Gary, Mia, and 10-year-old Julian spent the last month sleeping in the cab of a U-Haul truck. Not many places would even allow them to park overnight. Source: Donations flood in to help St. Pete family living in U-Haul since Christmas
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Local charity builds tiny houses to fight homelessness
A local charity is working to end homelessness one tiny step at a time. Source: Local charity builds tiny houses to fight homelessness
Homeless Man Tells Stranger It’s His Daughter’s Birthday – Instead of Walking Away, He Helps Plan a Surprise Party
A kind stranger came across a homeless man who mentioned it was his daughter’s birthday and he decided to help him surprise her. Source: Homeless Man Tells Stranger It’s His Daughter’s Birthday – Instead of Walking Away, He Helps Plan a Surprise Party
Lichfield father on brink of homelessness gets £2,000 donation
Tyrone Antonio’s job search is funded by support from strangers. Source: Lichfield father on brink of homelessness gets £2,000 donation
South Florida nonprofit helping provide hygiene access to those in need
CareBag provides families with hygiene items that are not provided through government service and in 2019 purchased their first mobile shower. Source: South Florida nonprofit helping provide hygiene access to those in need
Fill the box: Amityville program helps homeless for the holidays
Volunteers and supplies are desperately needed for the program, which supplies homeless people at nine Long Island shelters with shoeboxes full of donated hygiene products, along with socks, candy and other gifts. Jadyn Wilcox knows comfort can be found in a box. So the 17-year-old made sure to fill the shoeboxes to the brim one recent evening as she…
Gloucester man gives up full-time job to feed the hungry
Hash Norat is helping rough sleepers and people hit by the rising cost of living. A man who quit his full-time job at Unilever two months ago to provide hot meals to hungry people is already helping 250 people a day. Hash Norat’s Feed the Hungry cafe in Gloucester has no set prices, so people…
Charity gave 1,200 people keys to own home last year
The housing and homelessness charity Peter McVerry Trust has said it supported over 10,000 people in 2021, an increase of almost 30% on the previous year. The housing and homelessness charity Peter McVerry Trust has said it supported over 10,000 people in 2021, an increase of almost 30% on the previous year. The trust’s annual…
Meet the young couple who’ve opened their door to the homeless
Toni and Nick Baier open their home to people experiencing homelessness. And they do this with four little kids in tow! When I first met my friend Toni Baier, she mentioned the “guest” in her home. I assumed she had a relative staying with her, but after I asked her about it, I found out…
Good Morning Angels: ‘The Angel of Wolmer’ gets support to help others in need
BACKGROUND: Vitesh Hurinanthan lives in Wolmer in Pretoria-North with his son and family. He has not had formal employment for a while. Despite his own financial shortcomings, Vitesh is a community man and humanitarian. He has taken it upon himself to help the hungry in this very poor community by cooking a meal for at least…