After reading a few non-favorable reviews, I decided to physically drive to this place to check it out before I invested a lot if time, money & energy to volunteer & help others. I was less than pleased to see the conditions of this place. I realize it's a charity & not a fancy hotel, but seriously?? It looked more like a garbage dump. I walked around outside looking for someone to talk to & it was eerily silent.
The store was closed in the middle of the afternoon & 2 people came buy needing things. They had a sign up for items for sale, I thought it was a charity for people who don't have money? If you SELL items to those w/out, just have a flea market or a garage sale! The whole place made my skin crawl. Those who stay here or have to get help could use a more up beat atmosphere not the doom & gloom I felt in just being there for 10 mins.
I can appreciate this place is trying to help people, but I couldn't help but get the feeling that it just felt depressing. And those who have been in the program and lived there would know best what things are like behind closed doors. I personally red those reviews as red flags. I know some people can be disgruntled but, we also haven't live in their shoes.
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