Feed-the-homeless hero, Austin Perine and Church's Chicken teamed up to bring/serve 250 meals to homeless individuals served by Camillus House. This thoughtful little boy first caught the attention of the media in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, when he started…
Continue reading →After more than eight years of living on the streets of Miami, Olga Salfran is grateful to Camillus House's Lazarus Project for helping her break the cycle of homelessness. Recently, she was visited by representatives of the Telemundo Network at…
Continue reading →The hotline at Camillus House has been operating for more than a decade, but numbers show there has been an overall increase in calls from people who are either about to become or are at imminent risk of being homeless.…
Continue reading →Mary Jane Janelle was a “free bird” as she describes herself in her youthful years, growing up in a Catholic household with her mom and dad. “I was daddy’s little girl!” she says as her smile widens and her eyes…
Continue reading →Sitting in the spotless living room of Carmen Ibanez, one will hear cries of “Mama, Mama” emanating frequently from one of the bedrooms in the 3-bedroom apartment that is part of the Camillus House Mother Seton housing facility in Homestead.…
Continue reading →Jairo Rodriguez’s voice is calm, his handshake firm and his views on life are uplifting even though his life has not been easy. Jairo, who is 18, left Cuba for the United States with his mom and dad five years…
Continue reading →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AsOZktVhRY&feature=youtu.be Rose Anderson, MSN, ARNP, a long-time nurse practitioner with Camillus House and Camillus Health, was recently honored for her achievements at the 21st Annual Health Care Heroes awards. The awards, which are presented by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce,…
Continue reading →Camillus House celebrated its 8th Annual “The Auction” Spring Fundraising event at the Coral Cables Country Club, on Saturday, April 28th, 2018. The sold-out event raised a record-breaking $1.15 million to improve the lives of individuals and families who are poor…
Continue reading →We’ve seen them on the street walking with their trusted canine companions by their side. Or sitting side by side in a recessed doorway, out of the elements, sharing whatever food they could find. In the lonely, stigmatized world of…
Continue reading →“When I was a baby, my mother sold me for $500.” Velicia Bryant’s words are so unsettling as to seem unreal. But that’s the vile reality of human trafficking. Velicia’s story is one of the many variations of this horrific…
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