Local Business Joins National RED Movement
It would take a lot to close the doors of a predominant South Florida real estate office, but charity will do it.
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It would take a lot to close the doors of a predominant South Florida real estate office, but charity will do it.
Miami-Dade's Homeless Trust, behind schedule on a plan to install 1,000 meters where people can donate to the homeless as part of an anti-panhandling campaign, is counting on a recent vote by Miami commissioners to give the project a boost.
Good Friday is celebrated by people in different ways. In Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, the homeless are being treated to foot washing traditional to Good Friday, and a 'Thanksgiving in April" meal which is not.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a homeless man accused of setting another homeless man on fire.
The wife of a 51-year-old homeless man who was burned in a brutal attack after an argument with another man speaks out. Meanwhile, police are on the hunt for the man who attacked him.
A strong cold front moved down the state and rapidly dropped temperatures and wind chills down into the 40's or lower in Broward and Miami-Dade County Saturday night and Sunday morning.
With most of South Florida under a Wind Chill Advisory and a Freeze Watch, Broward officials are urging some of the neediest in the county to seek shelter.
The Miami Rescue Mission and Broward Outreach Centers held their biggest Christmas Celebration ever for the Homeless and Needy of South Florida.
With temperatures forecast to fall into the low 30s Monday night the Salvation Army in Broward has gone into full cold weather mode to shelter the homeless.
With a Wind Chill Advisory in effect for all of South Florida and a Freeze Watch in effect for Northern and Western Broward Tuesday morning, South Florida officials are preparing to help keep the homeless warm.
Panhandlers, road side vendors and those collecting for charity are no longer welcome at the major intersections of Miramar.
Every person without a home has a story to share, like Ron Williams, who says he fought for his country in the Vietnam War. But decades later, Ron finds himself living on the streets. Like more than a thousand people at the Miami Rescue Mission on Thursday, he's here for a simple Thanksgiving meal.
Homeless men and women have called Downtown Miami home for decades, but now that a renaissance of sorts is under, they will have to find a new place to gather.
