Almost everyone is familiar with Batman, Superman and other popular superheroes. But not all superheroes wear capes… “My grandma teaches me to love all people. She helps with the blanket program at our church,” shared one of CWS’ youngest supporters. A nine-year-old superhero in the making, Spiderman. After many years of, faithfully, hosting a Blanket Sunday and making CWS Kits—Spiderman’s … Read More

Note: This post was originally published by Lenny Blue on the CWS blog. It has been cross posted here. As I sit in the middle of the cold winter months, I often think about our neighbors that are experiencing the cold differently than my family and me. I think about our neighbors who can’t afford to keep their furnace set at … Read More

Nestled along the Appalachian Mountains, the Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency is in the heart of poverty-ridden America. UETHDA serves Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties. Teams in each of the agency’s nine Neighborhood Service Centers work daily to help clients overcome the daily hardships that they face. Specifically, they offer assistance that helps people … Read More

The residents of southern California are accustomed to wildfires during the summer.  But this summer was different. The fires were more intense. A record-setting heat wave, coupled with moderate winds, sparked brush fires across southern California that destroyed homes and forced thousands to evacuate. Not knowing whether their homes would still be standing, hundreds of residents fled the West Willows … Read More

Huddled by a small fire under an overpass, Dawn ate her warm meal and confessed, “I’d never camped a day in my life before being out here.” She is new to homelessness and credits her friend Matthew for helping her acclimate to her new situation. She told us that she once served in Operation Desert Storm, raised a family and … Read More