Community Impact
Community Sharing Fund: Donald
Donald was a homeless man diagnosed with terminal cancer. He had gone from living outside to recently living in a car. Though approved to enter hospice care at Our Lady of Good Council, a bed was not currently available.
The providers at Joseph's Coat became aware of Donald's situation and determined that he was too sick to live in his car during the hot and rainy month of September 2005. Liz, the Joseph's Coat social worker helping Donald, applied for a grant from the Community Sharing Fund to provide temporary housing in a room at the Crosby Lake Inn until a hospice bed became available.
A grant for $230 was approved and Donald was able to move into a room, where he died with dignity and respect a few days later.