<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0sAoos_1F1WS2QE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0sAoos_1F1WS2QE00" width="1058" height="604" ></figure>Homeless Hearts of Coshocton is offering people the chance to get off the streets and change their lives.Karen Eubank and Heather Walker have helped homeless for the past 12 years and now have a building to operate out of. Their nonprofit is located at 616 Walnut St., and they have been serving people there since July.“This helps us help them so much more,” Walker said. “They can take more showers, have more hot meals, cook for themselves here and do laundry.”Eubank and Walker can help people with finding jobs, building their resume, how to budget money and finding counseling services if necessary.The space for Homeless Hearts of Coshocton has two bedrooms, each with two beds, so one room is for females and one for males. It also has showers, a laundry facility and a kitchen area.The space was previously used by Coshocton Behavioral Health Choices.“It’s a blessing they let us use this space,” Eubank said. “It was already all set up and is really nice.”If you stay in one of the bedrooms, you must sign a contract that you are setting a plan for your life and will follow through with it.“If you don’t follow through, you unfortunately can’t stay here,” Walker said.Eubank said, “If you do stay in a room here in one of our beds, you have to let us help you look for a job if you have no income. You cannot turn a job down, quit one without already having another one and we want you to save at least a third of your paycheck.”Those who stay at Homeless Hearts of Coshocton also have chores.“The people who stay here are very helpful,” Eubank said. “They do have chores and don’t mind doing them.”For information on how you can help Homeless Hearts of Coshocton, join their Facebook group.“We have an Amazon wish list and always take donations of food items,” Eubank said. “When people are here, they can use our kitchen items to cook food.”Walker said in a recent 48-hour period, they gave out 158 food items to families.“Usually, when people come in for help with food, we don’t question them,” she said. “You can just come in and say, ‘Hey, I need help.’”Homeless Hearts of Coshocton is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., but the on-call phone is always on if someone needs assistance after hours. That number is 740-502-5811.Walker and Eubank hope they can help break the stigma that often comes with someone who is homeless. They want people to know that not every homeless person is on drugs or doesn’t want to change their life. Some even already have jobs but struggle to find housing.“Rent is so high, and wages haven’t gone up by that same percentage,” Eubank said. “Low-income housing complexes are full, especially if you are one person. There are no one bedrooms available, and if you are single, you can’t get a two bedroom.”Their long-term goal is to have a homeless shelter in Coshocton in memory of their friend Denise DeWitt, who passed away.There will be a Homeless Hearts of Coshocton booth under the grandstand at the Coshocton County Fair in October. Eubank and Walker will have a silent auction and raffle items to help raise money for more resources.August 2026 numbers for Homeless Hearts of Coshocton were 98 showers, 58 laundry uses, 214 meals eaten inside the resource center, 62 bags of street-safe food handed out, three job assists, two clothing assists, three counseling assists, eight nights of motel assists, two bus passes and one rental assist. The laundry number does not include the loads that are done for towels, washcloths, bedding and other items that stay in the center, which there is usually one to two loads a day.</div></body>

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Homeless Hearts of Coshocton is offering people the chance to get off the streets and change their lives. Karen Eubank and Heather Walker have helped homeless for the past 12 years and now have a building to operate out of. Their nonprofit is located at 616 Walnut St., and they have been serving people there since July.

Homeless Hearts expands services in Coshocton

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Homeless Hearts of Coshocton is offering people the chance to get off the streets and change their lives. Karen Eubank and Heather Walker have helped homel

Homeless Hearts expands services in Coshocton

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