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Officials gather at shelter to express thanks to those who serve the homeless The Rev. Jeffrey Ross, far left, offers a blessing as officials and staff gather Dec. 11 at the Code Purple shelter near Lewes. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS Ron MacArthur December 18, 2020 A nightly Code Purple shelter is up and running at the former Troop 7 building along Route 1 outside Lewes. Officials gathered Dec. 11 to tour the building, offer thanks to those who made the shelter possible and acknowledge the receipt of a $50,000 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act grant. House Speaker Rep. Pete...

Former Sheraton hotel near New Castle opens as emergency homeless shelter ahead of snowstorm Brandon Holveck, Delaware News Journal Wilmington's homeless shut out of libraries, cafes, day centers in coronavirus crisis UP NEXT The former Sheraton hotel off I-95 near New Castle started its second life as an emergency homeless shelter Tuesday, a day before a severe snowstorm is forecast to hit northern Delaware. New Castle County purchased the hotel in a November auction for $19.5 million. The county made the deal using part of the $322 million of coronavirus relief money it re...

Those experiencing homelessness in New Castle County have a safe and warm place to go just in time for the first winter storm of the season. The former Sheraton hotel on Airport Road near New Castle, which was purchased at auction by the county with $19.5 million in federal CARES Act money, officially opened its doors Tuesday as an emergency shelter during the pandemic, less than a month after settlement. It's now called the New Castle County Hope Center. Friendship House, which is running Code Purple operations from the shelter, picked up the first guests at 11 a.m. Tuesday. A total of 70 gu...

Lewes  Delaware  19958United States A Code Purple shelter at the former Troop 7 building on Route 1 near Lewes opened Dec. 7, just in time for the first cold snap of the season. This year, Love Inc. of Mid-Delmarva, operators of Code Purple shelters, and the Community Resource Center, based in Rehoboth Beach, have partnered to create a comprehensive system of care to address the needs of the homeless in the Cape Region. Under the plan, clients will stay at the Code Purple shelter overnight and go by bus to the resource center for the day. With financial support from the Lewes-Rehoboth Ass...

But you know, that's just one incident. he can't fix all the mrgs, but all of a sudden it's drawing attention. six or seven of those incidents, maybe we'll get attention paid to manufacturing and ideas coming forward and people saying i have an idea, retraining, different things. i think that's symbolic. >> it's great to get your take on it. you know him better than certainly moth people, and thank you so much for sharing your loss about suzanne and what you're going to do and how to move forward. >> it's the suzanne wright foundation. iful it. the name of the campaign, it's code purple, and c...