Nashville, Tennessee

Room In the Inn

Room In The Inn: https://www.roomintheinn.org/ || (outdated) Where To Turn In Nashville: https://wttin.org/

**new article** exposing “Room In The Inn”: https://twb.rocks/living/exposure/room-in-the-inn || Presentation to the Board https://twb.rocks/riti/board-presentation || RITI’s Executive Director https://twb.rocks/hostiles/rachel-hester || 20260805 Agenda https://twb.rocks/riti/riti-conflict-resolution-process/20260805-agenda || RITI main page: https://twb.rocks/riti || Conflict Resolution: https://twb.rocks/riti/riti-conflict-resolution-process || Gift Card / Voucher Incentive Program: https://twb.rocks/riti/gift-cards || Invitation to Participate: https://twb.rocks/riti/invitations || Past Class Schedules: https://twb.rocks/riti/class-schedules || Sample RITI Month-at-a-Glance: https://twb.rocks/riti/activity-dm || RITI Intake Form: https://twb.rocks/riti/intake-form || Seeking Asylum in the United States while exposing human trafficking & domestic terrorism in Canada: https://twb.rocks/persecution/us-submissions

These pages are under development: this project was started 20260619 and was last updated on 20260808 at 09:08 e.s.t.

This facility is open Monday to Friday from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

(TO DO>insert history, etc.)

Hope University

Among other services, Room In The Inn (“RITI”) offers classes where attendance enables one to accumulate points that can be exchanged for goods and services. For example, RITI classes include:

Bible Study with Rod: https://twb.rocks/riti/bible-with-rod,
Bible Study with Kathy: TO DO>insert link, update article about Saint Paul (see https://twb.rocks/living/spirit/deniers-of-saint-paul) with history provided 20260716.
Bible Study with Bill: https://twb.rocks/riti/bible-with-bill,
Prayer & Meditation with Sheila: https://twb.rocks/riti/prayer-with-sheila,
Art with Wendy: https://twb.rocks/riti/art-with-wendy,
Karaoke with Beaux: (TO DO>insert link, 20260619 Karaoke tunes covered Otis Redding, Black Sabbath, Joe Jackson and more!),
Piano with Raechel: (TO DO>insert link and introduce Nashville Public Library‘s instrument borrowing capacity via its “Library of Things” program (see https://library.nashville.gov/services/library-things) and
many more (TO DO>insert class schedules offered during July 2026 at https://twb.rocks/riti/class-schedules)

The Activity Tracking Sheet that I am using to the log the sessions that I have already attended (and the goods/services for which I have already exchanged points) is being stored at https://twb.rocks/riti/activity-dm.

Other incentives provided to accumulate points include “Community Cleanup” (see item #1 of image 1.007) and compensation for book reviews (see Image 00

Meal Provision

Lunch: On Monday and Wednesday to Friday, 200 lunch tickets are handed out on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 10:15 AM using a random number system. A sit-down, restaurant-style lunch is served (see insert at right) from 12:00 to 1:00 in the order of the ticket number received. Arrive early to avoid disappointment (eg. waiting until noon to obtain a ticket may result in zero lunch tickets left).

Tuesday? A non-perishable bag lunch is provided for those who are not interested in the noon meal served by nearby McKendree United Methodist Church at 523 Church Street (or the other options available as of 20260726: see Image 1.004).

Clancy’s: Offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 to 10:00 in exchange for a ?150? point voucher (TO DO>insert details re: coffee, breakfast and entertainment offered in exchange for 240 points)

Products

the “Express Store” is open 7:15 to 7:45 AM Monday to Friday and twice a week at 1:00 to 1:30 PM on Monday & Friday only (see image 1.001)
the “What’s Inn Store” is open from 1:00 to 2:00 PM on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only (see image 1.003)

Other Services

Showers (TO DO>insert details)
Laundry (TO DO>insert details)
Phone Access (for local and long-distance calls)
Mobile Phone Charging
Mailing Address
Address Verification Letters / ID Clinics
Medication Storage
Foot Clinic (Tuesday mornings: sign up at 8:00 AM)
partial Computer Access¹
RITI’s Long-term Storage: 250 accumulated points can be exchanged for one month of laundry-basket-sized storage of non-perishable items (see Image 006 below). Access is granted daily at 1:00 PM if request is made in person between [8:00 – 9:00 AM] and number of units is limited to two per RITI patron.
Music Room (TO DO>insert details and note that the Nashville Public Library also offers insert details)
Day Room (TO DO>insert details … including chess matches, book borrowing/taking and … everything except sleeping!)
Outdoor Activities (TO DO>insert details)
Sporadic half-day events include Legal Clinics (3rd Wednesday of each month), Leadership Sessions and Recovery Power Days (see Image 1.005)
Additional programs/services are available for veterans

The reality is, not everyone at RITI is “homeless”: some of us are “divorce-less” (see summary in 20260722 Anniversary Card stored at https://twb.rocks/archives/y2026/m202607/2026-07-22) and some of us are intentionally displaced by other [to do>insert pluralized noun of choice]. Accordingly, access to goods and services (which most Americans have) become daily logistical challenges for those enduring [the homeless industry].

FOOTNOTES

[1] Computer access is currently limited to internet surfing; however, one is able to e-mail a document or link to RITI staff at hopeu@roomintheinn.org if printing is required. Note that the Nashville Public Library provides $10/month in free printing services to all members.

IMAGES

1.001 – “Express Store” items, hours and rules

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1.002 – Express Store partial Price List**

** Note that with ID and proof of residency at [?one of the Missions?], one can obtain a free bus pass from WeGo Central at 400 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd on Wednesdays.

1.003 – “What’s Inn Store” items, hours and rules