Hunger in America reaches far beyond the soup kitchens of yesteryear.  It is very real today, everyday, for millions of people. For the homeless being hungry is just accepted as part of their daily life, but for our children…should it really be accepted by them or any of us? I have visited Africa and the [...]

Since working in a humanitarian aid warehouse over the past year, I became aware of many of my erroneous ideas and thoughts about donated clothing.  While working for HELP International I learned that each culture, ours included, have different clothing needs.  When donating clothing, please be aware of those differences and donate clothing to organizations [...]

We all have basic needs for food, shelter and clothing. As I thought about them, I decided to see how those needs are being met in our communities for our homeless.  Last blog I looked briefly how the ‘soup kitchens’ were meeting the food need, I thought we could look at the shelter need today. [...]

Yesterday I spent quite some time searching all of the homeless links available to me through Twitter.  I have found myself incredibly busy trying to learn about social media/networking since beginning my job at Infomedia.  Although it has been a whirlwind, I am enjoying the possibilities and creativity of this new world surrounding me. Well [...]