FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — A shelter for homeless people in Fort Morgan is closing at the end of the year for lack of money.
The Fort Morgan Times reported Monday (http://tinyurl.com/lnc9owy ) Caring Ministries plans to shut down the shelter on Dec. 31 and put the building up for sale.
Executive Director Debora Beck-Massey says the organization’s food bank and other services will continue.
She says the organization was reluctant to close the shelter but donations became too scarce.
Beck-Massey says it costs at least $97,500 a year to run the shelter. It housed 28 families and 70 singles in 2013.
Caring Ministries’ food bank helped nearly 1,800 families and 900 singles last year.
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Information from: The Fort Morgan Times, http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/
