Murfreesboro, TN - Blackman High School's Blaze Library will host a fundraiser for the Murfreesboro Rescue Mission in the coming weeks, aiming to support the organization's efforts to purchase land for a new homeless shelter. Brian Seadorf, the school's library media specialist, initiated the school's poetry club earlier this year and is spearheading the event.
Seadorf, who has a personal connection with Ed Grimes, the founder and executive director of the Murfreesboro Rescue Mission, h .
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The numbers of those who are homeless is growing in Murfreesboro, along with the age of those who are homeless Feb 12, 2021 at 11:45 am by WGNS
Homelessness continues to plague the streets of Rutherford County and the numbers of those who lack a place to call home are getting older. Ed Grimes with the Murfreesboro Rescue Mission told WGNS NEWS…
U.S. Census numbers for Rutherford County show that 10.8% of our residents are 65-years of age or older. That causes concern for non-profits that work to help those who face homelessness because increased age equals increased needs for medical care.
Grimes commented that Murfreesboro has yet to see their homeless population sore to the heights of skid row, but that could change…