Hot 99.1 Honors Hometown Hero For The Homeless (Audio)

Renee from Selkirk was nursing a massive migraine when we unexpectedly called her Thursday morning to tell her about her Hometown Hero nomination. We tried to tell her we were totally cool with calling her back, but Renee wouldn't budge. Migraine or not, her desire to spread the word about her homeless initiative 'Street Soldiers' was way too important to pass up. She powered through the phone call, and we're thankful she did. What we learned from her was quite inspiring. Renee offers comfort, food, warmth, and hugs to many people in the Capital Region who often feel neglected and cast aside.

Street Soldiers is a GrassRoot organization that helps provide hot meals and needed essentials to the homeless and less fortunate. The organization was founded in 2016 by Selkirk residence, Renee and Mike Fahey. The Fahey’s use their home, garage and vehicles for storing and transporting all the meals, clothing, coolers, drinks and tables for the Friday evening event in Washington Park.

You will find the Fahey’s every Friday night with other volunteers handing out warm meals, drinks, clothing, and hygiene products to the homeless. The numbers of homeless and those in need continues to grow each week. "It was a four-by-four card table with a box of sandwiches and a cup of soup," Mike said. "I don't think either one of us pictured where it would lead.“

We can't change the world, but we can help those local who are a part of the world.

County Waste has partnered with us to honor those in our communities who are truly making a difference.