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My Friend Nicky
Illustration by: Chris Alvarez By: Julie Loomis Word on the Street Issue 45, July 2024 . . . Many of us at the shelter have health issues that cause us to visit the emergency department at one of the...
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Lughnasadh
By: Gerri Graves Word on the Street Issue 46, August 2024 . . . First harvest. Ceremonies involving wheat, bread and late summer’s early offerings. The days begin to shorten, and so offerings of the...
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Why Are We Going Backwards?
By: Julie Loomis Word on the Street Issue 46, August 2024 . . . That is a good question and the answer is that we don’t get to know the person behind the transgender. Media, movies and politicians...
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My Daddy
By: Viola Crowley Word on the Street Issue 46, August 2024 . . . My daddy was a special man. You see, I was adopted at 8 months old because my mother was not capable of taking care of my brother and...
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Terry Reilly Tips
By: Kayla Gaffney || Licensed Master Social Worker || Terry Reilly Health Services Word on the Street Issue 46, August 2024 . . . If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are...
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August Poetry Corner
Word on the Street Issue 46, August 2024 . . . FATE OF A LONELY SOUL – Julie Loomis How life is, a pitiful state. It gives no reason, to mess around with fate. It’s a web of loneliness, with a black...
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OVERDOSE AWARENESS
RESOURCES FROM CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH By: Jessica Harris Central District Health is collaborating with Interfaith Sanctuary and Corpus Christi House to honor and remember those in our community...
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We Are People First
By: Julie Loomis Word on the Street Issue 46, August 2024 . . . This is continuing with my friend Nicky and Kendall. Actually this is more than the few I know, hundreds of homeless get ill or injured...
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Interfaith Sanctuary Capital Campaign Receives Major Boost with $3 Million in...
By: Jodi Peterson-Stigers Word on the Street Issue 47, September 2024 . . . Interfaith Sanctuary’s capital campaign for their new shelter on State Street has reached a significant milestone with the...
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TWO YEARS HOUSED
By: Viola Word on the Street Issue 47, September 2024 . . . I moved into my trailer 2 years ago this month. I was previously homeless for 5 years. Bouncing around from friends, family, motels and...
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SAMHAIN
By: Gerri Graves Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . End of Harvest season and the beginning of the dark half of the year. Feasts, offerings and celebratory bonfires (used as a sort of...
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OCTOBER POETRY CORNER
Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . EMPTINESS By: Julie Loomis I wander through a house, can’t find my way out. Panic sets in and I run, my heart beating as I scream. Lost in a empty...
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The Adult/Child Syndrome
“The Thoughts of a Homeless Child. Part 1” By: Shyloh Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . Growing up “too fast” is something I’ve worried about for a long time. I’ll be nineteen in a few...
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There Was A Time In My Life Where Darkness Defined My Existence: Chapter 2
By: SherryJo Crandall Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . On May 19th, 2003, I entered another dark period of depression when I was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. I spent...
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Taking Care Of Papa
By: Kory Jones Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . I’ll start from the beginning. I was 16 and I decided to go live with my grandparents because it was better than being homeless with my...
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Midnight Morning
By Eli Settlemire Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . Having spent my first year at Interfaith Sanctuary working the Graveyard shift, there are many things that can make anyone’s heart...
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You Didn’t Have It Bad
By Haley Marie Word on the Street Issue 48, October 2024 . . . “You didn’t have it as bad as you thought you did Haley” Is that why my friends tell me my childhood was definitely not normal? Is that...
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A Month for Safety and Support
By Rachel Sheldon, Patient Navigator, Terry Reilly Health Services Each year in October, we recognize people affected by domestic violence and remind them they are not alone. According to the National...
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Be Like Fred Gala
On Wednesday September 18, two hundred thirty Interfaith Sanctuary sponsors, donors and community members flooded into the Treefort Music Hall in downtown Boise for Interfaith’s Be Like Fred gala....
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BUILDING HOPE: Interfaith Sanctuary’s New $15.6M Shelter Takes Shape on State...
October 2024 issue By: Jodi Peterson-Stigers Interfaith Sanctuary’s new shelter construction on State Street is progressing smoothly. After the construction loan was finalized by Heritage Bank,...
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