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"Betty Chinn is a woman who exemplifies how one person can touch the lives of hundreds of people whom the rest of the world has forgotten. Her purpose is simple: to show the homeless who live in her hometown of Eureka love, comfort and basic humanity.
Every morning before dawn, she loads up her catering truck with an urn of hot coffee, piles on the doughnuts and heads out to make her deliveries. Hers is a special clientele: the homeless, the disenfranchised, the forgotten. They are often mentally ill, substance abusers, teenage runaways or veterans. They do not seek out shelters or come in from the cold; they prefer to hide. They live under the railroad, under bridges or in the bushes. At the moment they range in age from age 3 to age 82, but she's seen them younger and older. Betty is one of the few people in their fearful world they have come to trust. No judgment, no lecture; just a cup of coffee and a taste of humanity to help them get through the day... [more]
NEWS:
- Waiting for Chinn - A day center in downtown Eureka will give homeless advocate Betty Chinn a home base North Coast Journal | January 3, 2013
- Betty Chinn's Hero: Oscar the GrouchKIEM | January 3, 2013
- Eureka council, police chief honor Betty Chinn, discuss safety on H, I streetsBy Kaci Poor/The Times-Standard | January 16, 2013
- Betty Chinn can make it work Times-Standard editorial about the Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation Day Center
November 18, 2012
- Mother to Eureka's 500 Homeless All-China Women's Federation (English translation)
By Sun Xi/womenofchina.cn | August 9, 2011
- Change Through Social Entrepreneurship Betty speaks to speak to students and community members at the Social Entrepreneurship Symposium
By Edgar Bugara/The Lumberjack | Tuesday, April 5, 2011
- Public shower in Eureka celebrates anniversary
By Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard | Thursday, May 12, 2011
- The Salvation of Will Friar: How a community helped a young man out of homelessness and put the world at his feet
By Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard | 12/25/2010
- Humboldt's Top 10 stories of the year (Betty is #9)
Times-Standard | 08/04/201001/01/2011
- Profile of Betty on KTSF - Cantonese and Mandarin News from the San Francisco Bay Area:
Part 1: 08/16/2010 | Part 2: 08/17/2010
www.ktsf.com [English Translation]
- Betty Reconnects With Her Chinese Roots
By Lisa Bethune | 07/12/2010 [Chinese translation: traditional | simplified]
- Betty's 2010 Presidential Citizen's Award in the Chinese Media:
IFENG.com | 08/06/2010 | [English translation]
SINA.com | 08/06/2010 | [English translation]
HUANGIU.com | 08/05/2010 | [English translation]
- Betty Chinn Is Back Home After Receiving An Award From President Obama
Matt Mendes, KIEM (News Channel 3) | 08/06/2010
- 2010 Presidential Citizen's Awards Recipients
www.whitehouse.gov | 08/04/2010
- 2010 Presidential Citizen's Awards Ceremony
www.whitehouse.gov | 08/04/2010
- A presidential honor: Eureka's Betty Chinn to be honored at White House
Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard | 08/03/2010
- White House announces 2010 Presidential Citizens Medal winners
By Examiner.com Features Editor | 08/03/2010
- Lesser-known All-Stars back at work in their communities
By Mike Lopresti / USATODAY.com | 07/15/2010
- An All-Star among us: Eureka's Betty Chinn honored at Midsummer Classic in Anaheim
By Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standards | 07/14/2010 01:24:09 AM PDT
- MEET THE 2010 ALL-STARS AMONG US, and watch the video honoring them that was televised on game day (Betty at 5:15) at MLB.com.
- Selfless dedication nets All-Star honor
By Chris Haft and Cash Kruth / MLB.com | 06/28/10 10:23 PM ET
- Winners of campaign to be honored July 13 at All-Star Game (Video: Betty at 3:05)
By Mark Newman / MLB.com | 06/28/10 10:40 AM ET
- Betty is San Francisco's "All-Star:"
MLB and PEOPLE magazine announce 30 "All-Stars Among Us" after 1.7 million votes...
Press Release | 06/28/2010 10:19 AM ET
- Hot water, warm smiles: Eureka's public shower facility up and running
Thadeus Greenson/The Times-Standard | 05/23/2010
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