Thanks to Steve Gwilt for passing this along to me...
Read about the "Night Walk" in Chicago, which gives teenagers a reality check as to what it is like to be a homeless teen. The article cites that Chicago has 10,000 (yes - four zeros there) between the ages of 12 and 21 who have no place to live, and that, in the U.S., the average age of a homeless person is 9. Shocking.
Youth experience 'night walk' as homeless teen
Also check out the website for The Night Ministry for some insightful information about common social issues.
February 2008
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Contact me
For questions, comments or to discuss how you can become involved with wiping out hunger in our community give me a call at (860) 469-4497.
Stories that will touch your heart
In the news...
- At a homeless camp in August 2006, town employees bulldozed and dumped residents' belongings, including tents, food and sleeping bags donated by local churches, birth certificates, Social Security cards and driver's licenses.
- Empathy...
- Homeless Vets - Are you aware?
- One man in Iowa...
- One woman in Detroit...
- Will we help a person abusing alcohol or drugs move toward recovery by turning them away from the shelter or by letting them in?
Upcoming Events
- August 9th: Torrington Armory - Back to School FREE Clothing & Supplies Event (Funding provided by the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund's Discovery Initiative)
- September 27th: 4th Annual Fall Festival - Center Congregational Church
- November 16th - 22th: National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week (2008 details to follow)
- Dec 21st: National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day (2008 details to follow)
My Recommended Sites for Torrington Organizations:
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My Recommended Sites for National Organizations
My Recommended Sites for Things Happening in Other Cities
How to donate
- Center Congregational Church: Bring in non-perishable food items all year long so that we can bring them monthly to the Friendly Hands Food Bank. Usually we ask for food once a month, but hunger is a 24/7/365 thing. Donating should be the same! If we are going to conquer hunger we have to outpace it with a steady stream of food!
- "Recipes from the Heart" is a cookbook that you can purchase - proceeds will benefit America's Second Harvest
- Bring a canned food item purchased at Pricechopper to Quassy on Tuesdays and Thursdays and receive $3 off the price of a $21 wrist band at Quassy Amusement Park!
- Play a vocab game - each word that you get correct = 20 grains of rice!
- ConAgra Foods Matching Grant
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- What can one person do?
- Sculptures built from donated food put hunger mess...
- Homeless Fair in Torrington
- Local people help the homeless
- Night Walk
- Another wonderful article by Susan Campbell about ...
- Last week's poll
- Final days of the Food Stamp Program
- Scary statistic
- Third World Farmer Interactive Game
- Walk Against Hunger
- "Fill the Truck" Donations Increase
- "Food for Your Neighbor Campaign" Winds Down
- Shopping List for Week #3
- Week #2
- Take a quiz on poverty
- There's Still Time to Sign Up To Be Hungry - And Poor
- Buy 1/Get 2 at Big Y this week!
- Poll results for Week of 2/18 - 2/24
- Weekly poll
- Shopping List for Week #1
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A little bit about me...
- Deb
- Torrington, CT, United States
- I am a member of Center Congregational Church and belong to the Center Faith Singers and Center Ringers. I live in Torrington with my husband, Mike, and two children, Chelsea and Ryan. I love music, reading, animals and enjoying the simpler pleasures in life.
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