Bring It On! – June 15, 2020: Bloomington’s Homeless and COVID-19

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Today hosts Clarence Boone and William Hosea welcome Rv. Forrest Gilmore, Executive Director of Shalom Community Center, Ms. Amber Skoby, Executive Director of the Bloomington Housing Authority, and Nicole Johnson, a Crestmont resident and community advocate.

They discuss how Bloomington is trying to meet the challenge of serving the city’s homeless who are now having to deal with health precautions and new safety concerns brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic. An isolation center for Bloomington’s homeless is scheduled to open next week at 300 W. Hillside Drive.

Four Monroe County organizations, Shalom Community Center, Wheeler Mission, New Hope Family Shelter and Middle Way House, are working together to create this shelter. Community Kitchen will help provide free meals. Forrest Gilmore, executive director of Shalom Community Center, said the center already partners with Community Kitchen to provide meals for people in need and this project is going beyond the resources they already provide.

CREDITS:
Today’s hosts are Clarence Boone and William Hosea.
Our show’s executive producer is Clarence Boone,
with help from WFHB News Department director Kade Young
Our original theme music was created by Jamyl Efiom,
with additional background tracks by David Baker.