Photos: Vive Shelter gets a new home
Jericho Road Community Health Center announces plans to move its Vive Shelter to the former Bristol Home on Main Street.
Former Bristol Home
The former Bristol Home, which Vive Shelter parent Jericho Road Community Health Center has purchased for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Jericho Road founder Dr. Myron Glick
Jericho Road founder and CEO Dr. Myron Glick.
A Vive success story
Obiamaka Laku, a resident of Vive Shelter originally from Nigeria, speaks during the symbolic demolition of the former Bristol Home, which Vive parent Jericho Road Community Health Center has purchased for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Residents take a whack at demolition
Obiamaku Alaku of Nigeria, center, Cecil Mongo of Zimbabwe, center-right, and Daniel Okyei of Ghana each take swings with a hammer as they and other residents of Vive Shelter – immigrants who are in the process of seeking asylum in the United States – are the first to "break ground" at the former Bristol Home, which Vive parent Jericho Road Community Health Center has purchased for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Building up by tearing down
Daniel Okyei of Ghana is encouraged by fellow residents of Vive Shelter – immigrants who are in the process of seeking asylum in the United States – after he uses a hammer to smash the wall at the former Bristol Home, which Vive parent Jericho Road Community Health Center has purchased for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Touring the new space
Vive Shelter Director Matt Tice, center, gives a tour of the former Bristol Home following a ceremony to celebrate Jericho Road Community Health Center's purchase for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Imagining the new space
Vive Shelter Director Matt Tice, center, gives a tour of the former Bristol Home following a ceremony to celebrate Jericho Road Community Health Center's purchase for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Taking a tour
Daniel Okyei of Ghana takes a photograph during a tour with residents of Vive Shelter – immigrants who are in the process of seeking asylum in the United States – at the former Bristol Home, which Vive parent Jericho Road Community Health Center has purchased for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Blank canvas
Rooms that will house the legal department inside the former Bristol Home, which Vive parent Jericho Road Community Health Center has purchased for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Envisioning new space
Vive Shelter Director Matt Tice, center, gives a tour of the former Bristol Home following a ceremony to celebrate Jericho Road Community Health Center's purchase for the shelter's new home, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Brain trust
Scott Bieler, campaign chair and president and CEO of West Herr Automotive, meets with Jericho Road Community Health Center founder and CEO Dr. Myron Glick following an event to announce the purchase of the former Bristol Home for the agency's Vive Shelter, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022.
Stuck without heat or electricity at the VIVE shelter for homeless immigrants in East Buffalo were about 150 asylum seekers from at least 15 countries, including about 60 children and six pregnant women.