Just days before I was contacted by a desperate employee of a Bay Area family shelter. Eight babies had recently come through their doors and they were desperate for diapers. After pitching the idea to the school’s director, we decided that doing a good deed for these babies would be a great opportunity for the kids to directly help others.
Read the full story »Tarp Nation – New American Media 3.29.09
California’s Own Hooverville, Circa 2009 – Mother Jones 3.26.09
Hidden homeless emerge as U.S. economy worsens – Reuters 3.26.09
Fighting Her Way Out Of Homelessness – CBS The Early Show 3.26.09
Cities …
My Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious teen babysitter/mother’s helper, Miss K., recently relayed this joke to me:
“Over the weekend in D.C., first lady Michelle Obama was at a homeless shelter serving food to the homeless. Isn’t that nice? Reaching …
I recently found this article from last summer by way of the LA Homeless Blog:
With numbers rising, New Beginnings, a homeless agency in Santa Barbara, California, has launched a Safe Parking Programme, aiming to provide …
Hi. Please read this article. Even if you don’t live in Sacramento. Even if you don’t live in California.
Nearby St. John’s Shelter, which caters to women and children, has been running at or near capacity …
From today’s New York Times:
The problem in Fresno is different in that it is both chronic and largely outside the national limelight. Homelessness here has long been fed by the ups and downs in seasonal …
It looks like the Sacramento tent city residents will be moving to Cal-Expo (California State Fairgrounds).
From Bloomberg:
“Schwarzenegger said he ordered the state facility known as Cal-Expo to be used for three months to serve the …
