News & Information
Check out the latest news and developments of the Compassion Center here. You can also read up on the facts about homelessness to take action with others to help eliminate it. It takes an engaged, empowered, and willful community to resolve homelessness together. You can start here.
Compassion Center Board Member & Housing Attorney, Tristia Bauman, Warns about Legal Liabilities of Gilroy’s Camping Ban
Despite Tristia’s impassioned plea, and those of many others, Gilroy City Council approved the ban opening the doorway to costly lawsuits, safety impacts of the unhoused, and makes it even harder for unhoused clients to access housing.
South County Compassion Center Paves Pathways into Housing (from Morgan Hill Life 3/22/23)
Homelessness destroys lives, drains resources, and dissolves hope for those crippled by it.
For those experiencing homelessness in South County — estimated to be about 900 …
Doctor Explains Why Homeless Deaths Are On the Rise
This video interview profiling a street medic’s approach to providing care to LA’s unhoused, and his emphasis on gaining a client’s trust as the key to successful outcomes mirrors our own approach. He also provides insight into the truth behind the commonly held misconceptions of those struggling with homelessness.
SHOWERS TWICE-A-WEEK!!
Starting Monday (10/3/22)
September 30, 2022 — Gilroy, CA — All local unhoused can join our staff and volunteers to receive a shower each Monday and Wednesday between 8:30am-11am at The Salvation Army Gilroy—200 5th Street, Gilroy.
Stay for a warm meal at noon courtesy of The Salvation Army Gilroy. Please Join us.
Summer 2022 Newsletter: Summer's ending,
but the job just begins!
August 1 — Gilroy, CA — Last year saw us deliver more services to more people than ever during our 12-year history. Now, we’re primed to do even more for our most vulnerable throughout the 2022-23 year, thanks to your support!
Compassion Center Goes Mobile; Bringing Services to the Unsheltered
July 7, 2021 — Gilroy, CA — Beginning Aug. 1, the center will shift its service delivery to a mobile system in order to fulfill the basic needs of more unsheltered South County residents. Our hope is by bringing our services directly to our clients, we’ll be able to reach all our unsheltered residents through a more equitable and accessible delivery system.
5 Things People Get Wrong About Homelessness
Homelessness affects hundreds of thousands of Americans on any given day, and yet many people still perpetuate wrong and at times harmful stereotypes about those struggling to access housing.
Compassion Center’s Mike Beasley Receives Gavilan College’s 2020 Individual Community Spirit Award
November 6, 2020 — Gilroy, CA — Gavilan College Board of Trustees has announced that the Morgan Hill individual winner of the Community Spirit Awards for 2020 is Mike Beasley, Chairman of the Board of Gilroy Compassion Center.
Kindness in times of trouble: Gilroy Compassion Center offers life’s necessities to homeless people
December 11, 2020 — Gilroy, CA — We often hear that many homeless people were just like the rest of us until they could no longer get by and wound up on the streets. Juliana Padilla, who runs the front desk at the Gilroy Compassion Center, knows the truth of that better than most. “My biological father is homeless,” Padilla says. “I always think of places like this and people like my dad visiting them.”
An Open Letter From A Homeless Woman In LA
February 10,2019 — Los Angeles, CA —Keanakay Scott cried when she read a story about a public meeting over a proposed emergency shelter and permanent housing for the homeless. One of the local homeowners who attended the meeting later told LAist that he thought authorities should build a "reservation" for homeless people "somewhere out in the desert." Scott has been homeless for a decade. She said the story "broke" her.
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