Social Media Marvel
Inspired from a post by Neighborhood Alliance on
Facebook, Shana Walker collected over 150 costumes
for children in need. The Neighborhood Alliance Haven
Center Homeless Shelter in Lorain currently houses 55
residents in our 68 bed shelter. Thirty-two of those
residents are children. Most of them are under the age
of 14. Shana who is the mother of an ADORABLE little
toddler herself, understood the struggle of buying
Halloween costumes for her own child. So she
organized a Halloween Costume collection for these
shelter families to provide a semi-normal Halloween
for their children.
This story has been covered by our local Chronicle
Telegram and even Fox 8 News. This coverage not
only showed the marvelous collection by Shana but
also inspired others to do something special. Someone
purchased and had pizzas and brownies delivered from
Marco’s on North Ridge Road, Lorain (Marco’s even gave
the buyer a great discount because of this inspiring
story).
After the children picked out costumes and ate their
pizza they enjoyed more fun fall family activities in the
Haven Center dining hall.