PLEASE MEET AUNTIE:
Nobody should go hungry.
Everybody deserves a home.
Nobody should feel unsafe.
Everybody wants law and order.
Nobody should face addiction alone.
Everybody should have health care.
Nobody likes litter and needles.
Everybody should be loved.
Nobody should feel unwanted.
Everybody wants to end homelessness.
Believe that we are all oneVOICE.
We all want the same thing. However, we are spending vast amounts of time, dollars and energy spinning our wheels, arguing how best to address the issue of homelessness.
And while we bicker back and forth over who has more compassion, or is smarter, or more informed, or knows what is best, and on and on, the homeless remain homeless.
I am not religious, but Jesus said, "And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand."
It is time for all of us to come closer to each other with open hearts and minds, to LISTEN, LEARN and LOVE. We need to look inward and question our own fears, assumptions and prejudices. We need to ask what is keeping us from stepping forward and when ready, how can we contribute, even if that means having a little less for ourselves. Anything less in the face of this humanitarian crisis is shameful.
It is not enough to share at dinner parties how hard it is to walk past people living outside, or how terrible it is to see so much garbage in our city. We all know this conversation, it is time to help those suffering.
Auntie is living with her dog "B" in a make-shift tarp tent in SODO. She is among others living in tents and RV's that are all there for various reasons, but all suffering, and all now scheduled to be swept this coming week.
Auntie could use a warm sleeping bag, a warm medium size coat, a small tent, a good flashlight, and triple A batteries. If you can, please dropOFF or shipTO: Facing Homelessness c/o Auntie 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105. Thank you.
If you want to learn more about how we can all come closer to address the issue of homelessness, please contact Facing Homelessness. www.facinghomelessness.org
So much LOVE and ADMIRATION for you Auntie.
SODO 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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PLEASE MEET THE TRUE BUDDHA FOUNDATION:
As winter's wet and cold approach, suffering turns to survival. For the next four months countless people without basic needs being met will come to the Facing Homelessness "Window of Kindness" looking for warmth and connection.
Please take a moment to help us meet that steady stream of need. Send sleeping bags, tents and tarps to Facing Homelessness 4001 9th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105. Each donated item will be handed out with respect and unconditional love.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to the True Buddha Foundation for bringing 82 sleeping bags to our office this last Friday!!
https://www.tbsseattle.org/english/content/view/17/35/lang,en/
We had the sincere pleasure of meeting Rev. Lian Ling, Rev. Lian Jim, and Yang Ming. Sitting with them you could feel their genuine concern for those living outside, made all the more clear by the big smiles when the first bag was given away. Yang Ming shared, "It is very important that teachings are put into action."
True Buddha Foundation is the largest Buddha charity in Asia. Internationally they focus on helping support educational costs for those unable, from beginning schooling through university.
A heartfelt THANK YOU to True Buddha Foundation for all your sincere beautiful kindness.
Redmond 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