Life & Home Management Educational Workshop

Our emphasis is on "guiding" families through their housing emergency needs and concerns. 

The Life and Home Management Course is designed to teach the participants how to better manage their lives to prevent potential eviction and homelessness.  Instead of teaching them how to survive after emergencies, we teach them how to prepare for and manage to prevent them.

Life and Home Management Courses are scheduled at regular intervals. For more information contact:

  • Toledo Area:  Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 419-244-6711, ext. 424

  • Norwalk Area:  Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 419-668-3073

  • Mansfield Area:  Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 419-524-0733

 

 
  		 

Stories of Hope

Community Supports Miriam House

Norwalk angels do ‘something good’ for Charities’ Miriam House families. 

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It’s hard to get the whole story because Katie Barnes is so modest, so unassuming, about the good work she does.

“I don’t do anything so special,” she says, “There are a lot of other people – a lot of other people – who help. There are a lot of generous people here in Norwalk.”

There’s no doubt about that.

“We’ve kind of adopted Miriam House,” Barnes says, speaking of the Catholic Charities shelter for mothers and children located in Norwalk. “It was back around Thanksgiving of 2009 that we really started getting involved.”

With Katie Barnes, it’s always “we,” never “I.”

“It humbles you to be helping those people at Miriam House. You find out they’re not as different as you thought; they’re just like the rest of us.

“You never know about life. Any one of us could be living there tomorrow.”

If we are, it will be good to know we have friends like Katie Barnes and the rest of the Norwalk angels to help us.