Posts tagged Boulder Shelter
22 Boom – Thanksgiving 2014 – Episode 78
Nov 26th
It’s almost Turkey Day and and 22 brings us some things to be thankful about and others we could help with. The Boulder Bridge House, Farmers Market, Boulder Office of Arts and Culture, Jann Scott Live covers the Worst Intersection in Boulder, Pearl Street Kiosks, and the Boulder Courthouse Fountain. The Aaron covers the Great American Beer Fest and Jena Latham shows us how to make Butternut Squash Soup. We also revisit the Flower Bin’s Christmas Open House, the Boulder Homeless Shelter, the Rocky Mountain Cigar Fest, TTS Winter Auto Prep Tips, Keithbar Pedal Straightener, Freezing Homeless in Boulder, Boulder Drivers in the Snow, and the 3 Minute Gourmet Bananas Foster recipe, and we wrap up the show with a little blues and President Obama pardoning the White House Turkey. All in this Thanksgiving Special of 22 Boom on Boulder Channel 1 and BV-22.
Videos in this Episode
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22 Boom Intro -
Boulder Bridgehouse -
Boulder Farmers Market 2014 -
Boulder Office of Arts and Culture -
Worst Intersection in Boulder -
Pearl Street Kiosks -
Boulder Courthouse Fountain -
Great American Beer Festival 2014 -
Gorgeous Food with Jena -
Flower Bin Christmas -
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless -
Rocky Mountain Cigar Fest -
TTS Auto Tips Winter Prep -
Keithbar -
Homeless Freezing in Boulder -
Boulder Drivers in the Snow -
3 Minute Gourmet -
Blues at Farmers Market -
Obama’s Turkey Pardon -
Outro
The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless
Nov 4th
Greg Harms the executive director of the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless talks to us about the help they provide to people who can’t or are struggling to find a place to live and the mission the shelter provides to homeless adults in and around the Boulder community. With 160 beds and 2 hot meals a day they serve around 90,000 meals a day and provide 5 different programs of supportive help for clients. The Winter Overnight sheltering from October thru April for anyone who needs a place to stay. The year round Transition Program that helps people stay sober and find housing, as well as the Housing First program, that helps chronic homeless people to find and permanent place to stay and get care. Also they run the Boulder County Care which is a street outreach program helping unsheltered people who won’t make it in for the night to get blankets, food and clothing for the cold winter nights. Also if you want to donate or volunteer to help the Boulder Shelter you can visit their website at bouldershelter.org and find of list of what they need and what positions are available at anytime.
Demand for Shelter Soars in Boulder
Jan 10th
As of January 8, BOHO has provided safe, warm, legal sleeping to almost 5,500 guests on 57 nights of operation, an average of almost 97 guests per night. As of the same date a year ago, BOHO’s Emergency Warming Centers (EWC) had provided shelter from severe and stormy weather to fewer than 5,000 guests on 67 nights of operation, for an average of 75 guests per night.
Although our Fall weather was mild at times this year, we have had an unbroken sequence of severely cold and even stormy nights for over a month. BOHO’s EWC guests, homeless residents of Boulder, would not have had safe, warm and legal sleeping, as the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless has operated at or near capacity so far this season.
As we look ahead, we expect to provide EWCs virtually every night for another nine or ten weeks of harsh Winter weather. We have honed and polished our practices, and built up our reserves, trained our volunteers, and worked with the many congregations who provide facilities and support. We’ll still need your help as this time goes forward, providing a shelter safety net for the safety net to Boulder’s homeless residents.
Your support and donations have provided safe, warm and legal sleeping to BOHO’s EWC guests. There are more guests being served every night this year; the needs of the poor are increasing. Thank you for helping us to provide the fundamental human need of a safe, warm shelter for sleeping.
From BOHO BUZZ
