Defining Homelessness
“Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.” — Eli Khamarov, Lives of the Cognoscenti It’s easy to think of homelessness as the guy with the newspaper laid out over him, trying to...
View ArticleLittle Margin For Error
“Seldom do people discern Eloquence under a threadbare cloak.” – Juvenal I received this fundraising request from the Tigard Good Neighbor Center the other day. It is a stark reminder that something...
View ArticleClimbing In Her Skin
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch, by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird I...
View ArticleEvery Little Nail
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahlil Gibran Every little nail is needed to make a house stand. Every little tree is...
View ArticleMom’s Deserve Something At Christmas Too
“If [a food stamp challenge] becomes a distant memory then nothing’s changed. And so hopefully things like this can help expand our consciousness and motivate us to act on a more consistent basis.” –...
View ArticleWhich Problem?
“Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.” – Mother Teresa Everyday, we read about tragedies and wish we could help. Many of these are...
View ArticleFreezing Hands. Warming Hearts.
“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama The temperature dipped below freezing, but a heart was just warming up. My daughters and I were on our way to...
View ArticleCapping Off A Weekend Of Service With A Good Laugh
“The most wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed.” – Nicolas Chamfort, translated from French It was great fun at SnowCap Community Charities this weekend with my daughters Tessa and...
View ArticleThey Are They
“For every homeless person, there are so many worried and sad family members…concerned about the health and safety of those loved ones.” – a friend Like a friend wrote, a homeless person isn’t just one...
View ArticleThe Shelter Of Humanity
“It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.” – Irish proverb We take shelter for granted. I suspect most of us will lay down our heads tonight without a second thought to the roof above...
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