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FAYETTEVILLE -- A homeless shelter is back open in Fayetteville after being closed for over seven months. Managers of The Hands That Help Center say luck got it reopened.
Center Manger Larry Williams is using his lottery winnings to keep the shelter open.
You can always find Richard Bradford at The Hands That Help Center off Murchison Road. When he’s there he likes to sit back, relax and have a cup of coffee.
"I live around the corner,” Bradford explained. “I come here all the time. I have friends and associates here."
The Hands That Help Center opened over three years ago. It offered two free meals daily for the needy. Bradford has frequented the center since it opened but had to stop back in December. That’s when financial problems forced the center to close. By closing, it left folks like Bradford with nowhere to go.
Center Manger Larry Williams said, “I thought we were so far behind in rent we couldn't catch up unless someone came through with a miracle and laid it on us."
The center got its miracle. Williams bought a scratch-off lottery ticket in South Carolina. As luck would have it, he won $1 million. He’s already bought a car and plans to buy a house with his winnings. He also used some of the winnings to reopen the center.
"Everyday we have to look and see how to keep this place open and that’s the main thing is to keep it open," Williams continued.
In the last year, a handful of homeless shelters in Fayetteville have been forced closed because of financial problems. Since the Hand That Help Center is back open,
Williams worries the center isn’t ready to absorb all the needs of the homeless for the entire city.
Williams has already renovated parts of the center, and is restocking the kitchen. He says he wants to make sure folks like Richard Bradford have a place to go that’s dependable for years to come.
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