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Painting through pain: How Columbia man overcame homelessness through art
His entire life changed, but he stayed grounded through a book of paintings he and his wife made together — one of the only items that survived his two-year journey.
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Community breakfast ignites discussion on hunger and homelessness
The Midlands Area Consortium for the Homeless (MACH) hosted its annual prayer breakfast that brought community members and advocates together to discuss hunger and homelessness in the Midlands.
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Columbia’s homeless brace for winter chill, but many don’t come inside
As winter weather approaches, Columbia’s homeless population is left with limited resources to protect them from the cold.
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Transitions to auction artwork created by residents
Transitions Homeless Shelter is emphasizing art at their upcoming fundraiser by supporting artists within the shelter.
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Harvest Hope serves those who served America
Harvest Hope’s “Operation HP” hosted a drive to collect non-perishable food and cleaning supplies for the Veterans in the Midlands.
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State’s homeless population looks for ways to weather a storm
For South Carolina’s large homeless population, finding shelter during a storm is difficult. Some shelters in Columbia and the Upstate open extra emergency shelters during extreme weather, and churches around Columbia also opened their doors to the homeless population during Hurricane Florence.
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‘Uniting’ to help those in need
Thanks to United Way of the Midlands and the city of Columbia, the homeless and those in need are now able to receive food donations regularly throughout the week.
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SC State Museum held a birthday celebration for 90 y/o Drink Small, local blues musician present for the birth of Blues in Columbia. Reporter Kris McQueen followed the event.
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Purchases from the Procurement cards showed $116 unspecified merchandise from Williams Sonoma, $130 for admission to Patriots Park, $72 for tickets to a Baltimore Orioles game and $873 on Lululemon. More info and on Richland School district 2 incidents will be coming up later.
Another report from investigators found that the district did not have a procurement code in place with state standards, nor a detailed policy of Procurement cards, a credit card like feature that allows select employees and officials use for school district funds.