Volunteers from Krieger Construction Company and Seaside Carpentry picked up the five truckloads of food from Vero Beach High School and brought it to the Center’s food pantry just prior to Christmas 2001.
Fact: On any given day there are 350 homeless in Indian River County.
“We have our first family,” announces an excited Susan Rux. As Executive Director of the Homeless Assistance Center, the realization of yet another milestone has her grinning from ear to ear. Throughout the ten years HAC has been serving this community there have been many milestones, but for her this is a giant step forward.
“Families are a growing homeless issue and will continue to be so. When you look at a struggling minimum wage family, there’s a myriad of things that can affect them. They’re living on the edge — one missed paycheck can be all it takes,” she explains. Years of experience dealing with social services issues have taught her how fragile the line between hope and despair can be for many. The homeless and needy have her heart. Rux feels she’s at the right place at the right time, as she’s seen first hand the difference the Homeless Assistance Center, with its wide range of programs, makes in the lives of those who struggle.
Read the entire article in the April 2002 issue
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