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Volunteer Nancy Askinas pets Rocky at the Brandywine Valley SPCA in West Chester, Pennsylvania on Jan. 28, 2021. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
Animal shelters saw a boom in dog and cat adoptions when the pandemic struck; demand remains high
PHILADELPHIA Gianna Masini spent the first several months of the pandemic feeling isolated in her Philadelphia apartment. She and her boyfriend had talked about getting a dog for a while, but it never seemed to be the right time – until the coronavirus upended everyone’s lives and Masini found out she would be working from home for the indefinite future.
Homeward Bound plans to buy hotel to house homeless in WNC
ASHEVILLE - A local nonprofit that works with the homeless population in Western North Carolina has settled on what it hopes will be a more permanent solution to ending homelessness, at least for 85 people buying a hotel and converting it to apartments.
Homeward Bound Executive Director Meredith Switzer said Feb. 3 her organization is in contract to purchase the Days Inn motel property located on Tunnel Road in Asheville. After years of studying our community need and operating a small permanent supportive housing residence, Homeward Bound has a housing solution that will provide stability, safety, and improved quality of life for 85 of our community’s most vulnerable homeless neighbors, Switzer said in a statement. We are calling it Home is Key.