“I don’t want any donation but if you’re coming in to eat, that’s your support, helping a community restaurant that is offering kindness and love for others,” Mannan said. “I’m trying to worship our Creator through food.” by Caroline Patrickis/ABC7Friday, February 8th 2019 httpss://wjla.com/news/local/dc-restaurant-feeds-the-poor-and-homeless-every-single-day WASHINGTON (ABC7) — How does a restaurant keep its doors open […]
‘Compton Cowboys’ Use Rescue Horses to Get At-Risk Youth Off the Streets
By Ryan Morris, January 29, 2019, Good News Network httpss://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/compton-cowboys-use-rescue-horses-to-get-at-risk-youth-off-the-streets/ Though the streets of Compton are generally associated with racial violence, this group of cowboys is breaking stereotypes by getting at-risk youngsters off the street and onto horses instead. The Compton Cowboys is a band of African-American locals who find peace and community through riding […]
Sia Got Pizza Hut to Donate Food to Homeless Shelters All Week – With Just 1 Tweet
Now fans are calling on other companies to step up. By Joe McCarthy, Global Citizen, February 6, 2019 httpss://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sia-pizza-hut-homelessness/ Singer-songwriter Sia tweeted at Pizza Hut on Feb. 2, asking the fast food chain to “donate a load of pizzas to your local homeless community every night this week.” Within an hour, Pizza Hut simply responded, […]
Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area
By Karen Weise, New York Times, Jan. 16, 2019 httpss://tinyurl.com/y9eqgxwx SEATTLE — The Seattle area, home to both Microsoft and Amazon, is a potent symbol of the affordable housing crisis that has followed the explosive growth of tech hubs. Now Microsoft, arguing that the industry has an interest and responsibility to help people left behind […]
Abbotsford News Editorial: Before You Condemn the Homeless, Breathe
httpss://www.abbynews.com/opinion/editorial-before-you-condemn-the-homeless-breathe Jan. 3, 2019 A take away from “Finding A Way Home,” 6 tales of love and connection on the streets of Abbotsford, British Columbia Connection is an incredible thing. It’s the very basis of our society. The empathy we feel for others is the gravity that pulls us together. Whether it’s the love of […]
People Helping People
Below are 3 stories of hope from around the world. As a drop in the ocean with its ripple outwards can affect the entire ocean, so can we with our service — supporting each other as the world transitions to Divine Right Alignment, understanding the 100th Monkey Effect — being kindness, forgiveness, compassion wherever we […]
How Land-rich, Cash-poor Faith Groups are Creating Affordable Housing
How land-rich, cash-poor faith groups are creating affordable housing CBS This Morning, Nov. 24, 2018 httpss://www.cbsnews.com/news/land-rich-cash-poor-faith-groups-are-creating-affordable-housing/ Gina Montminy has called a one-bedroom apartment in Arlington, Virginia, home for the last two years. Before coming to the VPoint Apartments, she lived in a shelter after losing her house, car and two jobs when epilepsy made it […]
Church Spends $1 Million to Build a Day Center to Help Homeless Youths
In Bellingham, WA, a church spends $1 million to build a day center to help homeless youths By Kie Relyea, Bellingham Herald, Nov. 11, 2018 httpss://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article221324360.html#storylink=cpy A day center for youths who are homeless and at risk will open in a renovated space in the basement of First Congregational Church of Bellingham, likely in January. […]
For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless
For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way. Lornet Turnbull, Yes! Magazine, Aug 17, 2018 httpss://tinyurl.com/y8svjs6j For the volunteer tradeswomen who came together over several cold, wet weekends this spring […]
Pearl Jam Raises Millions to Help Seattle’s Homeless
Pearl Jam raises millions to help Seattle’s homeless; local businesses join forces with iconic band Q13 Fox TV, August 8, 2018 httpss://q13fox.com/2018/08/08/pearl-jam-raises-millions-for-homeless-crisis-and-many-area-businesses-joining-forces-with-iconic-band/ SEATTLE — Thousands of people rushed Safeco Field on Wednesday to see Pearl Jam, with many of them camping out overnight to get the best view. Others also waited as long as 3 […]
Colorado’s First Rural Complex for the Homeless Opens at Full Capacity
Soon all of us will/may be funding these complexes all over the globe. Colorado’s first rural complex for the homeless opens at full capacity Tracy Harmon, Pueblo Chieftain, Jul 16, 2018 httpss://tinyurl.com/y7wxppqx CANON CITY — A homeless 40-year-old mother of two young children had tears slipping down her face the first day she walked into […]
A Haven for the Homeless
A Haven for the Homeless The city of Santa Monica – and its librarians – are on the front lines of the homelessness crisis in Southern California. By Elizabeth Segal, US News & World Report, May 9, 2018 httpss://tinyurl.com/y8l799tg James sat camped outside the main branch of the Santa Monica Public Library on a recent […]
A Homeless Camp in Our Back Yard? Please, a University Says
A Homeless Camp in Our Back Yard? Please, a University Says By Kirk Johnson, New York Times, Feb. 27, 2018 httpss://tinyurl.com/y8dxoegc SEATTLE — For months, 65 homeless people lived in tents they set up in a parking lot behind the Seattle Pacific University bookstore, with a row of portable toilets and layers of clothes to […]
Ex-Addicts Assisting Homeless Clean-up: ‘The Only Way I can Stay Sober is by Helping Somebody Else’
Katie Boar, Q13 Fox, October 23, 2017 https://tinyurl.com/ybqfmty7 EVERETT, Wash. – A local non-profit is taking measures into its own hands to fight homelessness while trying to curb Washington’s substance abuse and opioid epidemic. This came after the Washington State Attorney General’s office held a summit over the summer at the University of Washington to […]
Bitty and Beau’s: Coffee With Love
Here’s what happens when the community welcomes everyone with open arms. This little coffee shop in North Carolina employs the developmentally disabled and is such a success they had to move to a larger building. Love makes this little business successful, the love of the community for all it’s members. Enjoy these little video’s about […]