Thursday, March 22, 2012
Managing the Lifebridge Thrift Store to Help the Homeless
Ann Richardson has managed the Lifebridge Thrift Store for six years. In that time she’s worked with volunteers tirelessly to improve the lives of the homeless. Richardson is one of only two paid employees at the store, along with Patrice Khouri. She relies on people like her sister Kathleen McMath, Judy Dolan and Elena Lazzaro to accomplish the many tasks required to run the operation. The store, which is moving to 47 Canal Street, will re-open April 2. Richardson said that the store is a fixture of Salem. “We are very Salem community-based because we serve the people of Salem,” she said. “The store is a great asset. One hundred per cent of the proceeds go toward helping Lifebridge homeless.” Lifebridge is a Salem-based shelter …
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Gateways of Peace
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The building was sold by Salem Mission Inc. to the Gateways of Peace to the Nations Apostolic Ministries on Wednesday.
Lifebridge has sold St. Mary's Church, which currently houses the shelter thrift shop. The building was sold by Salem Mission Inc. to Gateways of Peace to the Nations Apostolic Ministries on Wed., Feb. 29, according to the South Essex District Registry of Deeds. The building has been the center of controversy for nearly a decade. The Archdiocese of Boston closed the parish in 2003, according to Historic Salem Inc. "In 2005, the Salem Mission bought the closed St. Mary’s Italian Church on Margin Street from the Archdiocese of Boston," according to Salem Patch historian Jerome Curley. A page on the church from Historic Salem Inc. indicates "the owner of the church complex tried in 2009 to convert the church into housing units. The effort was…
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Andrew Oliver concludes nine years of dedicated service at Lifebridge; Lynda Fairbanks-Atkins to lead as new president
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
The following press release is courtesy of Lifebridge. At the Nov. 16, 2011 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, Lynda Fairbanks-Atkins was announced as the newly appointed President of Lifebridge in Salem, as Andrew Oliver concludes nine years of dedicated service to the organization. A resident of Marblehead, Oliver has overseen significant advancements at Lifebridge during his tenure by forming a Long Range Planning Committee; supervising the purchase of the former St. Mary’s Church buildings on Margin Street; a name change from The Salem Mission to Lifebridge; and most recently the initiation of formal college courses for Lifebridge residents in partnership with Salem State University. With a declared goal of ending homelessness …
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Lifebridge
56 Margin St, Salem, MA
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Endicott Street neighbors win battle to keep former Salem Mission from adding 22 residences to its campus.
The proposal by Lifebridge, the former Salem Mission, to add 22 residences for once homeless people to its campus at 56 Margin St. died Wednesday night without winning a single vote from the Zoning Board of Appeals. The board opposed the Lifebridge plan on two primary issues – the lack of additional parking and the failure of Lifebridge officials to meet with the neighbors to try to work out their differences. The vote was no surprise to Lifebridge. Its attorney George Atkins said, “The handwriting was on the wall.” It took just one vote against the proposal to kill it because there were only four members of the ZBA present for last night's public hearing. Former vice chair Elizabeth Debski resigned earlier from the board, which left the …
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Lifebridge
56 Margin St, Salem, MA
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
A Zoning Board of Appeals meeting addressing the addition of apartments at Lifebridge is scheduled for this evening at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Annex.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The following letter was submitted to Salem Patch by the Great Endicott Neighborhood Association. This letter was sent to the Zoning Board of Appeals. For more information on this evening's meeting, you can find the agenda here.
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Lifebridge
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john
8:57 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
I wonder if the people hanging around the shelter will be a problem for Gateway? more ›