Heer to Serve - Food, Advocacy, Love for Columbus Houseless Folk
b'Carolyn Harding with Emily Myers and Gary Witte, folks helping Columbus Houseless Folk with food, necessities and love right where they are.\\n\\nEmily Myers is a housing advocate on the far south side. She started Heer to Serve in Sept of 2020 as a way to make sure people who were unsheltered were able to have their basic needs met. She has lived experience in being unsheltered as well as her Aunt Patty freezing to death when she was unsheltered. Emily is passionate about engaging in mutual aid and solidarity while meeting people where they\\u2019re at. She\\u2019s studied social work and harm reduction. \\n\\nGary Witte is a Retired United Church of Christ minister involved in Urban ministry all his career. He\\u2019s the Former Director of Open Shelter and co-founder of Friends of the Homeless. He Also has worked for the abolishment of the death penalty and feeding programs around Columbus. \\n\\nWelcome to GrassRoot Ohio.\\n\\nIt\\u2019s the winter solstice, the longest nights of the year, and we\\u2019re heading into freezing rain and snow. A few days ago, early morning, I was having coffee and I heard a sound out towards my backyard and neighbors behind us, I thought it could be a Canadian goose or a hurt animal crying or a maybe even person? I opened my door and listened - it was someone crying/weeping. \\u201cDo you need help? Silence. Are you ok? Silence. Are you there? I waited. Nothing. I went back to my couch, my candle and my coffee, and I thought of the people you serve- outside, cold, unsheltered, without support, hot coffee, food, comfort.\\n\\nHeer to Serve Face Book page: https://www.facebook.com/heertoserve\\n\\nNeeds for the Camp Residents: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4aafab22abfd0-heer?useFullSite=true#/\\n\\nHeer to Serve Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3P5XXLAZF7DX2?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwAR3VtMeM-kiRUh26kMEa6klR-kSOd3pe1oaKPkC2-VKcdeua6guI4JrsmD4\\n\\nHelp the UnHoused Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-unhoused-in-columbus-ohio?utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined&fbclid=IwAR1wkBmxQ_-z5bObN6RcMJc8YDq2lDlxXuu9ExNbkuwW-QFCWYXZr8n0hBY\\n\\n\\nGrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.\\nEvery Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org,\\nSundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.\\nContact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.\\nCheck us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/\\nCheck us out on Instagram:\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/\\nIf you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753\\n\\nGrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085\\n\\nThis GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/\\n\\nIntro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8\\nThere\'s a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!'