PLEASE MEET DAVID GUARDIPEE:
Beginning our shared journey nearly 10 years ago, you ALL have stepped up, at every corner, to help push the community work of Facing Homelessness forward. You have said overANDover again, that the answer is LOVE!
With the just finished two-day Seattle Foundation giveBIG campaign, you exceeded our goal of raising $10K with $10,786 donated, wowWOW!!! Thank you so much!
This is David Guardipee, of the Black Feet Nation. His other name, given by his mother, was Snow Ball. He was an artist. Lived homeless with extreme dignity and beauty.
If you read "Fools Crow", by James Welch, which is an incredible can't-put-it-down read, you will learn about David's people, many of the names in that book are from his family. When I told David how much I loved the book, he said, "You should then read, "The Sun Came Down, The History of the World as My Blackfeet Elders Told It", by Percy Bullchild." Percy is David's uncle.
David sadly passed away September 2018. He was so very loved by those that knew him. Still so very missed.
That's the thing. He was so very loved by those that knew him. This is the work of Facing Homelessness. Asking all of us to get to know each other. Each person living on the street, like David, is worth getting to know. When we do, we find the beauty in that person. LOVE follows.
A heart felt THANK YOU to the seventy-six people that gaveBIG to Facing Homelessness. Your belief in us helps connect us together in community. Thank you. LOVE.
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!
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