MEDFORD, Ore. — A new year-round shelter for the homeless is set to open in Downtown Medford on Thursday. Medford’s non-profits, ACCESS, and Rogue Retreat teamed up to help tackle homelessness by opening the new facility. The new Kelly Shelter ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A well known Medford non-profit is searching for answers after an attic fire damaged one of its buildings Sunday. Burnt wood and shattered glass remain on the grounds of the Addictions Recovery Center in Medford. Employees told ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Rogue Retreat’s Hope Village community is now equipped with 15 new solar panels all thanks to local volunteers and donations by the Medford Rogue Rotary Club. “It was perfect for what the village was needing,” Matt Vorderstrasse, Rogue Retreat ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A Medford non-profit received some new wheels this week to help better serve those in need. Rogue Retreat was given 2 busses by RVTD. The busses will be used for multiple programs but mostly to help Rogue ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Downtown Medford is a lot cleaner after a local non-profit and the city of Medford teamed up one year ago this week. The Clean Sweep program which started in September of 2018, is a partnership between the ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Dagoba Organic Chocolate and non-profit Rogue Retreat partnered up on Wednesday to assemble 100 survival kit backpacks for those in need. With the help of a $5,000 grant from The Hershey Company, Rogue Retreat purchased items like toiletries, ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — In 2018 more than 700 people experienced homelessness in Jackson County. 1 in 3 were considered chronically homeless and that number was expected to increase this year. “It has decreased to 1 in 4,” said Constance Wilkerson, ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Homelessness is a serious issue in southern Oregon, but there are services and ways to escape it. NBC5’s Blakely McHugh met a woman who escaped an abusive marriage and came down to Medford with her two ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — NBC5 News first told you about Rogue Retreat and Access teaming up to create a “year-round” shelter for the homeless last month. Tuesday, they say plans are still in the works despite drawing some criticism from the community. ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Two of the biggest organizations in the Rogue Valley that help those struggling with homelessness are working together to create the first low barrier year-round shelter in Jackson County. Low barrier means that anyone can stay in ...