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IS HE INVISIBLE? Is he invisible? Who is he? What happened? If he was your family member, would
you care? How you can help www.homelesspartners.com/fundraiser
Website Has Homeless Stories and
Christmas Wishlists The public is asked for donations to provide website development needed to
expand community connection to individual homeless people staying in shelters in
additional cities over the holidays.
In its 8th year of service, www.homelesspartners.com (a not-for-profit
organization), has connected hundreds of people in the community to individual
homeless people in over ten cities in Canada and the United States. Now funds
are needed to expand the website so that more cities and shelters can be added
everywhere.
The homeless are real people with stories that explain their situation. If the public
knew their stories, there would be more understanding and compassion. The
homeless are someone’s family member. Certainly if our own family member was
homeless, we would stop to communicate and show caring.
A typical scenario is Billy, age 23, whose father left the family when Billy was only
8 years old. His mother got sick and went to the hospital never to return. Billy was
placed in foster care and was moved from home to home until one day after
being beaten again, he decided to run away and live on the street. This Christmas
he is sitting in a shelter and feeling pretty sad and alone. This story could be
repeated countless times.
The website provides a unique opportunity for anyone to read the stories of
individual homeless people staying in a local shelter during Christmas and to
deliver or send them a personalized gift or caring message.
When they open their gift on Christmas morning, the homeless often shed tears
that anyone would about them. One homeless woman said it best: “What I find
most encouraging is that someone who doesn’t even know me would care
enough to think of me.”
To develop and expand the Homeless Partners website, please make your
secure donation here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-
xclick&hosted_button_id=BLZEPJWYVWYAU
On behalf of Homeless Partners and the many people who will be encouraged,
thank you so much.
Daniel and Jennie Keeran, 778-433-1547, email [email protected]