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Homeless resource day

Published 04/05/08

When the doors opened at 9 a.m. last Saturday at Glen Burnie High School for Homeless Resource Day, the Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services hoped to meet a goal of helping 300 homeless people.

Photo by Colleen Dugan - The Capital
Homeless expecting mother of a baby boy Ashley-Lynn Allen and her three-year-old daughter Christiauna Alton take a moment of rest while filling out paperwork before volunteer guides show them around and help them with all of the resources they need.
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After a long and rewarding day, that goal was blown away with volunteers and county employees helping 410 people.

An individual volunteer guide was assigned to each family to provide the family members with all the care they needed for the day.

This is the first time Anne Arundel County has organized such an event to help the needy on such a large scale, officials said.

"Usually, when you're homeless, people...

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