he coaches Special Olympics, volunteers at a soup kitchen and provides security for his church. To donate to help people like Gary, click here.


Family Friendship
family room
Jose Oritz, 4, enjoys lunch with his mother and grandmother in the family room of the Friendship Center of St. Elizabeth House.

With the cost of electricity, oil and gasoline skyrocketing, more and more families are relying on the Friendship Center , which serves two free meals a day, Monday through Friday, to scrape by. The Center features a family room that is separate from the main dining room. On any weekday at lunchtime, you will find several families eating together in the room, which also has a small play area for children.

A recent survey conducted by Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp., the agency that operates the Friendship Center, showed that about 40 percent of the people who take free meals at the Friendship Center, are working families. Not having to pay for two meals a day helps them stretch their limited dollars to pay for other essentials, such as rent, electricity and gasoline.

To VOLUNTEER at the Friendship Center click here.

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MERCY AT A GLANCE
Donate Clothing
Summer Essentials
Clothing: men and women's coats, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, socks, underwear (All large sizes)
Household: blankets, sheets, towels, small appliances, dishware, cookware, utensils
Personal: travel-size deodorant, soap, shampoo, lotion, lip protection, tampons, sanitary pads, toothpaste
Food For A Day
Meals served per day at Friendship Center in Hartford:
225

Meals served over the past 25 years:
1.2 million
Bed For A Night
Beds per night:
257
Bed nights over the past 25 years:
1.2 million
Clients served monthly with meals, housing, health care, clothes and support services:
790
No Longer Homeless
Households supported by Mercy:
129
Clients placed in jobs per month:
5 to 7
Individuals and families that Mercy helped move out of homelessness and into permanent housing in 2007:
228
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Spris Springs for Mercy!

On Thursday, June. 11, 2009, Head to Spris Restaurant after work where you can eat, drink and be merciful. From 6 to 0pm Spris will donate $1 for each beer, $3 for each glass of wine and $4 for each martini sold to Mercy Housing and Shelter to support an end to homelessness.


STATISTICS

A statewide Point-In-Time count of homeless residents in Connecticut on Jan. 30, 2008 shows a 13% increase in homeless families across the state, with a shortage of affordable housing and skyrocketing rent prices partly to blame.

However, there was a drop in the number of chronically homeless residents and families and single adults living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings and other locations not meant for human habitation. Transitional housing, such as that offered by Mercy Housing and Shelter, is part of the reason for the decrease in homelessness.

The total number of Connecticut families found to be living in sheltered situations Jan. 30, 2008 rose to 474 from 392 a year earlier.  But the number of single adults found living in locations not meant for human habitation fell on Jan. 30, 2008 to 590 from 707 the previous year

The number of families found living in locations not meant for human habitation on Jan. 30, 2008 fell to 8 from 38 in 2007.*

Source: Statewide Point-in-Time count Jan. 30, 2008

For more information on Connecticut’s efforts to end homelessness, visit the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness at www. cceh.org. Mercy Housing and Shelter is a member of that coalition.