SOP Partners with GiveBackRx

Written by Cathy Bryant on April 18, 2022. Posted in Featured, Media.

Streets of Paradise (SOP) is excited to partner with GiveBackRx, a new pharmacy discount card that gives consumers savings of […]

Shower Day Shutdown: City of Sarasota Sidelines Streets of Paradise

Written by Devon Oppenheimer on August 29, 2020. Posted in Featured, Media.

The official word came down during a nearly hour-long zoom meeting on August 25th. Streets of Paradise would no longer […]

Come What May

Written by Devon Oppenheimer on May 7, 2020. Posted in Featured.

March and April were busy beyond belief for Streets of Paradise (SoP) volunteers. So much was accomplished in such a […]

Moving Forward: On the Road to Shower Day Celebrations

Written by Devon Oppenheimer on April 3, 2020. Posted in Featured.

What does a hot shower mean to YOU? Sure, combined with essential personal hygiene items, it can provide one with […]

Homelessness in Sarasota: the story of Steve Novia

Written by Willa Tinsley ncfCatalyst on April 3, 2020. Posted in Featured.

Steve Novia’s first housewarming gift was a heart made out of Hot Tamales. “Baby, You’re my Hot Tamale when we are […]

Streets of Paradise completes 150 move-ins

Written by Willa Tinsley ncfCatalyst on April 3, 2020. Posted in Featured.

My interview with founder of Sarasota’s grassroots anti-homelessness coalition Streets of Paradise (SOP) Greg Cruz kept getting interrupted. “Buenas noches,” […]

If You’re Abel

Written by Abel Gutierrez and Devon Oppenheimer on January 13, 2020. Posted in Featured.

Introduction: Streets of Paradise is an organization that is best known for loving well. Our unique two-pronged approach to aiding […]

He (She) Ain’t Heavy…

Written by Jenni Casale on December 27, 2019. Posted in Featured.

“Thank you, Santa. I wake up so cold.” “I just want to be warm, Santa.” “I’ve been really good, Santa. […]

Peaches and the Wawa Sandwiches

Written by Devon Oppenheimer on December 18, 2019. Posted in Featured.

It was a hot, humid afternoon in January of 2019. Harmony Chapman held tightly to both leashes, each wrist encircled by […]

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Pando and the Ripple Effect

Written by Devon Oppenheimer on November 15, 2019. Posted in Featured.

The heaviest known single living organism on Planet Earth is known as Pando. Spread out over 106 acres in the […]