In one of the harshest winters on record, C.S. MottFoundation grantees are helping to meet the basic needsof homeless and low-income residents in Flint, Michigan.

One of those agencies is Catholic Charities of Shiawasseeand Genesee Counties, which operates the Holy AngelsWarming Center near downtown.

As many as 148 people visit the warming center eachday for a hot meal and to escape the bitter cold.

The agency’s three year-round soup kitchens inFlint provided more than 170,400 meals in 2013.

“This winter has been brutal for those we serve,” saysthe agency’s president and CEO, Vicki Schultz (above). “I am determined that no one is going to freeze or gohungry while we’re here and can do something about it.”

Staff at Carriage Town Ministries, also a Mott grantee,notes the cold and snow have driven inside manyhomeless people who might otherwise stay outdoors.

The agency’s shelter facilities and its food program, which serves about 142,000 meals a year, are helping to meet pressing community needs this winter.

“The most important thing we do up front is we providea clean, secure, safe place that will accept you.” – Dallas Gatlin, executive director

Carriage Town Ministries

Learn more online:

Charles Stewart Mott Foundationwww.mott.org

Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Countieswww.catholiccharitiesflint.org

Carriage Town Ministrieswww.carriagetown.org

All photos by Rick Smithwww.photorick.net

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