New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
The evening began with mass @ St. Julie’s Church in Dartmouth, followed by a Spartan supper served shelter style. The participants watched the movie. “From Homeless to Harvard” — the Liz Murray story.
This was followed by a group of speakers from Sr. Rose House and Grace House; mens and womens homeless shelters in New Bedford. A valuable question and answer period followed. Students were then given time to play board games, cards or just to socialize for a while. Evening prayer followed.
The gym was then transformed into an emergency shelter with rows and rows of sleeping bags. Boys on one side, girls on the other, separated by a partition that displayed articles on homelessness, statistics and many pictures from past Cardboard Tent City events. Students were awakened @ 6:30 a.m. and given a breakfast of bagels and juice. All helped to clean up.
