About the IRC
The Greensboro Interactive Resource Center assists people who are homeless, recently homeless or facing homelessness reconnect with their lives and the community at large. We offer showers, laundry facilities, computers, phone, resume writing and much more.Categories
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- Thanks to @digtriad for their story on us: digtriad.com/news/local/art… - Donate today! gsodaycenter.org #greensboro #homelessness 1 month ago
- "We all have a duty to help the homeless" - Robert Goldberg writes in todays @NewsandRecord: news-record.com/content/2012/0… #greensboro #IRC #homeless 3 months ago
- The IRC s glad to be part of the ongoing investment in #Greensboro's downtown! news-record.com/content/2011/0… 7 months ago
- Renovated Center May Help Up To 200 #Homeless Each Day in Guilford Co. myfox8.com/news/wghp-stor… #greensboro #IRC 1 year ago
- Some photos from the first day of our move downtown: facebook.com/media/set/fbx/… #greensboro #irc 1 year ago
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Oops!
Nothing is ever quite as easy as it’s supposed to be. Somewhere in the process of sending out our year-end mailing some names and addresses got scrambled. If you received a letter from the IRC addressed to someone else our … Continue reading
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Honor cards are here!
Many thanks to our friends at Westminster Presbyterian who designed and printed our first-ever honor card! The handsome cards are available for a donation of $5.00 or more; you can purchase IRC honor cards at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church … Continue reading
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Cove Creek Gardens’ growing season with the IRC
As November ends we also come to the end of a wonderful warm-weather collaboration with Cove Creek Gardens. Every Thursday morning interns from the IRC have been taking the #15 bus up to the beautiful conservation and teaching garden where … Continue reading
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Now we can offer a warm welcome every day of the week!
Our new seven-day winter schedule begins this Saturday, December 3 with weekend open hours from 10:00 to 2:00 on Saturdays and Sundays. Over the course of the winter people can come in out of the cold to rest, shower, see … Continue reading
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First panels of the IRC sculpture project on display
Want to be part of the Interactive Resource Center forever? For $100 you can sponsor (and even help create!) one of 80 panels in the major IRC sculpture entitled “What Money Can’t Buy”. Panel sponsorships make great gifts or commemorations–you, … Continue reading
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It’s tough out there
Last night I ate dinner with Food Not Bombs out in the parking lot of the IRC under a bright three-quarters moon. Someone brought out the piano from our warehouse and George Achini, a great musician and one of our … Continue reading
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IRC participants land 21 jobs and 19 homes in September
Not all of our successes can be measured in numbers, but numbers are important too. Every one of these numbers represents an individual human story and a life changed. Here are the IRC statistics for September 2011:
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Greensboro vending codes stand in way of street newspaper
In order to be considered an official street newspaper, The Greensboro Voice has to be vendor certified. However, Greensboro’s vending codes are not making this an easy process. The Greensboro Voice is looking into hiring a Pro Bono lawyer to … Continue reading
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