Gary Allen is seen softly smiling, holding a cage with a single egg within. The egg is facing a door-less entry-way. The egg, once hatched, has every opportunity to leave, yet remains hesitant within the copper bounds of the…

“I was living with two family members and they got evicted,” Gabriel begins to tell me. We sat down at dawn at the Camillus main campus picnic tables by the elevated planter boxes adjoining the walking trail under a few…

For those of you who aren’t familiar, Give Miami Day is a 24-hour online giving challenge run by The Miami Foundation. This year, Give Miami Day falls on Thursday, November 21st. Want to help but don’t know how?? Below…

The giving has already commenced! What, you say? It’s not November 21st yet. Isn’t that the official Give Miami Day? Well, yes—and your gifts are eligible for bonuses and matches on Nov. 21st. But if the spirit moves you,…

Camillus House’s Project Phoenix earned The Miami Foundation’s approval for $70,000 from two State Attorney’s awards— Safer and Healthier Community and Denise Moon Memorial. Through Project Phoenix, Camillus helps victims of human trafficking—women surviving sexual exploitation—by offering housing and supportive…

Three things about Mr. Glenn tell me he’s an artist before he gets into his bona fides. Not unlike many of the luminaries in the book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, Mr. Glenn methodically awakens at the same early morning hour…

Camillus House has been awarded a generous $100,000 grant from Carnival Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Carnival Corporation, to support the ongoing operation of its Camillus Youth Housing Initiative (CYHI). Through the CYHI, Camillus addresses unaccompanied homeless youth, providing…

Nancy Avila and Guillermo Vilchas gesture excitedly, speaking rapidly in English and Spanish as they tell visitors about their recent decorating adventures… something neither would have dreamt about a year ago. Until recently, Nancy and Guillermo called the streets of…

Linda Collazo sits surrounded by her husband and three of her five children in her apartment. She remembers what life was like when the family had no place of their own – before she came to Brother Mathias Place,…

Geraldine and her team of committed volunteers work at Women’s Shower Program at Camillus House, starting her morning promptly at 6:00 am to prepare for the influx of homeless women soon to arrive. In operations now for the past fifteen…