StreetWatch May 17-24, 2012: GPD, baseball, community garden, tent city, homeless bunny & more!
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Helping the homeless, one ninja at a time!
I got the most amazing message through our StreetWatch Facebook page: “I am the mother of a seven year old boy in Greensboro who has a new mission: to help the homeless in his community. Today was the grand opening of his Etsy Shop, Elliot’s Ninjas: Helping the Homeless one … > read more
A new home for now
04/28/2012: Today, Melissa and I took a new tent to a homeless couple who desperately needed one. New Home For NowBy StreetWatch | View on Facebook
“Better than dirty laundry”: Today’s StreetWatch miracle
When our StreetWatch team goes to bridges, camps and corners to do outreach with homeless people, God goes with us. And today, He really blessed us. Our newest team member, Kirstin, wrote about it on her blog: “…So instead of doing laundry, I spent the morning putting together hygiene bags … > read more
“How He Loves Us,” sung by a vagabond at a homeless tent city in Greensboro
Melissa and I met a new friend at the Freeman Mill tent city on Friday while we were doing StreetWatch. Jeffrey told us that he’s not homeless, “just a vagabond”, and he played and sang music for us and let me film him. The first thing he played was, I … > read more
Another homeless woman sleeps outside in Greensboro
I just got a call from a homeless woman who has no place to go. Last night, she slept in a parking garage downtown. She had no sleeping bag. No blankets. She was cold. Temperatures were in the 50′s last night. Concrete makes a cold, hard bed. The women’s winter … > read more
“I’ve never done this before.”
I got a call from a homeless man who needs a tent. A friend who works at the day center suggested he call me. We talked on the phone a couple of times, I gave him walking directions to a place he’d heard that he could safely and legally camp, … > read more
A bike for a beer & more: Tweets from the street, 3/21-3/23/2012
Tweets I sent while doing StreetWatch homeless outreach this past week: 23 Mar 2012: Talked to homeless vets dishonorably discharged for mental illness/addiction related issues. Not eligible for VA treatment. 23 Mar 2012: Hanging out in the shade behind a store talking with 4 homeless guys about jobs, family, military … > read more
48 hours of StreetWatch
In the past two days, StreetWatch has visited lots of homeless people at their camps — in the woods, under bridges, behind shopping centers, in a tent city. (Photos here.) We have partnered with the City and police and property owners. We have distributed food, water, tents, sleeping bags, socks, … > read more
Greensboro kids use gift money to buy blankets for homeless
From my friend Betsy’s post, “We Will Reap”: “…My 11 year old daughter Jessica hasn’t been 11 for very long. We had her birthday party here a couple weeks ago, and she has been wanting an iPod Touch for quite a while. It’s ‘the thing’ you know? They’re very useful … > read more