Homelessness can happen to anyone at anytime, according to Margaret Taylor, director of the YWCA Sojourner’s Shelter for Homeless Women and Families.

“There is really no way to predict it, and there is definitely no way to prepare,” Taylor said.

Through a grant received from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation last month, Taylor said Sojourner’s Shelter is much better equipped to deal with the needs of the community it serves, which embodies the mission of GKVF and its grant funds.

“The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation is definitely a community, and it believes in supporting the community, and these [grants] are some of the way it’s able to do that,” Taylor said. “They put the money toward some of the most vulnerable populations.”  Read more here.