Grand Opening of Third Thrift Store in Lake Park

| By Meredith Fontenot
Categories: In the News
Grand Opening of The Lord’s Place Thrift Store in Lake Park Makes This Store Number Three for the Agency By Jodie Wagner Palm Beach Post Staff Writer LAKE PARK – A former Earl Stewart Toyota sales office has been transformed into a thrift store operated by one of the leading providers of homeless services in …

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Helping Helen

| By Meredith Fontenot
Categories: In the News
“I never knew that I could have a major impact on someone’s life, and this makes me feel complete inside,” says Tarcel, an Outreach Peer Specialist at The Lord’s Place. This is how she knows. A woman named Helen was living in the home she owned when a couple she did not previously know befriended …

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2019 SleepOut – Awareness and Money Raised

| By Meredith Fontenot
Categories: In the News

Over 600 people were in attendance. According The Lord’s Place representatives: “Donations from teams, individuals and sponsors raised $314,000, which was matched by The Honorable Ann Brown.” The Palm Beach County nonprofit, known for providing services to homeless men, women, children, also received an additional $75,000 from another donor for a total of A total …

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SleepOut’s Honorary Family – The Van Arnam’s

| By Meredith Fontenot
Categories: In the News
The Lord’s Place announces the Van Arnam Family as the SleepOut 2019 Honorary Family. The first time that Bibi and Jon Van Arnam and daughter Alexandra participated in The Lord’s Place SleepOut together was as a “family date” in 2012. That’s appropriate since the theme of this year’s SleepOut is family – in all of …

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