CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - C-U At Home is making sure friends without an address stay fresh and clean by helping them with their laundry.
C-U At Home announced a temporary pause on its shelter due to severe staffing shortages. However, the organization is still allowing friends to pick up mail in case of any important communications for those experiencing homelessness.
C-U At Home Executive Director Rob Dalhaus III knew there had to be a way to continue helping friends do their laundry - something those experiencing homelessness do at the C-U At Home shelter.
“Being able to put on a dry and clean shirt being able to put on a clean pair of socks and a clean pair of pants that that does something to an individual's spirit," Dalhaus said.
So, C-U At Home staff and volunteers are lining up the Champaign Maytag Coin Laundry, located on 519 N. Neil St., to ensure friends can still do their laundry.
“Just a couple blocks from our facility, and so we're going to be able to, to have staff or volunteer here 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and be able to provide quarters so that folks can can still get a load of laundry done," Dalhaus told WAND News.
Dalhaus said the shelter's temporary closure is leading officials to think outside the box as they continue to tackle their staffing obstacles.
“This is, this is a way for us to kind of expand our minds and expand, expand, kind of what we do or how we do things to fill the short-term gap," Dalhaus said. "We're excited to do it.”
C-U At Home has also set up a text-update system for friends without an address. Friends can text "CU70" To (844)-939-3727 to get the latest updates on the Phoenix shelter, upcoming important events and opportunities, and other critical and safety information.
“Many of our friends do have phones. And so, you know, updates, whether that's emergency warming or cooling hours or something like this, to be able to blast that out. That way they can have it that way as well.” Dalhaus said.
C-U At Home officials are working to get the shelter open again by June 14, but in the meantime, directors said they want to focus on maintaining relationships with their friends without an address.
“It's just really important right now," Dalhaus said.
He added the organization is making sure to stay connected with its friends.
"So much of what we do is based on relationships, so we want to make sure that we keep those up as best we can, even during this short pause," Dalhaus said.
For employment with C-U At Home, email Jobs@cuathome.us for information on open positions and any other questions.
The Link LonkMay 14, 2021 at 05:13AM
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