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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 20 > Reaching out with helping hands

Reaching out with helping hands

Shifting its focus from just the homeless to include other at-risk people, the Saturday event in Redmond provided 2,200 attendees with hot meals, haircuts, medical help and more

By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
September 20, 2009

REDMOND " Joe Ellis woke up in a tent east of Redmond on Saturday morning and walked about seven miles to the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, trekking to Project Connect in search of anything that might help him close the door on two years of homelessness.

Ellis, a 50-year-old....

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