Partner Love Letter: Firehouse Ministries. — magic city poetry festival

This year, Magic City Poetry Festival had the opportunity to work with Firehouse Ministries, which runs a shelter for transient and displaced persons in Birmingham, Alabama. This is how the beloved humans at Firehouse describe themselves:

Firehouse Ministries serves the chronically homeless male population, men who traditionally have the most barriers and are the most expensive to serve, for both the nonprofit and the community at large. We have been open since 1983, and have stayed true to our original mission. We predominantly serve the Birmingham area, but our Street Outreach teams travel to surrounding areas throughout Jefferson County as needed. Addressing and meeting the needs in the area of emergency sheltering and housing is absolutely necessary to increasing the stability of our clients, with the ultimate goal of getting the men into permanent supportive housing. The Firehouse offers emergency services (soup kitchen open to everyone, clothing closet, case management, emergency shelter) and many housing options including permanent housing (64 beds), transitional housing (59 beds), and Safe Haven, which is housing for men with mental illness (24 beds). We are low barrier and serve those with no ability to pay.

This is how we describe them:

Brilliant. Visionary. Driven by love and hunger for justice. Boundless. Bold. Partners in a future we want to help build.

THE ART SALE

You can support Firehouse’s projects in the community by donating online or volunteering, but you can also support their work by purchasing art to benefit the residents of the Firehouse Shelter. We are proud to feature the remainder of the unsold art from our joint event (including work from InToto Creative Arts Forum) here, where you can purchase it.

EVERY SINGLE PAINTING FEATURED COSTS $30. That’s right: $30 for any work of art listed below.

To purchase one, just click on the title or fill out this form.