Nonprofit takes wheel of RV donations to homeless

www.vcreporter.com - A nonprofit organization motivated to empower the homeless through artistic self expression is now launching a new program aimed at providing those without a roof over their heads with a set of wheels in the meantime.

The Ojai-based Hearts of Fire project will award, this Saturday, a donated motor home to a local homeless woman and her son, in the first step that it hopes will further bridge the gap between those on the street and those with homes, in Ventura County.

At a public ceremony, which will take place at 1 p.m., Jan. 30, in front of Regalo Virgin Olive Oil Inc., on Carne Road in Ojai, Maria Pollack and her 11-year-old son will be the first recipients of an RV through the inaugural Motor Home Housing Program.

The initiative, according to Hearts of Fire Executive Director Bob Ballard, is aimed at giving the recently homeless, who are trying to bounce back into self-sustainability, both the chance for a place to live and a means of transportation.
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(via RV Daily Report)