Was at the Shower of Hope today - 29 showers, 9 hair cuts.
I was speaking to a client for a bit and he said 'wow, for a moment I forgot I was homeless'.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Shower of Hope
I helped out at Shower of Hope today. 29 showers, 10 hair cuts.
Today I met a 22 year old girl Lauren who has just hit the streets 3 days before. She left an abusive relationship and didn't want to go home to an abusive mother. She was contemplating suicide. Luckily she found Maria who has taken her in. Maria is in her late 60s and I've known her for a while, she's very funny and we've spent hours in conversation. Maria lives with her boyfriend in a tent in a homeless camp. She said the men have already been sniffing around Lauren and Maria said she had to have her sleep in her tent her while the boyfriend stood guard last night.
The wait for a place in a shelter is long. It's improbable she will survive unscathed. #SheDoes deserve safety and protection.
Today I met a 22 year old girl Lauren who has just hit the streets 3 days before. She left an abusive relationship and didn't want to go home to an abusive mother. She was contemplating suicide. Luckily she found Maria who has taken her in. Maria is in her late 60s and I've known her for a while, she's very funny and we've spent hours in conversation. Maria lives with her boyfriend in a tent in a homeless camp. She said the men have already been sniffing around Lauren and Maria said she had to have her sleep in her tent her while the boyfriend stood guard last night.
The wait for a place in a shelter is long. It's improbable she will survive unscathed. #SheDoes deserve safety and protection.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
She Does Matter - homeless women in LA
Spent the night sleeping in a tent on the sidewalk outside city hall of Los Angeles. "camping out in solidarity with the thousands of homeless women who are forced to sleep outside due to the severe lack of shelters in Los Angeles. We are demanding that Mayor Garcetti and the City Council of LA appropriate $20 million in the discretionary budget towards sheltering 1000 women by August 2018. We must have this action as the City budget will be voted on Friady, April 20th, 2018. We are also demanding that the Mayor and City Council promise to take immediate action to secure a minimum of 8 separate locations to accommodate shelters for 1000 women."She does matter. All women do. And we need to get them off the streets.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Shower of Hope - Shower for the homeless
Helped out today at a mobile shower - Shower of Hope. We helped 27 people have showers and 7 got haircuts.
Wednesday, April 04, 2018
Showers for the homeless
Helped out today at a mobile shower - Shower of Hope. We are in a #SheDoes movement to get at least 1000 new shelters for women by august. Tired of seeing women abused on the streets.
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