By Diane Holloway
Communications/Volunteer Director
Todd FitzGerald’s history with Trinity Center goes way back – beginning, for all practical purposes, with the Center’s birth. After graduating from seminary in Chicago, the Louisiana native came to St. David’s Episcopal Church as curate and served from 1998 to 2000.
We are celebrating our 20th anniversary this year! It’s Trinity at Twenty!! So this year’s celebration, in memory of our generous benefactor, Barbara Jordan, will be extra special as we seek support for our programs that serve men and women experiencing homelessness. We offer compassionate care every day to help meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the people who may be invisible to others but whom we happily welcome through our doors.
By Tucker Bonner
Trinity Center Volunteer
On a cold night in early March of 1999, I was in Chicago attending a professional conference. Snow had begun to fall in the afternoon, and I decided it would be nice to walk up Michigan Avenue to a favorite restaurant for dinner. By the end of dinner, a picturesque snowfall had become a blinding blizzard. As I headed back to my hotel, the streets were empty. There were no taxis available, there were no vehicles of any kind moving about, and there were almost no people out in the weather.
By Sarah Sarahan
Trinity Center Volunteer
Here we are. The day after another election. Some of us are elated and excited; others of us are devastated and discouraged. But as I have been reminded by people wiser than me, this is not an ending, but yet another beginning. No matter who won the election yesterday, the safe keeping of our democracy still lies in our hands. Whether you voted for or against your elected representative, we still have an obligation to hold them accountable to us – all of us.
By Diane Holloway
Communications & Volunteer Coordinator
Once a month, on a Sunday morning, 100 sack lunches magically appear in Trinity Center’s utility closet. These are not the kind of lunches that will spoil in a day or two. They are sacks of carefully chosen items that will survive in a homeless person’s backpack for a long time. Tucked into brown paper bags are crackers, tuna, juice, raisins and other tasty items.
