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Columbus House Hosts Annual 'Chocolate to the Rescue' Event
March 7, 2016
Columbus House hosts its 14th annual Chocolate to the Rescue event March 13 at 1 p.m. at the Inn at Middletown, featuring chocolate creations from ION Restaurant, Marjolaine Pastry Shop, MELT Chocolatier, Perk on Main, Scratch Baking, Sweet Sage Bakery and Tschudin Chocolates & Confections.
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The Catholic Transcript Online
Hot soup, warm hospitality
February 27, 2016
Archbishop Leonard P. Blair serves soup on Feb. 19 to Bill B., one of 12 guests from Columbus House in New Haven who stayed at the parish hall of St. Mary Church in Branford for the week of Feb. 15-22 as part of the emergency shelter's Abraham's Tent program.
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New Haven Register
Below zero temperatures have shelters, New Haven warming centers swamped with people
February 13, 2016
There was pizza and prayer Saturday at the warming center at Church on the Rock, which stayed open all day because of the bitter cold weather that is supposed to last through today.
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FOX 61
Cold weather not freezing the spirits of New Haven’s homeless
February 12, 2016
There are some 500 homeless folks throughout the Greater New Haven region. With a frigid weekend in store, shelters and overflow locations are ready.
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WTNH News8
The bitter cold prompts New Haven shelters to extend hours
February 12, 2016
It’s down right dangerous to be outside in the bitter cold for an extended period of time. NEWS8 spoke with those in New Haven that are trying to make sure the homeless have a place to stay warm. The Columbus overflow shelter will remain open for folks during the bitter cold.
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New Haven Register
Jack Healy retires from United Way of Greater New Haven
February 6, 2016
Jack Healy, after 20 years at the United Way of Greater New Haven, will retire at the end of June, turning over the influential community organization to Executive Vice President Jennifer Heath.
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New Haven Register
New Haven annual Point-in-Time count of the homeless seeks data to provide services
January 27, 2016
It’s not often that you would find someone sleeping in a makeshift shelter in a residential area of Fair Haven at 8 p.m. But, walking the streets at that time of night still has its advantages for identifying those in need of homeless outreach services.
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Yale Daily News
State tallies homeless population
January 26, 2016
Columbus House, an independent New Haven-based nonprofit affiliated with CCEH, and United Way of Greater New Haven, a social-justice nonprofit, are administering the survey — entitled a Point-in-Time Count — in Greater New Haven.
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NBC Connecticut
Alexion Begins Relocating Employees to New Haven Headquarters
January 19, 2016
The first recipient of the $1,000 grant from Alexion is Columbus House, which provides shelter and services for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.
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New Haven Register
Alexion marks return to New Haven with daily $1,000 grants
January 19, 2016
Alexion Pharmaceuticals is marking its return to New Haven with a month-long charitable giving campaign in which it will make a $1,000 grant to a different area nonprofit each day.
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