Roseville's Gathering Inn closes its doors
By: By Anne Stokes, special to the Press Tribune
Mike Page boards the Gathering Inn's bus taking him and fellow guests to the Hillcrest Alliance Church in Roseville for the night.
Jamie Holt-Spencer, who is expecting her second child in August, collects her possessions from the Gathering Inn in Roseville on Sunday, Holt-Spencer has made tentative plans for the next few months to stay in a local motel and churches in the hopes that the Gathering Inn will be able to reopen its doors soon.
Guests of the Gathering Inn clear out their possessions in the wake of the Roseville shelter's closure due to budget shortcomings.
Patty Baker, a former bus driver who lost her job and then her apartment in 2011, hangs out with fellow guests of the Gathering Inn while waiting for the bus to take them to Hillcrest Alliance Church in Roseville for the night.
Mike Page waits for the bus to take him, along with the other guests at the Gathering Inn, to Hillcrest Alliance Church in Roseville for the night. The shelter closed its doors Monday morning.
Guest Patty Baker contributes to the chores that keep the Gathering Inn shelter running, despite the shelter's closure on Monday morning. Baker, a former bus driver, lost her job in 2011 and is still struggling to get back onto her feet.
Guest Jody Stetson clears out her possessions on Sunday from the Gathering Inn's office in the wake of the Roseville shelter's closure.
Staff member Deborah Movell, a monitor with the Gathering Inn, helps organize the Roseville shelter's closure on Sunday, while still helping attend to guests' needs.
Guests Jamie Holt-Spencer, left, and Curtis Spencer help clear out The Gathering Inn in Roseville on Sunday after the shelter announced it would have to close it's doors due to a budget deficit.
The Gathering Inn, a haven for many of Roseville's homeless community, closed its shelter's doors Monday morning due to budget shortcomings. The nonprofit organization provides a myriad of services including health services, benefits assistance, job-placement guidance, housing and substance-abuse services. The organization needs to raise $150,000 to reopen.
Guest Jody Stetson cleared out her possessions Sunday in the wake of the shelter's closure.
"If it weren't for the Gathering Inn, I would have been out on the streets long ago," she said. "They've helped me immensely, as well as a lot of other people, and I owe them quite a bit."
To donate to the Gathering Inn, mail checks to The Gathering Inn, P.O. Box 297, Roseville, CA 95678. For more information, call (916) 791-9355 or visit www.thegatheringinn.com.
~ Anne Stokes