We at the Wilderness Heals blog have some sad news. Last Tuesday, a two-alarm fire consumed the top floor of a triple-decker home belonging to the Elizabeth Stone House. Located in Jamaica Plain, the building housed both the Stone House's battered women’s program and its mental health program. The fire forced the secret shelter to close, leaving seven women and their six children homeless. For the time being, residents have sought refuge in undisclosed emergency shelters throughout the area.
All residents and staff members were evacuated safely, but the building is uninhabitable. The seven staff members who worked there have been moved to the transitional housing facility in Roxbury. At this point, no decisions have been made as to whether the Stone House will choose to rebuild or move to a different location. Obviously, confidentiality is a major concern.
For additional details about the fire, read the Boston Globe story here.
Hikers who wish to help out the residents and Stone House staff may send donations directly to the Elizabeth Stone House at P.O. Box 300039, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 02130. Online donations may be made at Network for Good. For more information, call Danielle Piscatelli at 617-427-9801, ext. 415, or e-mail her at dpiscatelli@elizabethstone.org.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
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I was once a resident at the esh private and transitional housing program. These programs are great and really need to be continued. This helped out me and my family tramendiously after our domestic violence issue. There are more people in this workd who are going to need the support of the esh to make it though to tomorrow.
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