Not Abused Enough?

Reasons to support @Urm,@abales and @Path. I am on my coffee break and typing as fast as I can on my phone from the parking lot. Kamikaze Friday has begun. The picture tells the tale. A woman came in for help and 211 and all of my other handy numbers failed. I can’t find her […]

Living Third World in a First World Country

#fb is Homelessness a #FirstWorldProblem? @padschicago@Path @Ascencia @Invisiblepeople

Human Hot-spotting

We like to call it Capitalism. If Yahoo and Verizon can sell access to the internet – why can’t the poor?

Dear @LAHSA and Mike Arnold

@URM #fb

Celebrate the Little One’s Joys

and childhood @pathpartners and @pathachieve. #fb

What to Give a Homeless Child

#fb @urm Give the Gift of Stability (yes, we are our brothers’ keeper)

The LAHSA Winter Shelter Guidelines

are fascinating. Much thought and planning has gone into serving the population who uses the shelters and the areas that host them. I am giving you the link to the handbook : it is 54 pages, but here are some highlights: Important Fact #1 – what is provided: Sink, toilet, shower, cot and a clean blanket. […]

Living at a Shelter is Driving me crazy

An account by a client: “We are in shelter that moves us to a new church each week. Right now there are four families and we have to be up and showered and out the door by 7 o’clock every morning. I am so tired because I have been up since 4 this morning. The […]

Glendale Winter Shelter = Locals Only ?

Not this year, but next year the City of Glendale is looking at hosting the Winter Shelter for residents (Meaning that people spend most of their time there) of Glendale or Burbank only. Last year (winter 2009/2010) over 85% of the people who came to The Winter Shelter were from locations other than Burbank, Pasadena […]

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Shocker. NOT! Dear @HiltonOnLine and @tombodett Last year I followed the Winter Shelter that was held in the Glendale Armory in CA and stopped in to visit or volunteer a couple of times. What I learned was that often mothers with young children would ride the bus to the Armory looking for shelter but could […]