Raleigh council allows Moore Square food handouts to continue – for now
RALEIGH — Charities handing out free food in downtown’s Moore Square won’t get stopped by police this weekend, after a City Council committee voted Wednesday to temporarily relax a ban on such...
View ArticleRaleigh council allows Moore Square food handouts to continue – for now
RALEIGH Charities handing out free food in downtown’s Moore Square won’t get stopped by police this weekend after a City Council committee voted Wednesday to temporarily relax a ban on such...
View ArticleNo Soup for You! (If You’re Homeless and in a Public Park)
Every Saturday for the past six years, minister Hugh Hollowell and a group of neighbors have gathered to share a simple breakfast together. Hollowell’s Love Wins Ministries offers coffee and breakfast...
View ArticleCouncil gets earful about feeding homeless
RALEIGH (AP) – Members for the Raleigh City Council got an earful Wednesday from residents upset that police officers threatened to arrest groups feeding the homeless sleeping in a downtown park. About...
View ArticleRaleigh council gets earful about feeding homeless
RALEIGH, N.C. — Members for the Raleigh City Council got an earful Wednesday from residents upset that police officers threatened to arrest groups feeding the homeless sleeping in a downtown park....
View ArticleMonths after arrest threats, Raleigh charity food handouts will move to city...
RALEIGH — Ten months after charities say they were threatened with arrest for handing out food in downtown’s Moore Square, the city will open an indoor food distribution center Saturday. Born out of...
View ArticleMoore for all
Few people in Raleigh would be opposed to the idea of churches and other charities feeding people who are hungry. That is a noble instinct. But members of the city council, and many citizens for that...
View ArticleCharities want to keep food hand-outs near Raleigh’s Moore Square
RALEIGH — More than 100 people came out Monday night for a city-sponsored meeting to discuss alternatives to feeding the homeless and indigent in Moore Square – but many of the groups present said they...
View ArticleNew site found for Moore Square charity work
RALEIGH — Charity food handouts in Moore Square could move to a warehouse behind the old Salvation Army building – a temporary solution approved by charities, city staffers and business owners Tuesday...
View ArticleBiscuits are back for the hungry at Raleighs Moore Square
RALEIGH Bob Stillerman, associate pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, knows that giving sausage-and-egg biscuits to 100 hungry people in a downtown Raleigh park is a short-term solution for a long-term...
View Article1,000 days of meals to the needy later, and Raleigh wants to arrest us?
By Patrick O’Neill “I was hungry and you fed me” – Jesus “Feed the hungry and you will be arrested” – Raleigh police That’s actually what happened last weekend to several groups of regulars who feed...
View ArticleFeeding the Homeless Appears to Be Illegal in Raleigh, NC
What Happened On the morning of Saturday, August 24, Love Wins Ministries, where I am pastor and director, showed up at Moore Square in Raleigh, North Carolina at 9:00 a.m., just like we have done...
View ArticleRaleigh cops stop charities from feeding homeless
RALEIGH — Raleigh police have stopped charities from feeding the homeless at a public square. A police officer told Love Wins Ministries not to hand out breakfast biscuits Saturday morning. The group...
View ArticleRaleigh plans 'community discussion' after Moore Square food flap
RALEIGH — City leaders and charity groups are still unsure why police cracked down this weekend on groups offering free food in Moore Square. Theyre hoping for answers Wednesday, when City Council...
View ArticleBiscuits are back for the hungry at Raleigh’s Moore Square
RALEIGH — Bob Stillerman, associate pastor of Millbrook Baptist Church, knows that giving sausage-and-egg biscuits to 100 hungry people in a downtown Raleigh park is a short-term solution for a...
View ArticleRaleigh homeless feeding flap puts tiny Love Wins Ministries in national...
RALEIGH — In a small brick house a block off the Glenwood South nightlife district, the Rev. Hugh Hollowell presides over a hangout spot for downtown Raleigh’s down-and-out. In one sparsely furnished...
View ArticleRaleigh plans ‘community discussion’ after Moore Square food flap
RALEIGH — City leaders and charity groups are still unsure why police cracked down this weekend on groups offering free food in Moore Square. They’re hoping for answers Wednesday, when City Council...
View ArticleMayor pledges to 'find a solution' after police stop some charities feeding...
RALEIGH — The mayor and a city councilwoman pledged Sunday to find a solution after police barred charitable groups from feeding the homeless in downtown Raleighs Moore Square during the weekend. In...
View ArticleRaleigh mayor pledges to find solution after police stop charities from...
RALEIGH The mayor and a city councilwoman pledged Sunday to find a solution after police barred charitable groups from feeding the homeless in downtown Raleigh’s Moore Square during the weekend. In the...
View ArticleFeed the hungry, but follow the law
First, the one thing on which all can agree: Those who feed the hungry on weekends in Raleigh, when weekday soup kitchens such as the Shepherd’s Table and the Salvation Army do not provide meals, are...
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