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Tag Archives: Circles of Support

Circles of Support invites you to join a mentoring team.

Circles of Support Mentor Teams are teams of five people who come together to offer friendship and support to our neighbors who live in permanent supportive housing (PSH). The Circles of Support program is administered by the Compassion Coalition.
Small teams of mentors are invited from congregations throughout Knox County to participate. The program’s [...]

Circles of Support nears its first birthday

Today’s Sentinel carries Brandon Lowe’s article about Circles of Support, the Compassion Coalition’s faith-based mentoring program for the previously chronically homeless.
Lowe’s piece is focused on Marjorie Lopes, a woman who used to be chronically homeless and who now resides at Guy B. Love Towers, a KCDC property that houses several people who have left chronic [...]