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Groundbreaking set for homeless shelter
Open Hearts Community Mission to hold Chocolate Run the following day
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The Open Hearts Community Mission homeless shelter building team reviews building plans. Clockwise from left: Chip Mobley, builder; Joey Hendrix, an engineer with Maxwell Reddick; Kevin Palmer, architect with Palmer and Associates; Tim Durden, builder; and Jennifer Paddock, architect with Palmer and Associates. - photo by Special
Open Hearts Community Mission will celebrate the groundbreaking for its homeless shelter in a ceremony open to the public on Friday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m.The location of the groundbreaking and future shelter is 39 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Open Hearts, as described on its website, is “a faith-based ministry serving the homeless by reaching out and extending God’s love” with a mission “to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, restore the downtrodden and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” The ultimate desire of the ministry is “to promote self-sufficiency by improving physical, mental, emotional, financial needs and addressing social, moral and educational conditions.”
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