An Open Letter from the Clients At The Living Room

To whom it may concern;

On Tuesday May 18^th 2010 at The Living Room, a Project of West Care, an announcement was made by Toni Harrison, Program Coordinator. All clients that were present were informed that on Wednesday June 30^th 2010, the doors of The Living Room will be closing for good.

This came as a shock to many of us that look to The Living Room for services not provided anywhere else within

Fresno
County. We look forward to eating a warm meal twice a week. We look forward to having breakfast every morning, to seeing warm smiling faces of people who care and who are there for us on a daily basis. Some of us will no longer have case management services; help with housing, benefits, linkage to medical care and substance abuse. We will no longer have food pantry twice a month. This may not seem like much to those that have a steady income but, to those of us that are on a fixed income and can barely make it these services mean the world to us and keep us going on a daily basis.

We are asking help to keep the doors open to The Living Room. A fair review of contracts that affect our future. We would be more than happy to help out in anyway possible.  This would also include volunteering as we do already. All we ask is that you please reconsider and know that this decision is affecting hundreds in our local community.

Sincerely,

The Clients of the Living Room a Project of West Care