Monday, November 28, 2011

Spend the night at a night shelter; Previously Completed Item #57

Central Night Shelter by Jeff__
Central Night Shelter, a photo by Jeff__ on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
December, 2009. Preparation of beds and dinner for the (approximately) 65 guests who spend the night in this temporary shelter. I started volunteering at a night shelter around 1996 when I first purchased my own house and it hit me how fortunate I was to have a house, let alone a place to stay at night. This particular shelter is in downtown Atlanta and is open from November through March.

Please consider contributing to a charity of your choice this holiday season. And if you don't have one here are a few charities to investigate:

Central Night Shelter (featured in this photo)

Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless

America's Second Harvest

Click to Give @ The Hunger Site

The Atlanta based organization, Hosea William's Feed the Hungry which inspired others.

Feed the Hungry (national page)

National Coalition for the Homeless

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My apologies to those who may find this preachy but if the subject matter serves as a reminder to donate to others less fortunate than it will be worth it.
Thank you for viewing and for your consideration. Happy Holidays.
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7 comments:

  1. Jen (Scarlet Wonderland)November 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    What a lovely thing to do! The world needs more people who give back x

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  2. 黄清华 Wong Ching WahNovember 29, 2011 at 4:15 AM

    Wonderful charity work ... hope we have more here in KL like this ...

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  3. AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    That's awesome Jeff! You're not being preachy at all. I wish more people understood how lucky they are more often and appreciate what they have like you do.

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  4. RRosenNovember 29, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Not preachy at all. The world needs people like you to remind us that most people like those in the shelter did not choose to the life life they are leading.

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  5. JeffNovember 30, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Thanks for the kind comments. I came across a homeless volunteer project in New York City if anyone reads this:

    http://mrslevin.com/2011/11/please-volunteer-and-share-this-post-for-the-homeless-outreach-population-estimate/

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  6. TerryNovember 30, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Kudos to you Jeff for getting this photo out there--people need to see this. Plus the links to charities--open your pockets everyone!!

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  7. JeffJanuary 23, 2012 at 2:14 PM

    Thanks Terry.

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