PLEASE MEET OUR COMMUNITY:
Please join us every other Sunday in providing a positive act of KINDNESS and SERVICE to those in need.
Community CleanUP #16 is Sunday, December 1st, 10:30-12:30 at 701 James Street, which is the corner of James Street & I-5.
We are profoundly grateful for all the BEAUTIFUL people that have leaned into this program with courage and LOVE.
Downtown Seattle neighborhood | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#Kindness #JustSayHello #FacingHomelessness
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PLEASE MEET OUR COMMUNITY:
Homelessness here in this city, in this country, is a humanitarian crisis unfolding beneath our very eyes.
We ALL know that.
If that doesn't touch you, please stop for a moment to ask yourself why. If you have a ready set of excuses, that keep you from reaching out, please look closer and deeper into your truth.
Our TRUTH is - nobody chooses to be homeless. For that reason we should all be rushing forward to be of service to our brothers and sisters.
If you are interested in learning more about the issue of homelessness, contact Facing Homelessness. Through our various programs we provide simple easy entry points into learning about the truth of people living outside.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone that came out to participate in our 14th Community CleanUP!!
https://www.facinghomelessness.org/
University District neighborhood | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#Kindness #JustSayHello #WindowOfKindness #CommunityCleanUp #TheBlockProject
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One of the questions asked about CommunityCleanUPs is if those that have made the mess are helping cleanUP.
Answer: Sometimes YES and most of the time NO.
If this does not sit right with you because you feel the people that made the mess should be the ones to clean it up, please take a moment to read this post and begin a discussion here. We are all learning as we go and the best way forward is through open respectful conversation.
Here are four thoughts:
1. Most people living outside are suffering. Not just a little, but a great deal. Staying warm and dry with enough to eat is their primary concern. The greater the suffering the less able we are to take care of anything other than what helps us get through the moment. For those living outside, that 'moment' is a constant day to day experience.
2. Most people living outside are dealing with some level of trauma. Often this trauma is debilitating. Even the simplest of things can be made difficult.
3. Addiction to drugs further narrows the ability to take care of the simplest of things. It is important to remember that drug-addiction is the symptom of a greater issue involving trauma and mental health.
4. Nobody likes garbage. This is true for those living inside and outside. Unlike for those living inside, for those outside there is not only no garbage pickUP, but also no place to take it.
Homelessness is a complex issue. We can either wash our hands of it and walk past or we can come closer to find real answers for ourselves. Looking forward to this discussion.
These photos are from our 13th CommunityCleanUP! So grateful for everyone that again came out to take part!!!
Green Lake neighborhood | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#Kindness #JustSayHello #FacingHomelessness
happinessRECIPE
PLEASE MEET OUR COMMUNITY:
Two easy steps:
1. 10:30AM - pick up garbage with a lots of kind people.
2. 12:30PM - hug and say goodbye to lots of kind people.
Show up this Sunday 10/20/19 from 10:30-12:30 at 5th Ave NE & NE 76th St. for our 13th Community CleanUP!! I promise you will leave with a SMILE on your face and a goodGOOD beautiful feeling in your heart.
Come out and hear why we do this, come out and help cleanUP our city, come out to offer kind service to those in need, come out to help build healthy community, come out to make new friends, come out for whatever reason you have!
Together, one relationship at a time, we create the community fabric needed to address and end homelessness.
Green Lake neighborhood | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#Kindness #FacingHomelessness #JustSayHello #CommunityCleanUP
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PLEASE MEET OUR COMMUNITY:
Every other Sunday a bunch of wonderful people come together to pick up garbage to make a difference for our city and for those struggling without basic needs being met.
The experience just makes your heartSING!! Come out and join Facing Homelessness in their Community CleanUPs!
Volunteer on our web page: www.facinghomelessness.org.
These photos are from last Sunday, our 12th cleanUP, another beautiful success! Folks show up at 10:30 and leave on the dot at 12:30 with big smiles!
Heartfelt THANKS and LOVE to everyone that has been joining in, you all are creating healthy community!
Downtown Seattle neighborhood | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#JustSayHello #FacingHomelessness #Kindness
communityCLEANUP
PLEASE MEET OUR COMMUNITY:
It's Sunday morning. You wake up slowly around 8:30ish, you wiggle in bed for a short bit, enjoy a cup of coffee, a lazy breakfast. At 9:45 you sneak in 20 minutes of yoga and during "picking up litter" pose, you say to yourself, "Hey, wait, I don't need to pretend to pick up litter, I can join the wonderful folks taking part in the Community CleanUP today!"
This Sunday will be our 12th cleanUP, having already picked up over 600 hefty-size bags of garbage, around 13,000 needles, and artfully performed an uncountable number of stretching yoga poses!
And, and, get this - IT IS SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you can join us this Sunday, 10:30-12:30 at 701 James Street, which is at the east side of I-5. We'll be gathering at the corner under the trees.
A heartfelt THANKS to everyone that came to cleanUP #11, here are some of the photos!
Sign up here: https://timecounts.org/facing-homelessness/events/21908
Downtown neighborhood | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#Kindness #JustSayHello #CommunityCleanUP #FacingHomelessness
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PLEASE MEET OUR COMMUNITY
All the Community CleanUPs end the same way, with everyone feeling amazed and proud of the transformation that just took place, it is a wowWOW every single time!!
If you are looking for something beautiful to do in community with a bunch of kind thoughtful people, then come join what is usually a group of 30 or so folks wanting to make a difference.
The immediate goal of each cleanUP is to make new friends, with those living inside and outside, through the joy of picking up litter! You might laugh, but it is crazy enjoyable to pick up litter, filling that immediate gratification bucket!
The long-term goal is to beautifully cleanUP our city and compassionately step forward to stop the sweeps! Sweeping is for garbage, not people suffering to survive.
If you are interested, the next cleanUP is September 22, 2019 from 10:30-12:30 at James Street and I-5, at the east side of the freeway.
This will be our eleventh Community CleanUP, makes me smile so big just typing that, knowing all the beauty and friendships that have come from the first ten!
See you SUNDAY!!!
Seattle neighborhoods | Rex
A QUIET THOUGHT - If you're moved by the goodness of this community, please visit http://www.facinghomelessness.org/ and click on the 'donate' button and consider a "monthly recurring" donation of just $5 in support of the work. THANK YOU!
#Kindness #CommunityCleanUP #FacingHomelessness #JustSayHello