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Organizations step up as brutal temps impact those experiencing homelessness Unmute But help is out there. Community partnerships are offering ways to keep those unsheltered safe. As of now, through CARES funding, the landing is providing a Day Center at the Silver Lake Station, and Catholic Charities is facilitating the Warming Center. While these two organizations are working around the clock to help the homeless, Rochester Public Transit is providing transportati...

The Landing in Rochester, which helps those experiencing homelessness, helped an anonymous gentlemen fill up his gas tank. What happened next is overwhelming.

listen live COVID-19 struck Rochester’s homeless population in early December. Dr. Rozalina McCoy, leader of the Mayo Clinic paramedic team, left, and paramedic Jill Ryan Schultz on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, in Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com) Olmsted County made space available for people without homes to quarantine at 105 N. Broadway Ave. The city of Rochester also converted space at 200 Fourth St. SE for COVID quarantine. Before the end of the month, the communi...

COVID outbreak among people facing homelessness wanes The number of people needing quarantine in an Olmsted County shelter has dropped to two, as Rochester and Olmsted County prepare to move day and night operations 4:48 pm, Jan. 6, 2021 × Four rooms in Olmsted Countys transitional housing at 105 N. Broadway Avenue are set aside for COVID-19 quarantining. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com) A COVID-19 outbreak among local Rochester homeless residents appears to...

Numerous people donate items to nonprofit to help homeless population The Landing raised over $8,000 and accepted dozens of donations for homeless people in Rochester. Posted: Dec 13, 2020 7:08 PM Updated: Dec 14, 2020 7:05 AM Posted By: Jeremy Wall ROCHESTER, Minn. - Many people woke up early on Sunday to stop by Rochester residents Holly and Dan Fifields home, to drop off donations for homeless people. The Fifields are the founders and owners of The Landing, a nonprofit in Rochester that hel...