Meet Arny. Arny recently moved from VOH into his own place.  Here is a message that he sent to his case manager, Juan: “I couldn’t ask...

Meet Bob. From one of our original Humanity of Homelessness book: Bob and Lilly first connected with C@P 2007 while they were living out...

Meet LuVanna. LuVanna is a guest at the Village of Hope site and she has been working hard towards her goals. Lu has kept a smile on her...

Meet Raymond. Raymond is a single father of 3 kids. He and his kids have been staying at our CCS micro-shelter site for about a year. ...

Meet Domonique. Domonique is a poet and writer who began writing at age 10 because she had nobody safe to talk to. Now at age 19, she...

Say hello to Ana. Ana is an outreach case manager with C@P. She shared her story at the storytelling event and agreed to share it here....

This is Kim. Kim gets her love of cooking from her grandma, who’s kitchen she would sit in as a little kid sneaking fresh made tortillas....

This is Tony. From Jennifer, Case Manager at Village of Hope: Let me introduce you to Tony. Tony used to be an employee at C@P. On a...

by Sterling Cunio Last week a group of friends and I sat in a center street McDonalds chatting around a chicken nugget, big mac and...

This is John. From Ashley, Case Manager at Village of Hope: When I first met John, I was a part of the Outreach Team at C@P. John was in...

This is Dave - 64 years-old, born in Salem. He was also raised here, graduated high school and worked in the cannery, as a landscaper and...

by Sterling Cunio In a Christmas Eve winter storm covering Salem in ice and freezing temperatures, I slid across the hockey rink parking...

Meet Megan. Megan and her 3 kids were guests at our CCS Micro-Shelter site until just recently. Megan always brought lots of smiles and...

Meet John, again. John has been a steadfast member of our community for over a decade, filling many of our volunteer roles over the...

Janet, a guest at our Village of Hope site, recently passed away at Salem Hospital. We shared part of Ms. Janet’s story earlier this year...

“They all have guns” an elderly gray-haired lady said, “every night it’s like the Vietnam war all over again out there.” The ‘there’ she...

Meet Sara. Sara is 26 years old and originally from California. After graduating high school and becoming a military wife, Sarah moved to...

This is Jason. For those of you that came to our first Humanity of Homelessness Storytelling event, you’ll remember Jason. On the night...

This is Janet. At age 72 Janet found herself homeless for the first time in her life after being hospitalized and losing both her job and...

Re-introducing a familiar face - Stacy, who was formerly camping at Cascades Gateway Park and is now a resident at one of our shelters....