What to Give a Homeless Child

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

Hey New York! Ethics in Human Research, please.

You want to know if your Homeless services and Prevention Programs really work – but what you are doing may not be ethical. It certainly isn’t very nice. Yes, what you want to know is important: No, it is not important enough to justify the harm you are causing. In case you forgot – expedients with humans come […]

Gift Giving Ideas for Homeless and Poor Children #fb

When you are constantly moving, and sometimes in and out of shelters where your entire family can only have 3 bags : bikes and x-boxes and stuffed animals get left behind. Anything big, bulky, or requiring electricity is simply not practical. So, as kind and generous as you want to be to a poor little […]

I am a bad Homeless Advocate

I told off a beggar today, and I am not ashamed. I dropped of the kid at school, and because I am currently off work on Disability I went to my local 7-11 in baggy sweats for decaf coffee before enduring another day of bed rest. It was before 8:00 am. On the way into […]

The Christmas story as told by a young girl

living at The Union Rescue Mission. Christmas is a holiday for the Homeless and wandering.

Dear Hotels/Motels – is there room at your inn

Dear Glendale and NoHo Hotel/Mptel owners Be a HERO! – I have you listed – Can you spare a room or two for families in need? Not for Free even!

Spam Comments

This is more of a Blog issue than a Homeless issue. Thank you for anyone who has ever left a real comment. I have the most annoying Spam of all time – and I am very happy that WordPress screens for it. Really – I speak German – so I know when your comment is explicit […]

Glendale Diaper Drive a Success

The Diaper Drive held at the Glendale Police Station by Help a Mother Out, Path Achieve and the Glendale Domestic Violence Task Force was a success with 2,500 diapers donated along with Baby Wipes and other Supplies. Appropriate for Pay it Forward Day! I was not able to attend, but I did a quick […]

winter shelter 2010-2011

LAHSA Winter Shelter Scheadule is out!

Homeless Art

My friend Darlene Altemeier Dobbs paints to best scenes of Skid Row. I stole the street sign from one of her paintings and made this because Myles Rose says I need more pictures for my blog.