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By Damon Scott
The Nob Hill Neighborhood Association and the Monte Vista Christian Church have teamed up to provide some relief for those experiencing homelessness. Church members and neighborhood residents are meeting to assemble care kits with supplies that are then distributed to the area’s unhoused.
The two spearheading the initiative — Rev. Dawn Rosignol, the senior minister at Monte Vista, and Nob Hill resident Meta Hirschl — say it is a small act that’s had a notable ripple effect.
The church wanted to collaborate on projects to serve the Nob Hill community and Hirschl had become frustrated with escalating complaints on the association’s listserv regarding people in tents in alleyways and on properties.
“I wanted to do something proactive,” Hirschl said. “I was so tired of people just complaining and ranting.”
Hirschl has lived in Nob Hill for decades and said she’s been politically active for most of her life — attending meetings with political leaders and voicing concerns. Rosignol, meanwhile, had been addressing homelessness at church services and had launched a service project for Monte Vista’s kids, helping to assemble the care kits.
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