Community News story posted 6/5/07
Homeless by choice for nearly 10 years, Harry Madix says he wasn't ready for help, even though a lot of services were available. Struggling with addiction, in 1995 he walked into an Uptown homeless organization and got the support he needed to get his life back together.
"I got a second chance," he says. "It's like a miracle."
Madix and 30 others involved with Inspiration Café shared their stories with Karen Skalitzky, who cooked up a book, A Recipe for Hope, Stories of Transformation by People Struggling with Homelessness, which recently won a merit award from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association. The book combines recipes and stories to reveal what makes this Chicago non-profit organization unique: hospitality and relationships.
Full story:
http://chicagotalks.org/wiki/homeless-but-not-hopeless
(c) Keri Lynch 2007
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment