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Walter Green is a current
resident of the Manna
Dream Center Shelter.
I
n the past, 62-year-old Walter
Green made his bed under
the Person Street bridge and
by a dumpster next to a Bragg
Boulevard pizzeria.
A native of Rome, New
York, Green is a former resident of
the now-defunct HOPE Center on
Person Street, which has since been
transformed into the Manna Dream
Center men's shelter.
"I think God wanted to teach me
how the other half lives," Green said.
e church and the city of
Fayetteville have a partnership in the
operation of the center as an overnight
shelter for men who need food,
laundry, hair and shower services. e
center has 10 bunk beds that sleep an
overall 20 guests.
It is the second center now operated
by Manna Church. e other is on Ray
Avenue.
e Person Street shelter is the latest
example of Manna's various outreach
programs and initiatives in the
community.
"Pretty much you name it, we've
probably helped with it," said Lauren
Fletcher, the 35-year-old executive
assistant to the lead and senior
pastors at Manna Church on
Cliffdale Road.
e church staff who run
the Dream Center on Person
feed the homeless and destitute
Monday through Friday from noon
to 1 p.m. Other services are available
to men and women during specified
hours.
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