Community Involvement
OASIS DAY CENTER celebrated 10 years in Decatur earlier this year. Oasis, located on West Cerro Gordo St. just east of the Greek Orthodox Church, provides shelter and basic needs to homeless people (both men and women) from 7 A.M. until 5 P.M daily. Showers, laundry, messaging and linkage to other services are provided. Oasis patrons need these and many other items: reader spectacles, nonalcoholic mouthwash, new toothbrushes, small toothpastes, sealed small aspirin and Tylenol, laundry detergents and fabric softener, hair combs and picks, socks, towels and washcloths, motel samples of conditioners and shampoos and lotions, underwear, raingear, sleeping bags and much more. Monetary donations are welcomed as well. You may drop items by the Oasis Day Center or place them in a plastic bag and give them to Vern Thistlethwaite for delivery.
