Peter Kaye speaks with Joyce Oreskovich, President of The Gathering Place in Brunswick, Maine, serving Mid-Coast communities by providing a welcoming daytime resource center for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty. Oreskovich discusses the programs offered, including meals, companionship, access to computers, and connections to housing and health resources. She also shares the organization’s mission to offer dignity and hope, along with future plans to expand services through a new facility called Russell’s Place. One powerful story highlights a former guest who moved from living in his car to securing housing with community support. (brunswickgatheringplace.org)
Original airdate: 7/19/2026
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