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Gold Star Family’s Thrift Shop Takes Aim at Helping Vets
July 27, 2022
New items are always arriving at Desert Eagles Nest Thrift Shop on Fort Path Road in Madison. Shelves are brimming with housewares, DVDs, vinyl records, trinkets, and toys and games. Clothing hangs from racks and the floor space is full of furniture. Only open for a few months, the thrift shop, owned by Helen Keiser-Pedersen and Bob Keiser, has taken off.
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New Haven Register
Madison Gold Star couple aid vets, military through Desert Eagles Nest Thrift Store
July 6, 2022
Hanging high in the back of the Desert Eagles Nest Thrift Store is a vintage Waterford Crystal Avoca, six-arm chandelier, dripping with prisms.
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My Record Journal
Quinnipiac students donate nearly 4 tons of unwanted food
July 2, 2022
For the 13th year, Quinnipiac University asked students to “Be kind! Leave your food behind!”
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New Haven Independent
Columbus House Gets $30K Boost For Veterans Program
June 10, 2022
A $30,000 grant from the Bob Woodruff Foundation will enable Columbus House to place more military veterans into transitional housing, including bedrooms like the one pictured above.
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WNHH Community Radio
Margaret Middleton, CEO, on WNHH Community Radio
May 5, 2022
Watch Margaret Middleton, CEO, discuss Columbus House's work to end homelessness with Babz Rawls-Ivy on the WNHH Community Radio Great Give 2022 Radiothon.
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Columbus House
Our COVID-19 Response
April 29, 2022
Your support has resulted in hundreds of people moving into a place of their own this year.
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Yale School of Medicine
Honoring the Memory of Kristen Cushing, Who Personified Altruism
April 28, 2022
Kristen Joy Cushing embodied service leadership and was dedicated to providing health care to underserved individuals. Kristen, who graduated from the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) Physician Associate (PA) Program in 2002, was an engaged and beloved member of the greater New Haven community for over two decades.
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CT Mirror
Crisis in the emergency housing response system
April 15, 2022
A new college graduate works three jobs to put food on the table for their family. A dedicated mother of two has been in and out of homelessness five times over the last ten years. A United States veteran has lost three friends to overdose during the pandemic, and worries about their own trauma. These people are not our clients; they are our frontline staff, and they need our help.
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