Count to End Homelessness
Greater Bridgeport Area Continuum of Care

CT Counts! The enthusiastic volunteer check-in team at the January 30, 2007 Point in Time Survey of the Homeless. From the staff of Catholic Charities Housing Division are Leticia Brown-Gambino, Rosaline McCollough, David Byron, and team leader Cheryl Bell.

Founders of the annual "Walk to End Homelessness" Carmen Colon of Alpha
Community Services/CCCYMCA and Andres Ayala, State Legislator and Bridgeport City Council President, prepare to help with the survey.

Go Team! Sacred Heart University students Jenna Siegel and Melissa Doelger, Joanne Omisore of St. Vincent's Special Needs Services, SHU student Megan Dutcher, (back row) Fairfield resident Jill Stetson and SHU student Alexandra Roper plan their route for the evening.

Volunteers from Hallbrooke Residential Services Barbara Hamilton, Darren Ellison, Bill Bruppenbacher and Britt Bisson.

Their flashlights are ready! Volunteers Sister Joann Apicelli and Stacey Ann Morgan of St. Vincent's Medical Center, Operation Hope intern Nina Engstrom, Lori Broadbent of St. Vincent's and Natalie Morgan of ABCD, Inc. are ready to hit the road.

Community volunteers John Warga, David Vosburg of the Diocese of Bridgeport,
Kathy Bradford and Margaret Peabody of the Regional Network of Programs and community volunteer Bill Forgarty prepare their route.

It's all about the map. Elizabeth Gonzalez and Maxine Boykin of Homes for the Brave display the map of the Hollow section of Bridgeport where they would be surveying. Carla and Richard Weston of the Salvation Army traveled with the Salvation Army canteen truck over the entire greater Bridgeport region providing hot beverages for the volunteers.

Volunteers Stanley Belton of Prospect House, Duncan Yetman of Town of Stratford and Melissa Gutierrez of Alpha Community Services prepare their course.

CT Counts! Trumbull First Selectman Ray Baldwin, Ken Hanson representing Fairfield First Selectman Kenneth Flatto, Continuum of Care Co-chair Bill Hoey of the Catholic Center and Bridgeport Mayor John Fabrizi proudly display the "CT Counts" identification buttons worn by all volunteers on January 30.