From The Toronto Sun.
Marc the Litter Guy needed money to pay the rent but he didn’t want to panhandle.
So the 30-year-old got some garbage bags and put a sign on his back saying he was cleaning Toronto for donations.
“I needed to make my own job, so I thought I’d go around and clean the streets. [...]
Archive for July, 2007
The Litter Guy
Posted in Homelessness on July 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
L.A. Rescue Mission Opens New Women’s Shelter
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
latimes.com A tranquil retreat in the foothills of the San Fernando Valley gives Olga Koleshchuk the chance to rebuild her life after fleeing an abusive boyfriend.
Koleshchuk and her 8-year-old son, Daniel, are among six mothers and their 15 children — as well as nearly two dozen elderly women — who are living at Hope Gardens [...]
Homeless Get New Space
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
www.dailybulletin.com
ONTARIO – An outdoor living space for the homeless opened last week in an isolated, untraveled area of vacant lots more than 500 feet from any other structure.
Photo Gallery: Homeless in Ontario
New Video: Homeless camp, City of Ontario
It was set up by the city at minimal cost to address the growing encampment of [...]
Those Who Get Help
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Bryan ChambersThe Herald-DispatchHUNTINGTON — Whether it was substance abuse, mental illness or job loss that led them to a life on the streets, it really didn’t matter.
What mattered to several social workers Friday underneath a sun-drenched picnic shelter at Harris Riverfront Park was finding the park’s homeless population a permanent place to live.
The outreach [...]
Teens Take The Plunge
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
www.ajc.com
Teens try a night of homelessnessThey find out how ‘others feel’
By CANDICE HANNIGANFor the Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 07/05/07
Parishioners arriving for Sunday morning Mass at St. Peter Chanel last weekend were greeted by rather scruffy looking, homeless-for-one-night teens begging for money.
The plan called for youth group members to camp out on the church lawn the night before, [...]
The Gut-bucket Gospel
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
www.dallasobserver.com
Dallas’ Street Church will meet you where you are, even if it’s in a crack houseBy JARED BINDER Published: June 28, 2007
Fifteen years ago while leading a church service for incarcerated women in a dirty room in the Dallas County Jail, Pastor Karen Dudley noticed a familiar face in the crowd. Dudley had first [...]
In Today’s Tennessean
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mobile Loaves And Fishes
Angels And Architects
Posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This blog will be a compilation of the good things people do for the homeless.
