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With an estimated 3,400 people living on the street in 2022, on Give Miami Day Camillus House wants to inspire you to help us serve Miami-Dade’s homeless. Since the pandemic began, life became more difficult for many Miamians, especially for…

The Gonzalez family – Josue, Sandra, their 6-year-old, Dante; and their two dogs, Cleo and Nina – rented a small place in southwest Miami with Josue’s parents living on the other side of the duplex. But when the owners decided…

He was only six in 2007, but Lorenzo A. still remembers the nine-hour trip to Miami. He recalls piling into the car with his mother and three sisters and heading south. “My mom was trying to get away from my…

Lawrence is a 64-year-old who hails from Arkansas and is the youngest of three siblings. Raised in what he says is a “good family and someone who has always been surrounded by successful people,” tragedy struck Lawrence, a U.S. military…

11 years ago, Destiny, then a 20 year old and a Rhode Island native, moved to Miami with her mother and stepfather. Now 31 and thriving thanks to Project Phoenix, her life took a series of twists and turns before…

Phillip Smith (name changed for privacy) is a United States Navy veteran who learned through careful research about Camillus House while still thousands of miles away. He successfully executed his plan to move to Florida and stay at Camillus House…

Sharonda (name changed for privacy) moved into her college-style dormitory on Camillus House’s main campus in Miami's health district in late January 2021. She is 21 years old. At this tender age in the midst of the pandemic, her mother had…

Make the little girl you used to be proud of the woman you are now. It is not known who first said those words. But we do know who made them come true. Her name is Sarah Wallace. Raised by…

Anthony “Tony” Gutierrez is currently ‘stationed’ at Camillus House, eagerly awaiting his opportunity to be deployed to his own apartment, hopefully near the VA Hospital so he can easily get the care he needs. The seasoned vet, whose military service…

“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” Dr. Frank Pittman’s words embrace the journey of John Hugo. A single parent to his son Randy, their path to a better life meant he had to…