Jess Luoma
- Jun 14, 2022
- 4 min
The Camping Custodian
by Jess Luoma When most people bring up "homeless people" to me as an advocate, typically I will hear some comment about the trash that...
Jess Luoma
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
How to Become an Advocate
by Jess Luoma In the sunny small town of Redding, California, hidden under creek bridges and oaky hillsides are nearly 1,000 homeless...
Jess Luoma
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
A Rising Tide of Volunteers
by Jess Luoma If the trajectory of the believer is heaven bound, then the life of every pain and every joy is bound for home. Home is the...
Rodney LaFrance
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
Neighborhood Resistance Softens at St. James Micro Shelter Open House
by Rodney LaFrance Every story has a beginning. This one goes back beyond any of our time and it is called “The Gift of Hospitality.”...
Jess Luoma
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
Pallet Shelters Arrive in Redding
by Jess Luoma Shasta Thrive joined the community effort to solve homelessness via micro shelter communities as we helped unload &...
Jess Luoma
- Feb 22, 2022
- 1 min
Story of Success: Michael Williamson
by Jessica Luoma After seven years of homelessness in Redding, Michael Williamson has shown all of us that there is always hope. Michael...