Welcome Ri’

Ri’ Witer, Bob Wehrly and Scott Metzel during street outreach - June 2022.

Ri' Witer joined Bob and Scott as part of HOPES' street outreach team in May. He is also working part time with the Racine Interfaith Coalition. Street outreach teams are small (2 - 3 people) so as not to overwhelm the people we serve or compromise their location with a large number of staff and volunteers arriving in the night.

HOPES "street outreach team" is usually composed of several small teams that go out on different nights to meet people who are unsheltered. Our overall team size was reduced to just a few people during the pandemic, but we expect to integrate a few more volunteers in July. We are glad to have Ri' out with us as a street outreach specialist. He will be leading two teams of street outreach volunteers and be part of a late night team with Scott that has extra time to explore some of the lesser-reached areas after meeting with people who are known to be unsheltered.