“People change and forget to tell each other.”
- Lillian Hellman
Welcomed as a Guest
Iona College, New Rochelle
Right now I am staying in New Rochelle as a guest at an Irish Christian Brother’s residency on the grounds of Iona College. As I travel in the Northern New England States by bus and train, my car will be resting at Iona College. These websites will give a glimpse of the background – as we learn together. Actually all of these sites are extremely interesting. For me, I am truly grateful for the Brothers’ gracious hospitality.
“…. At a time when most of the Irish people were extremely poor and living under repressive laws, Edmund Rice became a wealthy and influential member of the city of Waterford…” Be sure to read the rest of the story. Tomorrow I plan to show more pictures of Iona College.
Iona’s Field from Afar
New Rochelle was my hometown from 1947 to 1953. It was my Mother’s and Father’s home many years after that time. The other day, I started taking pictures of “my home” when the owner came out to say hello. A wonderful person, LaVelle, who with his wife and two children, soon to be three children, welcomed us to come inside and look around from the attic to the basement. What fun!
Everything was very much the same although LaVelle, the owner, was making some changes in the attic to eventually make it a Master Bedroom. He is preserving the ‘tub’ which is now ancient. The walls and fixtures in the downstairs remained the same and all the other rooms were recognizable!
Home – Coligni Ave
In researching homelessness in New Rochelle, I saw a fair number of ‘soup kitchens’ and other food programs in addition to shelters:
New Rochelle Shelters
O.A.S.I.S.
New Rochelle, NY 10801
18 and older, referred by DSS
Maximum: 32 – men and women
Providence House
New Rochelle, NY 10801
For pregnant 18+ and children (boys & girls up to age 4)
Volunteers of America
New Rochelle, NY 10801
For adults in recovery from chemical dependence
Westhab Burling Lane Residence
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Permanent housing (9 units) and transitional housing (3 units) for males over 18 years of age
What was interesting to me was the lack of family homeless shelters which is good news if it means there are no families without a place to live.
Hospital
Today, I also visited White Plains, New York and White Plains Hospital Center.
Near Hospital
On my research, I discovered this unique site on a report on Westchester County’s Homeless. Anyone interested in this topic will find the report extremely informative. Be sure to read the section where they interviewed the homeless on how they spend their day plus other questions — especially the ‘incentive level to convince the hard core homeless to accept shelter care.’ This report was put together in 2007.
