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Success Stories
- PNS helps put homeless mom and child back on their feet
When Brenda Carter came to PNS' Lowdon-Schutts women and children's building in 2006, her life was in ruins.
She and her 11-year-old son had been kicked out of her long-time boyfriend's home, and he had taken her car and money.
She and her son were homeless and she didn't think it could get worse - but it did.
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- Homeless mother of three finds home after staying at the Presbyterian Night Shelter
Karen didn't drink, didn't do drugs, and didn't even swear when she was angry.
Her road to homelessness wasn't paved with one bad decision after another - just plain bad luck and hard times.
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- From panhandler to PNS employee
Mary Jane lost her home, her job and her family to crystal methamphetamine.
Survival came down to holding a cardboard sign and begging for help at busy intersections.
On a good day, Mary Jane would make enough for her family of six to sleep safely at a motel instead of in the family's sedan on a deserted street.
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- PNS client finds hope through work program
Melissa has never had a home to call her own.
The 44-year-old has never had the chance - until now.
Melissa, who has been homeless on and off since she was a child, came to the Presbyterian Night Shelter about one year ago after being released from prison.
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- Home just in time
It wasn't drugs or alcohol that caused John to be homeless.
It was plain bad luck.
John, who has been homeless for three years, lost his job and his apartment after he was in a car accident, which caused damaged to his spine. The construction/warehouse worker found himself unable to do the strenuous manual labor that he was accustomed to.
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- Sisson, Secure in his Future
Danny Sisson makes his way across the 5-acre Presbyterian Night Shelter campus, proudly performing security checks at three buildings -
the main homeless shelter, the women and children's building and finally, Safe Haven, home to the mentally ill homeless.
Although this is a routine he has performed daily for almost two years, this last stop is a sentimental one.
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- Mr. Hale
James Hale had it all - or so he thought.
He and his wife shared a home in the outskirts of Fort Worth, raised two children and enjoyed four grandchildren.
But one day Hale found himself in unfamiliar territory.
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