Community groups come together to provide hope after tragic fire in Vickery Meadow displaces refugee families
On Monday, March 4, a fire destroyed the homes of sixteen families and damaged the homes of ten others at Sunchase Square Apartments in the 7200 block of Holly Hill Lane in Vickery Meadow.
Immediately following the fire, the Vickery [...]
Photo by Miette Photography
A letter from our CEO, Lenita Dunlap
Yesterday, as we all did, I awoke to a frigid morning, an unheard-of cold for a March in our city. I was expecting it to be another normal day, but it’s far from it.
Sadly, I didn’t know then that at dawn, more than 26+ families had already awoken to sirens and the firemen knock [...]
As politicians in Washington haggle over the future of our immigration policies, there is one group of immigrants that desperately needs assistance: refugee children.
Imagine being forced to flee from your home and the chaos that would ensue as you resettle into a new country with a new language that you don’t understand. The weight of the [...]
By Kate Miller, Manager of Counseling Services
Imagine that you are out in the depths of the ocean in a small wooden boat. You are rocked from side to side and the mammoth ocean threatens to swallow you whole. Eventually, the boat starts to drift towards the shore and finally you reach land. Even though you are safe and sound you find [...]
By Stuart Scott – Marketing/Public Relations Intern
As some of you may know, our mission here at Heart House is to provide three things to the at-risk youth of Vickery Meadow – safety, education and opportunity. While it may not seem like it, each one of these items is equally important to the future of a child. Think about it: i [...]
