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Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~ It's National Homeless Awareness Week ~ !

2009-11-25T17:20:16Z

Penny toothbrush for homeless hailed a hit by chief dental officer
[but WHERE can they LEGALLY brush ~ ?]
Dentistry.co.uk
24th Nov 2009
A scheme providing dental care to people living on the streets of
London looks set to go nationwide as England's chief dental officer
gave it the thumbs up.
The mobile service, which takes dentistry out and about to those

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~ It's National Homeless Awareness Week ~ !

2009-11-25T17:07:16Z

New shoes, foot exams for men at Wheeler Mission ~
Dozens of men at Wheeler Mission welcome Soles4Souls aid and volunteer
doctors
By Will Higgins
November 25, 2009
Indiana Star
Few human body parts are subjected to the harsh treatment that
homeless people's feet endure, say the homeless and their advocates.

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-25T16:59:06Z

Giving thanks for helping the homeless through CHEFS
By Michael Baur
Since this is a week to give thanks, I'd like to call out Bill Taylor
and all the people who work at CHEFS, a program of the Episcopal
Community Services.
I've written about this program, Conquering Homelessness through
Employment in Food Service, before, and I'm continually impressed by

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-25T16:54:14Z

Local food programs scramble to meet holiday need
By Amanda Cuda
Connecticut Post
11/12/2009
Perhaps more than any other holiday, Thanksgiving is about food. In
fact, the occasion itself is nearly inseparable from the food served
on the day. A Thanksgiving without turkey, it seems, is hardly
Thanksgiving at all.

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-25T16:46:08Z

Proposed ordinance aims to reduce homeless camps
By DEBBIE KELLEY
November 05, 2009
THE GAZETTE, Colorado Springs
The solution to the proliferation of homeless camps on the city’s west
side and along Fountain Creek near downtown might be found in a
proposed ordinance that would ban camping on public land within city

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-25T16:33:43Z

San Luis Obispo rancher who housed homeless is sentenced to jail for
safety code violations
By Catherine Saillant, in San Luis Obispo
LA Times
Nov 23, 2009
A San Luis Obispo rancher who for years has illegally housed homeless
people was ordered today to serve 90 days in jail.
A defiant Dan de Vaul stretched out his arms and let deputies place

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-25T16:20:55Z

Where are the homeless in Alaska?
In 2009, the January single-night homeless count across the state
showed the highest number of homeless was in Anchorage, with 2,962
homeless persons—nearly 65 percent of the state’s total homeless
population.
The next highest number was in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough with 472

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-25T16:17:22Z

A Look at Homelessness in Alaska
Alaska Justice Forum
Who are the homeless in the U.S.?
Of the 1,594,000 homeless who used emergency shelter or transitional
housing between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008:
32% were homeless persons in families.
68% were homeless individuals.
64% of homeless adults were male.

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-24T18:21:41Z

And after the nice Homelessness Awareness banquet at the church, we
can all go home feeling good about ourselves and forget about the
homeless until next year.
Double-A

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-24T15:49:50Z

Week of charity wraps up ~
Canned food drive, S.O.S. luncheon and march planned
By Monica Hooper
Paragould Press Arkansas
Friday, November 20, 2009
In honor of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Greene County
residents fasted Monday to give themselves an idea of what those
without food experience every day.

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-23T17:00:48Z

PHOENIX - With unemployment continuing to rise, Arizona's food banks
are seeing record numbers of families seeking emergency food boxes.
But contributions are meeting only two-thirds of the need, as the
banks face their most challenging holiday season ever.
~ Public News Service
(more)
[link]

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-23T16:54:12Z

Phoenix church fights city so they can feed homeless
By Rudabeh Shahbazi
ABC.15.com
November 16, 2009
PHOENIX -- A church is fighting to reestablish the homeless breakfast
program a judge shut down last week.
CrossRoads United Methodist Church lost an appeal of a city ordinance
banning charity dining halls in residential neighborhoods, but voted

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~ It's National Homeless Awareness Week ~ !

2009-11-23T16:26:33Z

Toiletry packets to help homeless ~
$9.99 bags contain hygiene products
Thom Gabrukiewicz
Argus Leader
November 23, 2009
Toothbrush, lotion, soap, shampoo. They're everyday items most people
don't think twice about when tossing them into a shopping cart.
But for the homeless, those items can be a luxury. And that's why The

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~

2009-11-23T16:14:00Z

Help for Alabama’s hungriest
By Ian Sams
Crimson White
November 13, 2009
Every Alabama autumn since the early 1990s, the Beat Auburn Beat
Hunger food drive has impacted this state in unimaginable ways.
Tackling the issue of hunger, both Alabama and Auburn have cooperated
to raise awareness, money and food to donate to local food banks.

Re: ~ * Heather on Homeless Holiday Hype * ~ It's National Homeless Awareness Week ~ !

2009-11-23T16:08:11Z

New York Times
Editorial
The Church and the Capital
November 22, 2009
...
In an article in The Washington Post on Sunday, the archbishop of
Washington said the diocese “has long made it clear that all people
have equal dignity, regardless of sexual orientation.” But he said the
new definition of marriage laid out in the bill could end the decades-