Nicole Adelmen and Shana Bussa, Speaks At The January 24th RCAAN Meeting, About Alpha House.
At January 24, 2013 RCAAN meeting Shana Bussa brought Nicole Adelman (Executive Director of IHN at Alpha House) to the club to talk about Alpha House. Alpha House is a Homeless Shelter.
Our speaker was Nicole Edelman, executive director of Alpha House. Nicole was introduced by Shanna Bussa, development director for Alpha House.
Alpha House is the shelter for families established by the Interfaith Hospitality Network. Several years ago, two Ann Arbor women saw a need for emergency family housing and created a cooperative system for various faith congregations to meet this need. Originally, churches opened their buildings to families for two weeks at a time and families moved from church to church. Later, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital donated the building that is now Alpha House to IHN. Now, volunteers from different congregations come to Alpha House to prepare and serve meals and the families stay in the shelter.
Alpha House can house 25 people for up to 90 days. The Alpha House staff helps clients obtain jobs and housing and works with families for up to one year. Volunteers are always needed to fix meals and play with the children in shelter.
Homeless children suffer from a wide variety of problems, including hunger, poor academic performance and mental health issues.
Above is another version of the video Nicole and Shana presented us at the meeting.
Nicole Adelmen, Shana Bussa From Alpha House, Matt Copeland Son, Noah And Madison Marshall.
Junior Rotarians?
Noah Copeland and Madison Marshall shared their service project as president and vice president of the Junior National Honor Society at their school. They raised money for Alpha House and Ozone House for “Help after the Holidays.” They collected donated items plus $115 so far. After hearing that the school canceled a “spirit day” the kids were counting on to raise money, Vern Hutton suggested we all pitch in and we came up with $74 to help the students meet their goal.
