Michael Waters making breakfast at "Sunny's" the snack bar at the Village at Sunburst Mental Health. Although host is not his official title, Waters is often the first person new people interact with when they come to the facility.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
June 3, 2018
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Rose Day is frank about her situation. “I’m homeless, and it’s not easy,” she said over breakfast at the Village, the free drop-in center at the Sunburst Community Service Foundation in Kalispell. The atmosphere is light — sun streams in through a wall of windows, and the rooms smells of fresh bagels — but the conversation between a group of Village regulars is heavy. “If you’ve never been in [that] situation, then you don’t understand it,” said Day of the stress caused by the instability of homelessness.