In 2023, Brunswick County Homeless Coalition helped a total of 1044 clients through our 1-888-519-5362 information and assistance line. BCHC helped 130 clients with utility assistance, 185 clients with rent, 98 already-homeless clients with emergency shelter, 17 clients with other direct aid, and 747 clients with referrals to other agencies or resources. Our total output on these efforts was about $35,000. For more information, visit our website at http://brunswickhomeless.com/.
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In 2022, Brunswick County Homeless Coalition helped a total of 885 clients through our 1-888-519-5362 information and assistance line. BCHC helped 153 clients with utility assistance, 115 clients with rent, 110 literally homeless clients with emergency shelter, 33 clients with other direct aid, and 546 clients with referrals to other agencies or resources.
News from the Brunswick County Homeless Coalition
For immediate release
Ocean Isle Beach, NC – In recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 13-21), the Brunswick County Homeless Coalition (BCHC) will sponsor a no-contact “Soup-to-Go” event on Saturday, November 13, 2021 at the Seaside United Methodist Church parking lot from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. located at 1300 Seaside Road, NW, Sunset Beach. This is a drive-through, outdoor event and will be held rain or shine. In addition to home-made soup, bread and cookies will be provided.
BCHC also is celebrating its 10th anniversary serving Brunswick County with homelessness and remediation services. The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners honored BCHC with a proclamation on November 1, 2021 and recognized National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in the County.
BCHC is an all-volunteer non-profit organization founded in 2011. Its mission is to serve as an advocate and provide education on issues in Brunswick County and to provide resources for people who are homeless or in need.
The BCHC help-line is: 888-519-5362. The BCHC website is: http://brunswickhomeless.com.
PDF Flyer: Soup-to-go 2021 Flyer
At their November 1, 2021 meeting, the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners voted to officially proclaim the week of November 13th – 21st, 2021 as “National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week” in Brunswick County. Commissioner Marty Cooke read the official proclamation, then presented it to Joe Staton, board president of the Brunswick County Homeless Coalition. BCHC appreciates the support that the Board of Commissioners has consistently shown.
In recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
The Brunswick County Homeless Coalition invites you to a no-contact, drive-thru “Soup-to-Go”event
Sat., November 21, 2020, 11am to 1:30pm.
BSRI Center, Supply, 101 Stone Chimney Rd., SE, Supply
Offerings: bagged and ready to go soup or chili in a carryout cup with lid, serving of bread, cookie. Napkin and spoon provided.
Suggested donation: $5.00 per bag
Thank you for your support of BCHC’s homelessness prevention and remediation services!
Your tax deductible donations are welcome and appreciated.
BCHC is an all-volunteer non-profit and receives no government funding.
Greetings, BCHC members,
On behalf of the Board, I hope you and your families are safe and well. This has been a trying time for all of us and all the more so for homeless families and individuals in our community.
I want you to know that despite today’s challenges we continue to provide services to those in need via our 1-888-519-5362 toll free number. Below, I have listed some of the ways BCHC is helping.
In the meantime, I want to invite you to our monthly meeting via Zoom. Although we have not met face-to-face since early March, several of us have met in virtual meetings using Zoom. The meetings have lasted less than an hour and have worked out well. The technology is friendly and we encourage your participation.
For the meeting ID and passcode for the August 11th, 2020 6:30pm meeting, please contact any BCHC member.
We look for forward to seeing you on August 11th. Your ideas and feedback are important in propelling us forward.
How BCHC is Helping During the Covid 19 Crisis
BCHC continues to provide:
• Utility assistance
• Rental assistance
• Food and shelter referrals
Although we have had to curtail motel placements at this time, we are helping clients in need of shelter by working with the Continuum of Care via their new coordinated shelter intake hotline, 910 444 8315, which refers clients to an available New Hanover county shelter most appropriate to their needs.
Thank you for your continued support of BCHC and those in need in our community!
With best wishes,
Joe Staton, BCHC Board President
Eighth Hunger & Homeless soup banquet stirs up issues
Article copyright (c) 2019 The Brunswick Beacon. The Brunswick Beacon is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Brunswick County, North Carolina and surrounding areas.
By Laura Lewis, Reporter
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
CALABASH —A roomful of officials and volunteers turned out during Saturday’s cold, blustery weather to talk about hunger and homelessness in Brunswick County and what needs to be done about it.
