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Wilson opens new homeless shelter, food pantry
A Wilson nonprofit opened a new 6,000-square-foot homeless shelter, called the Hope Station, Friday.
Posted — UpdatedWILSON, N.C. — A Wilson nonprofit opened a new 6,000-square-foot homeless shelter Friday.
Called the Hope Station, the nonprofit facility will serve also serve as a food pantry and distribution site for clothing and medicine.
A $500,000 grant from the State Housing Finance Agency helped pay for the project. Public donations of $167,000 were also collected in less than three months.
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