Dr. Chris Townsend always had a heart for helping people in difficult situations. He initially pursued a career in law enforcement, but soon found his calling lay elsewhere.
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Seven years ago, Cinnamon and her precious babies were unlawfully evicted from their apartment in the dead of winter. Cinnamon will never forget that gut- wrenching feeling that she somehow let her children down.
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“Their focus here isn’t just getting you out of the shelter. It is giving you the discipline to get you on your feet. Even if you don’t always want it.
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Demarcus was doing all the “right” things before he came to Carriage Town Ministries. He had a job. He was going to church. He was paying his rent. But his landlord wasn’t paying taxes on the house Demarcus lived in. One day, Demarcus came back home to a 14-day eviction notice.
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Just two years after Carriage Town Ministries opened in 1950, Ondron was born here in Flint. He remembers his time at Flint Northwestern High School before he decided to serve honorably in the Navy. After being discharged, Ondron came back to Michigan, but his health was in decline. Suffering from kidney failure, Ondron was put on dialysis to keep his body in balance. The physical pain led to emotional and spiritual pain, too.
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When Carriage Town Ministries began 70 years ago, our guests were primarily men who had fallen on hard times and needed emergency support to get back on their feet. As the needs of our community have changed, Carriage Town Ministries has adjusted to meet those needs. Among them is the growing number of women and children who find themselves homeless or seeking stability in their lives.
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