Sign the petition and donate to help Shanelle and other unhoused people in need across Rhode Island
On February 8th, the Providence Journal ran an article about Shanelle Saraceno entitled ‘Six months pregnant with nowhere to go, an unhoused woman’s plight on RI’s Streets, and then a follow up article about their eventual shelter placement.
“It’s 10:10 on a bitterly cold Tuesday morning and Shanelle Saraceno is already worrying about the night ahead.
“I have no clue where we’re going tonight,” Saraceno said minutes after stepping off a bus at Kennedy Plaza with her boyfriend, Dylan Ballou. All their possessions fit into three Stop & Shop grocery bags.
Saraceno, 29, is six months pregnant and desperate. She and Ballou had been sleeping in a tent near the Apex building in Pawtucket – that is, until someone stole their tent and blankets two weeks ago. They try to keep each other warm, but it doesn't always work.
“We’re literally sleeping on cement,” she said.
Funds will help Shanelle and Dylan buy items they need for their new family.