Let's March

Hello everyone.

1st I just want to Thank everyone who joined in last month and supported our efforts in connecting with are Homeless friends. Thanks to Mary and her gang who joined us for the first time. It was good seeing all of you and we are looking forward to this Months event. We will be meeting March 28th at 5pm at the Vineyard parking lot.

There are a lot of exciting opportunities to take part in the next couple months. The 1st is this week we have a chance to support Project 680 which helps with homeless kids in the Folsom Cordova school Dist. There is a meeting taking place this Wends at 6:30pm. If you are interested in taking part click on the Project 680 link to the left of this blog for more info.

Well Sacramento is really making a name for itself when it comes to the Homeless, unfortunately it is not in a more positive light. Today there was a story on the Tent City area on the Today show. You can check it out at http://www.todayshow.com/. Mike and I took the opportunity to go out and visit this area this week, It is pretty jaw dropping to see the extent of what is going on. We were able to hang out for a while and walk along the levee and talk with a group of campers. It was pretty overwhelming to see the needs and to realize the overflow shelter closed last night due to budget issues. That's another 200 beds that are no longer available. Tents are a huge necessity out there as well as tarps and tent stakes.

There will be a March on the 21st of April at 2pm at Cesar Chavez park. It would be amazing for all of us to gather as many people as possible in our churches and circles of friends and coworkers to be out there and take part. The Homeless in Sacramento need a voice and I think it is really our duty to be that voice. If we believe what we say we do, then we should be there advocating for their right to a permanent tent city location, access to Bathrooms, showers and water, as well as places to dump their Trash! There is one dumpster out there, but the Trash is overwhelming. So with all that said, I say Let's March !!!

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