{"id":510,"date":"2018-10-29T22:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T22:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crisisassistance.rabellcreative.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:56:31","slug":"friends-find-each-other-and-a-home-with-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crisisassistance.org\/2018\/10\/29\/friends-find-each-other-and-a-home-with-your-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends Find Each Other, and a Home, with Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Between the two of them, Michael and Ronnie have survived two heart attacks, a near fatal infection, P.T.S.D., and a stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all that, the two friends who met at the Men\u2019s Shelter of Charlotte are ready to settle into \u201ceveryday life,\u201d as Ronnie puts it, after working together for over a year to meet goals and achieve housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael and Ronnie, who met at the Men\u2019s Shelter of Charlotte, have overcome homelessness and chronic health issues to achieve housing with your help.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce we realized we could help each other, I knew that we could be a success story,\u201d says Ronnie of their teaming up to create a fresh start for themselves. \u201cBut every time we got close, one of us would get sick.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, things came together through the community\u2019s Housing First initiative and your support of Crisis Assistance Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n