MOORHEAD, Minn. — Scott Dunfee, a 58-year-old resident, has been living at Silver Linings for the past six months. But prior to moving here, he said he feared that the stress of being homeless would make him relapse to drinking.
“It was teeter tottering at that point in time. I was very, very broken to say the least and really did not know exactly what I was going to do.”
Dunfee had been living with a friend he had considered family. But one night after taking her to the hospital, his friend passed away. Leaving the place he considered home, Dunfee was brought up to Moorhead by his daughter to find a new footing.
“I was unable to find a place to stay, I did find work right away, but finding a place to stay was not .. it didn’t happen.”
After Dunfee’s daughter brought him to the area, Dunfee sought out shelter at Churches United.
“Everybody was so friendly, helpful, and it didn’t matter if it was health, housing, clothing, cleaning up, having showers, baths, food of course, meals, and shelter. It was all available there.”
While Dunfee was able to seek out shelter at Churches United during the time he was homeless, he wants people to know that he’s no different from anyone else.
“I’m not going to deny that I was thinking about going back to drinking because I was absolutely at my wits end. I didn’t know what was going to happen. What to do. Thank God that the people were there to kind of steer me and let me know that, ‘Hey, there are options that will work.’”
Silver linings is currently nearly at full capacity with 31 residents. There are two units available, but there are three pending applicants.
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