Wednesday, October 3, 2001
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Wednesday, October 3, 2001 |
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Samaritans find a home By CAROLYN
CARY
The Fayette Samaritans organization is no longer homeless. A charitable group begun in 1991 to alleviate emergency and critical needs of Fayette County residents, had been told in mid-August that it must move. Samaritans had been sharing quarters with the Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services and have been searching for larger quarters for several years. In mid-August, DFCS informed the Samaritans that the agency desperately needed more space and the charity group would have to move. Samaritans put out a plea for help. The plea was answered in the person of Wayne Leslie, Lesley Contracting, who has donated space near his offices on North Jeff Davis Drive. "I'm just glad to help out," he said. "This community has been very good to me and we like to be good to others. When I read of its plight, I called the Samaritans and said I thought it was important for me to do something." That "something" was the donation, rent free, of enough space for two offices to interview prospective clients, a reception area, and space for the food pantry and a clothes closet. The new address is 102 Jeff Davis Place, in back of the International House of Pancakes. The phone number remains the same, 770-460-2586. Samaritans has provided more than $2 million for families in Fayette since it was formed in 1991. In most of those situations, people have been evicted and need some help getting over the rough spot until they can find employment and new homes, said Wanda Jennings, president.
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