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Justine DaCosta, Name Dropping: Bringing warmth to those in need
Thousands of pounds of bedding and towels can go a long way toward helping the community. Hotel Paradox, formerly the University Inn & Conference Center, earlier this month donated everything from face towels and bath towels to blankets and sheets to the Santa Cruz SPCA, Goodwill and Elm Street Mission. With the recent freezing temperatures, the donation was appreciated immediately, said Michael Crane, director and pastor at the Elm Street Mission in downtown Santa Cruz. "It was a tremendous blessing for us," Crane said. "It was like the ideal time to get all that." The Elm Street Mission received more than three vehicles full of goods. The nonprofit serves eight meals a week to more than 150 clients, many of them homeless. Resources can be quickly depleted. "We just needed towels so much," Crane said. "The blankets we were able to pass out to clients." The donation, which included some brand new items still in boxes as well as coffee, was worth about $30,000, according to Angelica M. Rivera, regional general manager of BPR Properties, which recently purchased the University Inn & Conference Center.
Published 1/21/12

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