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Warm Heads #4

In charity, crochet, homeless on 7 February 2012 with Comments Off

I know this post has been a long time coming this season, it just hasn’t been that cold in Northern Nevada! We’ve only had one storm, and the poor mountains are bare – not the best news for our local tourism, but it isn’t so hard on the homeless. Nobody wants any hats here. I [...]

Strength, Day 4

In be gentle be love, charity, creative outreach, family, homeless on 10 July 2011 with 3 comments

Yesterday would have been my daddy’s 58th birthday. In my life, accepting the reality of his death, and the manner in which it happened, has been one of the hardest things for me to endure and work through. As he was walking across the street on Jan 27, 2006 shortly after 10pm – he was [...]

Write a Letter to a Homeless Friend

In charity, friends, homeless, mail art, nevada, reno, volunteer on 26 March 2011 with 2 comments

Updated: Oct 2011—-From December 2010 to September 2011, I volunteered weekly at our city’s community assistance center in the shelter/tent city complex. The City of Reno Tom Vetica Resource Center offers free phones, computer access, faxing, mail service, resume help, free classes and so much more to people experiencing homelessness. The resource center makes it [...]

Still Here!

In charity, holidays, homeless, stevens johnson syndrome, volunteer on 20 February 2011 with 3 comments

I’m happy to say I survived another Valentine’s Day, neurotically avoiding all candies offered to me. This has proven to be an even larger challenge than last year, due to my new job. In December, I started to volunteer at the Community Assistance Center, working the resource center front desk and distributing mail for our [...]