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Homeless Hookup CLE: ‘I found my purpose’
Spectrum News 1 – One Ohio man has made it his mission to help every homeless person possible in an effort to turn his own family legacy around after being homeless himself.
“He’s My Angel”: Veteran Finds Shelter for a Woman & Her Dog
Spectrum News 1 – Life has not always been easy for Dean Roff, and he hasn’t always had a place to call home.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh come together to help the homeless
Channel 5 – The Blue Kangaroo, a children’s resale shop in Pennsylvania, is helping the homeless in Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Homeless Hookup CLE, created by a Navy veteran, helps those less fortunate by providing haircuts, meals and outfits
Channel 5 – Dean Roff spent part of the Memorial Day holiday at Cleveland’s Public Square. He was working to make a difference. Roff passed out toiletry bags filled with the necessities that the homeless need.
Hot days create dangerous situations for unhoused population in Cleveland
Channel 5 – With summer temperatures setting in, advocates checked on the homeless population.
Cleveland-area organization spreads the love city-wide through homeless outreach campaign
Channel 5 – A Cleveland-area nonprofit dedicated to helping the homeless took its mission to a new level in the month of February through its ‘Date Night with the Homeless’ campaign.
Cleveland man on a mission to hand out survival packets to help city’s homeless in cold weather
Channel 5 – Dean Roff, of Homeless Hookup CLE, is teaming up with Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church to hand out survival packets to people without shelter as freezing temperatures arrive in Cleveland this week.
Nonprofit Homeless Hookup CLE continues homeless outreach with determination, ingenuity
Channel 5 – When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, the homeless living on the city’s fringes are especially at risk. With determination and ingenuity, however, a local nonprofit advocacy group is ensuring the city’s homeless population isn’t forgotten.
As frigid temperatures move in, one veteran’s mission is to help homeless
Channel 5 – A veteran who founded a non-profit dedicated to providing assistance to the homeless says he is devoted to helping those without a place to call home in Northeast Ohio because he has walked in their shoes.
Homeless Hookup delivering food and other essentials to those on Cleveland’s fringes
Channel 5 – When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, the homeless living on Cleveland’s fringes are especially at risk.
Homeless Hookup CLE hands out Thanksgiving dinners and clothes downtown
Channel 5 – With Thanksgiving just one day away and more cold temperatures on the way, nonprofits continue to get out into the community to help make sure everyone is taken care of this holiday season.
Can You Feel The LOVE In Lakewood? I Can!
Lakewood Observer – “These people were, no, are amazing,” said an excited Dean. “This is unreal, it has been less than two months, and now Homeless Hook Up can make a much larger impact than ever before.”
Entrepreneur turns to philanthropy to hookup the homeless
Channel 19 – A local man is helping to make a difference in the lives of our homeless right here in Cleveland.
Hand washing stations for the homeless appear in Cleveland to curb COVID-19
Channel 19 – Thrive Peer Support, a provider of one on one peer counseling for substance use recovery and mental health diagnosis treatment, is setting up hand washing stations around the city in strategic spots.
Local homeless advocacy group have new RV to help those in need
Channel 3 – A new RV for Homeless Hook up CLE is going to make a difference starting next month. January Keaton has the details.
Feeding Cleveland’s community during Thanksgiving
Channel 3 – Local organizations and churches are giving away meals and turkeys, making sure no one goes hungry during the holidays.
Dean Roff – Helping The Homeless Members of Our Community
Channel 3 – Alexa talks with Dean Roff about the program he started Homeless Hookup, Cle. Getting clothing, food, and hygiene products to those that are struggling.
Independence Ramada to soon stop housing homeless, due to Ohio law
Channel 3 – Independence mayor Gregory Kurtz gave the county until mid-July to make other plans for the 150 homeless men living at the Rockside Road hotel.
Is Narcan distribution helping or hurting homeless opioid addicts in Greater Cleveland?
Channel 3 – With fentanyl overdose deaths on the rise, a local homeless advocacy group is trying to save lives by handing out Narcan, but is it working?
Local homeless advocacy group receives new RV as gift
Channel 3 – A new Fourwinds Hurricane RV was donated to Homeless Hookup.
Homeless Hookup: Lending a hand to those less fortunate
Channel 3 – One man is helping the homeless every day by collecting donations for them via social media and personally handing them out day and night.
In Cleveland’s Fight to Address Growing Homeless Population, Outreach Workers Play a Frontline Role
Scene – There remains a clear need for more connections between those on the streets and services, housing