On August 8, our design team was on hand to celebrate the opening of the Open Door Mission’s newest transitional housing facility. The celebration marked a new beginning for many homeless mothers and their children in Gates. Located at the former Holy Ghost Church convent on Coldwater Road in Gates, NY, the goal of the new facility is to provide transitional housing and support for six to eight homeless mothers and their children.
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local leaders attended the grand opening, all of them speaking on the benefits this will have on families facing hardship. Open Door Mission Executive Director Anna Valeria-Iseman says, “The services provided here will really focus on strengths so that every family comes in and quickly identifies with their strengths, their potential.”