The Rockmart Homeless Initiative needs the community’s help to find a new location, with plans to have to close the Resource Center at month’s end with the sale of their building.

Operations have been limited at the Rockmart Homeless Initiative’s Resource Center at 225 S. Marble St., Rockmart, since the start of the pandemic, but with new ownership taking over the building they’ll have to move and find a new place to host clients and take in donations from the community to help those who find themselves without a place to call home.

Board member Jane Waldrop said that the organization plans to continue offering support to clients on Wednesdays at Seaborn Jones Park in downtown Rockmart from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., as well as help them with mail and providing resources that clients might need in order to survive. Special days for incoming severe weather or freezing temperatures will be held as well but will be announced on the Rockmart Homeless Initiative Facebook page.

Waldrop said that two of their Blessing Boxes will remain at New Prospect Baptist Church and Cross Factor Church for those who need immediate help but can’t get to the RHI.

They hope to relocate the Blessing Box outside of the Resource Center, Waldrop added.

Those who have an idea of where RHI might relocate their Blessing Box within the area that can help clients who are provided services by RHI, or for the home of their new Resource Center, are encouraged to reach out by e-mail at info@rhirc.org. Those who want to help can also reach out in the link above on their Facebook page.

The RHI has to be out of their Resource Center on South Marble Street as of November 30.