Betsy Duarte, direct aid committee leader for the Brunswick County Homeless Coalition, which orchestrates the annual gathering, outlined a fact sheet at the Nov. 16 gathering showing in 2017 in Brunswick County, 11.5 percent of residents had an income below the poverty level, a decrease from 14.3 percent in 2016, and 17.4 percent of children under 18 live in poverty, a decrease from 19.3 percent in 2016. Four percent of people 65 and older live in poverty, down from 8.7 percent the prior year.
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Paul Witmer of BCHC, representing local American Legion posts (L) and Charles Jackson, Director of Operations and Outreach for Brunswick Family Assistance address the Eighth Annual Hunger and Homeless Banquet and Soup Luncheon in Calabash on Nov. 16th on the topic of Veteran services. Photo Credit: J. Johnson, BCHC. |
Government officials
Brunswick County Commissioner Randy Thompson spoke about the Brunswick Guarantee offering every student an opportunity to receive at least two years of education free of charge “so they never experience some of the things y’all are having to deal with today.”
“The more we educate the community, it makes all the difference,” he said[, pointing] out a growing amount of affordable housing complexes going up or in the planning stage. “That’s something we need to continue to concentrate on,” said Thompson, who also read a proclamation designating the week of Nov. 16-24 as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
N.C. Rep. Frank Iler said he supports affordable housing.
“The bad news is the budget has been vetoed,” he said, lauding affordable housing efforts off N.C. 904 and a similar public-private partnership that is to be duplicated in Calabash.
Pat Rourke, director of McKinney-Vento Homeless Education for Brunswick County Schools, said “some people just don’t believe that we have a homeless problem,” citing growing numbers to show otherwise. In the 2018-19 school year, 432 students, plus 25 siblings, were identified under the MV program compared to 355 and 38 in 2017-18. “Don’t think that our numbers are not going to climb this year,” she said, adding there is another peak after Christmas when families may have spent more money than they could afford and are evicted when they can’t pay the rent.
‘Making generosity count’
BFA executive director Stephanie Bowen, speaking on the theme of “making generosity count,” said there has been a surge of displacement and food insecurity since the hurricanes.
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Announcing the Ninth Annual Hunger and Homeless Banquet and Soup Luncheon
Announcing the Ninth Annual Hunger and Homeless Banquet and Soup Luncheon: November 2020.
P. O. Box 7411, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
1-888-519-5362 – http://brunswickhomeless.com/
Dear Friends,
As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, we offer thanks for all we have, and many choose to donate time and resources to others. In that spirit of giving, The Brunswick County Homeless Coalition (BCHC) invites the public to the eighth annual Hunger and Homeless Banquet and Soup Luncheon, November 16, 2018, from 10am-2pm, at the Brunswick Center at Calabash, 10050 Beach Dr., Calabash, NC. The doors open at 9:00am. The focus of Brunswick County’s registered event observing National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is “Making Generosity Count.” This year’s banquet is sponsored by Rotary Club of Shallotte, NC. Speakers include government officials, community leaders and individuals who have themselves faced homelessness, featuring special guest and keynote speaker Stephanie Bowen, executive director, Brunswick Family Assistance Agency.
Come learn about and contribute to solutions to homelessness. Admission is free. Tax-deductible donations are welcome. Visit our website at http://brunswickhomeless.com/ (brunswick homeless dot com) to reserve your space and help us plan. Walk-in admissions the day of the event are also welcome. The more people attending the event, the better to spread our message—so please invite (or bring) a friend.
The National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness annually sponsor Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. In 2019, during the week of November 16-24, hundreds of colleges, high schools, and community groups across the country will come together to raise awareness about the pressing issues of hunger and homelessness.
Brunswick County Homeless Coalition (BCHC) is a group of volunteers from faith-based ministries, not-for-profit organizations, local agencies and concerned citizens coming together for the greater good of Brunswick County’s homeless and in-need population: advocating, educating and providing resources for those who are homeless or in need. BCHC meets on the second Tuesday of the month at Brunswick Senior Resources, Inc. in Shallotte, NC. We welcome your attendance and participation.
Sincerely,
Brunswick County Homeless Coalition
2019 Eighth Annual Banquet – Radio PSAs
30-second:
https://youtu.be/enaPyt-P7iU
60-second:
https://youtu.be/iJnzbFtKWoA