Next (the reason I chose this post's title) - a ramble with a message - and in keeping with the spirit of the season a way you can help those in need of a little tlc.
- Hey, All. Shadow here again. Just wanted to let you know about something we're doing here in Los Angeles. Last year a group of friends here in SoCal got together and donated a bunch of supplies to the programs for homeless youth at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center. We filled between 24 and 26 stockings with the essentials and a little more. It wasn't much, but for $500 or so, it wasn't bad.
But this year, after some discussion between myself and our leader last year, we thought we'd open it up and ask others to help us out. To that end, we've set up a website, givinginthespirit.com, and we're asking people to donate a few dollars so we can increase the amount of our overall donation to the center.
In 2006 it was estimated that there were between 830 and 1600 homeless youths in LA who identified as LGBT. That number has risen. Other than the programs at the LAGLC, there are no facilities set to meet the specific needs of LGBT youth. There are two programs through the center; the Transitional Living Center, where kids can stay for up to 18 months as they get counseling for jobs and other needs. They have 24 beds. There's also the Jeff Griffith Center, which handles between 50 and 70 clients each day, every day.
We'd like to help as many of these kids as possible. We can't solve the problems with just a few dollars, but by heck we can make sure they have something for Christmas, or Hanukkah, or whichever holiday they celebrate. We can cover a few basics, and let them know that they haven't been completely forgotten.
Last year we did stockings, and we'd like to do that again for the residents in the Transitional Living Center, but we'd also really like to be able to give out a box of basics to the clients at the Jeff Griffith Center. Think about this -- if we get ten people to donate $5 each, then we have $50 bucks, just like that. And if we go to the dollar store, that's fifty bottles of shampoo, or fifty tubes of toothpaste. Now think about what we can do if a hundred people donate $5 each. It really does add up.
So, go to our website, givinginthespirit.com, and help out a homeless youth. You'll have a happier Holiday season knowing you did.
Thank you!
Shadow
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me".
See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.
Ze
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