Adopt a Family for the Holidays

If you want to give to a person, a child, a FAMILY this holiday season instead of (or in addition to) an agency – check out the LA COUNTY DPSS Adopt a Family Program. Here is all the information you need. Adopt-A-Family Program! Bring joy to someone’s life this holiday season and become a sponsor […]

Random Halloween pictures

There is nothing useful in this post – just thought I would share though! :)[

What Color is a Homeless Person. Reality vs Perception

We were crowded around a computer in the corner of a transitional housing apartment building on Wednesday Night searching for pictures of homeless people. Everyone with me had been homeless in the past 10 years. 2 of them were African American, one Hispanic and two were Caucasian. I was making my point that the typical […]

Baby Diaper Donations

@helpamotherout Babies don’t care about money -they eat,sleep, and poo.Diapers are expensive -so what’s a mom to do?

Volunteer to Serve Holiday Dinners in Pasadena

Volunteer registration is now open! REGISTER NOW! Serve LA / Mosiac are partnering with Union Station Homeless Services to run their volunteer coordination for Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners in the park, where thousands of local families and individuals in need are fed and served every year. We need YOUR help specifically to assist with Volunteer Registration […]

Bradley Bell “His Mama Raised Him Right”

That is the best thing someone can say about a person. It is especially telling when someone who sees you on a regular basis shares this opinion with strangers. Last week I heard this about Bradley Bell. To be honest, this one character reference was the reason I gave a second thought to CBS showing […]

Welcome Bold and The Beautiful Fans

Wow, Bold and the Beautiful fans are super tech savvy and plugged in! I saw the link back to here from one of the chat board sites and then my stats went out of control. I assume it is all of you visiting here. Take a minute, tell me what you think and ask questions. I am having […]

Should Kids Know About Skid Row?

#fb when should I tell this new baby about the living conditions of some of Mommy’s friends

As seen on TV: CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful

Look for Linda Harris as story goes to The Union Rescue Mission Oct 28 + 29 @BandB_CBS #fb @urm,

Study out on Los Angeles’ Safer Cities Initiative

“Recognizing that homelessness is not a crime and addressing its underlying causes” is one of the best approaches to policing areas with high levels of homelessness. – Alex Vitale and Michael White The study of 8 years of crime statistics says that Los Angeles reduced the crime amongst the homeless and did not simply spread it […]