GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Green Bay homeless shelter will begin its transition into an independent nonprofit.
Starting July 1, 2019, St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter, Inc. will no longer operate as a corporation of the Diocese of Green Bay.
According to the shelter’s website, it began its partnership with the Diocese of Green Bay in 2005 when Father Guy Blair offered the gymnasium of the former St. John the Evangelist School for a temporary homeless shelter.
In its early days, many of the services the shelter could not afford were provided by the diocese at little or no cost.
To maintain a partnership between the shelter and the diocese, Bishop David Ricken will appoint a diocesan representative to the St. John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter, Inc. board of directors.
